Configuring email notification

You can configure the required information to notify storage system failure (SIM) by email. For information about SIM host reporting, see the SNMP Agent User Guide.

Before you begin

• You must have a Storage Administrator account with an Initial Configuration role to perform this task.

• You must have a mail server that supports the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).

• If a firewall is used, port 25 must be used.

Procedure

1. Click Settings > Environmental Settings > Edit Alert Settings. The E-mail Information window opens.

2. In Notification Alert, select the destination of the alert notification.

• Host Report: Sends alerts only to the host(s) for which SIM report setting is made.

• All: Sends alerts to all hosts.

Alert notification destination is common to Syslog, SNMP, and Email.

3. On the Email tab, for Mail Notice select Enable.

4. In the Email Settings table, set the email destination address and attributes (To, Cc, Bcc).

• To add an email address, click Add. On the Add Address window, set the email address and attributes.

• To change an email address and attributes, select the line for the email address to be changed, and click Change. In the Change Settings window, change the email address and attributes.

You can select more than one email address. When you selected more than one email address, you can change only attributes.

• To delete an email address, select the line for the email address to be deleted and click Delete. You can select more than one email address.

This field is mandatory when you select Enable in Mail Notice.

5. Enter the email source address (mandatory) and return address (optional).

You can use up to 255 alphanumeric characters (ASCII codes) and symbols (! # $ % & ` + - * / ' ^ { } _ . )

6. Enter the following email server information:

• Identifier: To specify a host name, select Identifier. You can use up to 63 alphanumeric characters (ASCII codes) and symbols (" ! # $ ` + - * ' { } _ . ).

• IPv4: To set an IPv4 address, select IPv4, and enter four numbers within the range of 0 to 255.

Example: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX (X indicates a numeral)

• IPv6: To set an IPv6 address, select IPv6, and enter eight hexadecimal alphanumeric characters within the range of 0 to FFFF. You can also use an abbreviated-format IPv6 address.

Example: YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY (Y indicates a hexadecimal digit)

7. In SMTP Authentication, select Enable to use SMTP authentication. Select Disable to not use SMTP authentication. If you select Enable, enter an account and password for SMTP authentication.

You can use up to 255 alphanumeric characters (ASCII codes) and symbols (! # $ % & ` + - * / ' ^ { } _ .).

This field is mandatory when you selected Enable in Mail Notice.

8. If necessary, click Email Test Send to test the settings.

9. Check that the test email has been received.

For a test email example and explanation, see Example of test email, below.

10. Click Finish. The Confirm window opens.

11. In the Confirm window, check the settings and enter a task name in Task Name.

12. Click Apply. The task is registered. If the Go to tasks window for status check box is checked, the Task window opens.