Configuring the Mail Server Name and the Email Sender Address
Use the Configure Alerts option to specify email alert settings for every . The email alert settings you can configure globally are the mail server name and email sender address. The system will use the alert settings when sending email critical alert messages
about managed devices.
Mail (SMTP) server – The name of the mail server that forwards the email to the configured .
Email sender address – The email address of the sender (usually the network administrator) that appears on each mail message sent to the destination
of the configured email alert.
Note:
Global settings are not required for the. Traps sent to a or other SNMP server are standard network traffic, and security issues are handled by a system or network administrator.
Keep these guidelines in mind:
If you do not specify an SMTP server name, the storage management software attempts to send the email by using a mail server
on the local .
You must specify the address of the email sender, which is required in the SMTP protocol, or an error results.
Open the Configure Alerts dialog by performing one of these actions:
In the Tree view or the Table view on the Devices tab in the Enterprise Management Window (EMW), select a node, and select Edit >> Configure Alerts.
In the Setup tab in the EMW, select Configure Alerts.
Select the Mail Server tab.
In the applicable text boxes, type the name of the SMTP mail server and the email sender address. Use a valid email address.