Administrator Guide

3. Select the Email tab.
4. In the SMTP Server address field, enter the network address of the SMTP mail server to use for the email messages.
5. In the Sender Domain field, enter a domain name, which is joined with an @ symbol to the sender name to form the “from” address
for remote notification. The domain name can have a maximum of 255 bytes. Because this name is used as part of an email address,
do not include spaces or the following: \ " : ; < > ( )
If the domain name is not valid, some email servers fail to process the email.
6. In the Sender Name field, enter a sender name, which is joined with an @ symbol to the domain name to form the from address for
remote notification. This name provides a way to identify the system that is sending the notification. The sender name can have a
maximum of 64 bytes. Because this name is used as part of an email address, do not include spaces or the following: \ " : ; < > ( ) [ ]
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7. In the Port text box, enter the port to use when communicating with the SMTP server.
Leaving the port set to Default tells the system to use the default port that is associated with the security protocol.
8. Set the security protocol to use when communicating with the SMTP server:
• None. Does not use a security protocol. The standard SMTP port is 25, and is the system default.
• TLS. Enables Transport Layer Security (TLS) authentication. The standard ports are 25 or 587. The system default is 587.
• SSL. Enables Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) authentication. The standard port is 465, the system default.
9. If you selected TLS or SSL, type the password of the sender in the Sender Password and Confirm Password fields.
10. Perform one of the following:
• To save your settings and continue configuring your system, click Apply.
• To save your settings and close the panel, click Apply and Close.
A confirmation panel appears.
11. Click OK.
Send email notifications
Perform the following steps to send email notifications:
1. Perform one of the following to access the options in the Notifications tab:
• In the Home topic, select Action > System Settings, then click Notifications.
• In the System topic, select Action > System Settings, then click Notifications.
• In the footer, click the events panel and select Set Up Notifications.
• In the Welcome panel, select System Settings, and then click the Notifications tab.
2. Select the Email tab and ensure that the SMTP Server and SMTP Domain options are set, as described in Configure SMTP settings
on page 45.
3. Set the email notification:
• To enable email notifications, select the Enable Email Notifications check box. This action enables the notification level and
email address fields.
• To disable email notifications, clear the Enable Email Notifications check box. This action disables the notification level and email
address fields.
4. If email notification is enabled, select the minimum severity for which the system should send email notifications:
• Critical
• Critical, Error
• Critical, Error, Warning
• Critical, Error, Warning, Resolved
• Critical, Error, Warning, Resolved, Informational
5. If email notification is enabled, in one or more of the Email Address fields enter an email address to which the system should send
notifications. Each email address must use the format user-name@domain-name. Each email address can have a maximum of 320
bytes. For example: [e-mail] or [e-mail].
6. Perform one of the following:
• To save your settings and continue configuring your system, click Apply.
• To save your settings and close the panel, click Apply and Close.
A confirmation panel appears.
7. Click OK.
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