Administrator Guide

Setting system notification settings
The Notifications tab provides options for you to set up and test several types of system notifications.
● Configuring SMTP settings.
● Sending notifications to email addresses when events occur in the system.
● Sending notifications to SNMP trap hosts.
● Enabling managed logs settings, which transfers log data to a log-collection system. For more information about the
managed logs feature, see About managed logs.
● Setting remote syslog notifications to allow the logging of events by the syslog of a specified host computer. Syslog is
a protocol for sending event messages across an IP network to a logging server. This feature supports User Datagram
Protocol (UDP) but not Transmission Control Protocol (TCP).
● Testing notifications.
NOTE: Enable at least one notification service to monitor the system.
Configure SMTP settings
Perform the following steps to configure SMTP settings:
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. If the mail server is not on the local network, ensure that the gateway IP address was set in Configuring controller network
ports.
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 characters: \ " : ; < > ( )
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 characters: \ " : ; < > ( ) [ ]
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.
The password is case sensitive and can have 8–32 characters. If the password contains only printable ASCII characters,
then it must contain at least one uppercase character, one lowercase character, one numeric character, and one non-
alphanumeric character. A password can include printable UTF-8 characters except for a space or the following characters:
" ' , < > \
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.
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