Administrator Guide

• Clear the event list. To erase all the events from the panel, click the Clear event list icon ( ). To show the events again, click
More.
• Show or hide details about a specic event:
– Move the pointer over an event. A pop-up window opens, showing event details.
– Double-click an event. The event details panel opens at the bottom of the events list.
– Select an event and click the Show/Hide details icon near the upper-right corner of the window. The event details panel
opens or closes at the bottom of the events list.
If you are showing details, the following information is displayed:
– Level — Event type; for audit log events, the type is always Audit
– Time — Date and time the administrator action took place
– Member — Group member on which the action was performed
– Subsystem — Array subsystem in which the action took place
– Event ID — System identier for the event
– Message — User action or audit event
About Event Notications
Dell recommends that you congure event notication so that you automatically receive messages when certain events occur in the
group (and NAS cluster, if congured). Events enable you to track operations and also detect and solve problems before they aect
performance or data availability. Notications are not enabled by default, and must be congured manually.
Select one or more notication methods to automatically receive notications when events occur:
• Email notication — If an event occurs, the group automatically sends a message to designated email addresses.
• Email Home — If a hardware component fails or if you update rmware, the group automatically noties customer support. Email
Home is available to all customers, but response time and assistance is based on the validity and level of your support contract.
• Remote server logging — The group logs events to a remote server at the syslog facility. You can also access events from the
syslog server.
• Software Update notications —The group periodically checks the customer support website for updates to Dell EqualLogic
software, including PS Series array rmware.
About Email Notication
If an event occurs, the group automatically sends a message to designated email addresses.
The group collects multiple events into a single message, eliminating the need for multiple emails. If only one event occurs within 1
minute, the group sends email to the addresses that you congured for notication. If another event occurs within 1 minute, the
timer starts over and sends email after 2 minutes.
The following prerequisites apply to using email notication:
• A group must have access to a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server or email relay.
• Up to ve email addresses to receive notications.
• An IP address and optional port for the SMTP server in the format ip_address:port. The default port is 25.
You can enter up to three IP addresses. The group uses one SMTP server or email relay at any time. The rst server that you
specify is the default server. The group uses the other servers in the order specied, if the default server is not available.
• An email address that will appear in the From eld in the notication email. You can use your own email address or the group
name at your company’s email address (such as [e-mail]).
When the intended recipient receives email, the email itself species which group it came from. This information is helpful in
multigroup environments, and reduces the chance that the email server or recipient discards or rejects notications.
Post-Setup Tasks
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