Administrator Guide

Set the Date and Time for a Storage Center
Select the time zone, then set the date and time or congure the Storage Center to synchronize with an NTP server.
1 If you are connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the drop-down list in the left navigation pane.
2 Click Summary.
The Summary view is displayed.
3 Click (Settings).
The Storage Center Settings dialog box opens.
4 Click the Time Settings tab.
5 From the Region drop-down menu, select the region where the Storage Center is located.
6 From the Time Zone drop-down menu, select the time zone where the Storage Center is located.
7 Set the date and time.
• To set the date and time manually, clear Use NTP Server, then select Set Current Time and set the date and time in the Curent
Time elds.
• To congure the Storage Center to synchronize the date and time with a Network Time Protocol server, select Use NTP Server,
then type the host name or IP address of an NTP server in the Server Host or IP Address eld.
8 Click OK.
Congure Storage Center SMTP Server Settings
Congure SMTP settings to allow the Storage Center to send alert message emails to users who have specied a recipient address in their
contact properties.
1 If you are connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the drop-down list in the left navigation pane.
2 Click Summary.
The Summary view is displayed.
3 Click (Settings).
The Storage Center Settings dialog box opens.
4 Click the SMTP Server tab.
5 Congure the SMTP server settings.
a Select the Enable SMTP Email checkbox.
b In the SMTP Mail Server eld, type the IP address or fully qualied domain name of the SMTP email server. Click Test Server
to verify connectivity to the SMTP server.
c (Optional) In the Backup SMTP Server eld, type the IP address or fully qualied domain name of a backup SMTP email server.
Click Test Server to verify connectivity to the SMTP server.
d If the SMTP server requires emails to contain a MAIL FROM address, specify an email address in the Sender Email Address
eld.
e (Optional) In the Common Subject Line eld, type a subject line to use for all emails sent by the Storage Center.
f Congure how the Storage Center identies itself to the SMTP server:
• To use SMTP, type the Storage Center fully qualied domain name in the Hello Message (HELO) eld.
• To use ESMTP, select the Send Extended Hello (EHLO) checkbox, then type the Storage Center fully qualied domain
name in the Extended Hello Message (EHLO) eld.
6 Click OK.
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