Administrator Guide

Conguring Email Alerts for Storage Manager Events

To receive email notications for Storage Manager events, congure SMTP server settings for the Data Collector, add an email

address to your user account, and enable notication emails for the events.

Congure SMTP Server Settings

The SMTP server settings must be congured to allow Storage Manager to send notication emails.

1. In the top pane of the Dell Storage Manager Client, click Edit Data Collector Settings. The Edit Data Collector Settings dialog

box opens.

2. Click the SMTP Server tab.

3. Congure the SMTP server settings by performing the following steps:

a. In the From Email Address eld, enter the email address to display as the sender of emails from the Data Collector.

b. In the Host or IP Address eld, enter the host name or IP address of the SMTP server.

c. If the port number of the SMTP server is not 25, enter the correct port number in the Port eld.

d. If the SMTP server requires authentication, select the Authentication check box, then enter the user name and password in

the SMTP User Name and SMTP User Password elds.

4. Click OK.

Congure an Email Address for Your User Account

To receive email notications, you must specify an email address for your account.

Prerequisite

The SMTP server settings must be congured for the Data Collector. If these settings are not congured, the Data Collector is not

able to send emails.

Steps

1. In the top pane of the Dell Storage Manager Client, click Edit User Settings. The General tab opens.

2. Enter the email address of the current user in the Email Address eld.

3. Select the format for emails to the current user from the Email Format drop-down menu.

4. To send a test message to the email address, click Test Email and click OK.

Verify that the test message is sent to the specied email address.

5. Click OK.