Administrator Guide

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 fields.
● To configure 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 field.
8. Click OK.
Configure Storage Center SMTP Server Settings
Configure SMTP settings to allow the Storage Center to send alert message emails to users who have specified a recipient
address in their contact properties.
Steps
1. If you are connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the drop-down list in the left navigation pane of
Unisphere Central.
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. Configure the SMTP server settings.
a. Select the Enable SMTP Email check box.
b. In the SMTP Mail Server field, type the IP address or fully qualified domain name of the SMTP email server.
c. (Optional) In the Backup SMTP Server field, type the IP address or fully qualified domain name of a backup SMTP email
server.
d. Click OK.
e. Open the SMTP Server tab and click Test Server to verify connectivity to the SMTP server.
f. If the SMTP server requires emails to contain a MAIL FROM address, specify an email address in the Sender Email
Address field.
g. (Optional) In the Common Subject Line field, type a subject line to use for all emails sent by the Storage Center.
h. Configure how the Storage Center identifies itself to the SMTP server:
● To use SMTP, type the Storage Center fully qualified domain name in the Hello Message (HELO) field.
● To use ESMTP, select the Send Extended Hello (EHLO) check box, then type the Storage Center fully qualified
domain name in the Extended Hello Message (EHLO) field.
6. Click OK.
Configure SNMP Settings for a Storage Center
Configure SNMP if you want to monitor the Storage Center with a network management system.
Steps
1. If you are connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the drop-down list in the left navigation pane of
Unisphere Central.
2. Click
Summary.
The Summary view is displayed.
3. Click (Settings).
The Storage Center Settings dialog box opens.
4. Click the SNMP Server tab.
5. From the SNMP Version drop-down menu, select the version of SNMP to configure.
6. If you selected SNMP v1/v2c, set the community strings that allow access to the Storage Center SNMP agent.
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