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configured on your local network, which then delivers the message to Dell. If your email server requires the sender
to be authenticated before message delivery, the controller can connect to the SMTP by supplying the sender’s
user name and password.
Each PhoneHome report attachment is encrypted before it is transmitted to the SMTP server, and is decrypted
by Dell support when it is received. If the PhoneHome status report email is larger than the maximum email size
supported by your SMTP server, the controller will divide the PhoneHome attachment into multiple smaller
attachments and send the report to Dell in multiple emails.
In the event that you need to contact Dell support with a question about your controller, you can use the
phonehome now command in enable mode to generate and immediately send a status report, so that Dell
support can diagnose the issue with the most current controller data.
Example
The following command turns on the PhoneHome feature, enables weekly auto-reports, and identifies the SMTP
server to be used by this feature:
(host) (config) #phonehome enable auto-report smtp 172.21.18.170 [e-mail]
Command History
This command was introduced in ArubaOS 6.0.
Command Information
Platforms Licensing Command Mode
All platforms Base operating system The phonehome now command must be issued in enable
mode. All other phonehome commands require config
mode.