User`s guide

Network Management Card User’s Guide67
Active, Automatic, Direct Notification
E-mail notification
Overview of setup. Use the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to send e-mail to up to four
recipients when an event occurs.
To use the e-mail feature, you must define the following settings:
• The IP addresses of the primary and, optionally, the secondary Domain Name System (DNS)
servers
See “DNS” on page 57.
• The IP address or DNS name for SMTP Server and From Address
See “SMTP” on page 67.
• The e-mail addresses for a maximum of four recipients
See “E-mail recipients” on page 68.
Note: You can use the To Address setting of the recipients option to send e-mail to a
text-based pager.
SMTP.
Path: Administration > Notification > E-mail > server
Setting Description
Local
SMTP
Server
The IP address or DNS name of the local SMTP server.
N
OTE: This definition is required only when SMTP Server is set to Local. See “E-mail
recipients” on page 68.
From
Address
The contents of the From field in e-mail messages sent by the Management Card:
• In the format user@ [IP_address] (if an IP address is specified as Local SMTP Server)
• In the format user@domain (if DNS is configured and the DNS name is specified as Local
SMTP Server) in the e-mail messages.
N
OTE: The local SMTP server may require that you use a valid user account on the server for
this setting. See the server’s documentation.