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User Guide InfraStruxure 150kVA Power Distribution Unit 88
SMTP.
Path: Administration > Notification > E-mail > server
E-mail recipients.
Path: Administration > Notification > E-mail > recipients
Identify up to four e-mail recipients.
Email test (Administration > Notification > E-mail > test). Send a test message to a configured
recipient.
Setting Description
Local
SMTP
Server
The IP address or DNS name of the local SMTP server.
Note:
This definition is required only when SMTP Server is set to Local.
From
Address
The contents of the From field in e-mail messages sent by the PDU:
• 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.
Note:
The local SMTP server may require that you use a valid user account on the server for this
setting. See the server’s documentation.
Setting Description
To Address The user and domain names of the recipient. To use e-mail for paging, use the e-mail address
for the recipient’s pager gateway account (for example, [e-mail]). The
pager gateway will generate the page.
Note: To bypass the DNS lookup of the mail server’s IP address, use the IP address in
brackets instead of the e-mail domain name, e.g., use jsmith@[xxx.xxx.x.xxx] instead of
[e-mail]. This is useful when DNS lookups are not working correctly.
The recipient’s pager must be able to use text-based messaging.
SMTP Server Select one of the following methods for routing e-mail:
• Local: Through the PDU’s SMTP server. This setting (recommended) ensures that the
e-mail is sent before the PDU’s 20-second time-out, and, if necessary, is retried several
times. Also do one of the following:
• Enable forwarding at the PDU’s SMTP server so that it can route e-mail to external SMTP
servers. Typically, SMTP servers are not configured to forward e-mail. Check with the
administrator of your SMTP server before changing its configuration to allow forwarding.
• Set up a special e-mail account for the PDU to forward e-mail to an external mail account.
• Recipient: Directly to the recipient’s SMTP server. With this setting, the PDU tries to send
the e-mail only once. On a busy remote SMTP server, the time-out may prevent some e-mail
from being sent.
When the recipient uses the PDU’s SMTP server, this setting has no effect.
E-mail
Generation
Enables (by default) or disables sending e-mail to the recipient.
Format The long format contains Name, Location, Contact, IP address, serial number of the device,
date and time, event code, and event description. The short format provides only the event
description.