Users Guide

If your network has an SMTP server that releases and renews IP address leases periodically, and the
addresses are different, then there is a duration when this property setting does not work due to change
in the specified SMTP server IP address. In such cases, use the DNS name.
Configuring e-mail alert settings using CMC web interface
To configure the e-mail alert settings using web interface:
1. In the system tree, go to Chassis Overview, and then click Alerts → E-mail Alert Settings.
2. Specify the SMTP email server settings and the email address(es) to receive the alerts. For information
about the fields, see the CMC Online Help.
3. Click Apply to save the settings.
4. Click Send under Test E-mail to send a test email to the specified email alert destination.
Configuring e-mail alert settings using RACADM
To send a test e-mail to an e-mail alert destination using RACADM:
1. Open a serial/Telnet/SSH text console to CMC and log in.
2. Enable alert generation:
racadm config -g cfgAlerting -o cfgAlertingEnable 1
3. Enable email alert generation:
racadm config -g cfgEmailAlert -o cfgEmailAlertEnable 1 -i <index>
where <index> is a value between 1–4. CMC uses the index number to distinguish up to four
configurable destination email addresses.
4. Specify a destination email address to receive the email alerts:
racadm config -g cfgEmailAlert -o cfgEmailAlertAddress <email address> -i
<index>
where <email address> is a valid email address, and <index> is the index value you specified in
step 4.
5. Specify the name of the person receiving the email alert:
racadm config -g cfgEmailAlert -o cfgEmailAlertEmailName <email name> -i
<index>
where <email name> is the name of the person or group receiving the email alert, and <index> is
the index value specified in step 4 and step 5. The email name can contain up to 32 alphanumeric
characters, dashes, underscores, and periods. Spaces are not valid.
6. Setup the SMTP host:
racadm config -g cfgRemoteHosts -o cfgRhostsSmtpServerIpAddr host.domain
where host.domain is the FQDN.
You can configure up to four destination email addresses to receive email alerts. To add more email
addresses, repeat step 2 – step 5.
NOTE: The commands in steps 2–5 overwrite any existing settings configured for the index you
specify (1–4). To determine whether an index has previously configured values, type:xracadm
getconfig -g cfgEmailAlert — I
<index> . If the index is configured, values appear for
the cfgEmailAlertAddress and cfgEmailAlertEmailName objects.
For more information, see the RACADM Command Line Reference Guide for iDRAC and CMC
available at dell.com/support/manuals.
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