Users Guide

Configure the SMTP email server to accept relayed emails from the CMC IP address, a feature which is normally turned off in
most mail servers due to security concerns. For instructions to configure in a secure manner, see the documentation that was
provided with the SMTP server.
NOTE: If your mail server is Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, make sure that iDRAC domain name is configured for the
mail server to receive the email alerts from iDRAC.
NOTE: Email alerts support both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. The DRAC DNS Domain Name must be specified when using
IPv6.
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 Email Alert Settings Using CMC Web Interface
To configure the email alert settings using Web interface:
1. In the left pane, click Chassis Overview > Alerts > E-mail Alert Settings.
2. Specify the SMTP email server settings and the email addresses to receive the alerts. For information about the field
descriptions, see the 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 EMail Alert Settings Using RACADM
To send a test email to an email 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
NOTE:
Only one filter mask may be set by both SNMP and email alerting. If you have already set a filter mask, do not
perform the task in step 3.
3. Specify the events for which alerts must be generated:
racadm config -g cfgAlerting -o cfgAlertingFilterMask <mask value>
where <mask value> is a hexadecimal value between 0x0 and 0xffffffff and must be expressed with the leading 0x
characters. The Event Traps Filter Masks table provides filter masks for each event type. For instructions about calculating
the hex value for the filter mask you want to enable, see step 3 in the Configuring SNMP Trap Alert Destinations Using
RACADM.
4. 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 destination email addresses
that can be configured.
5. 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.
6. Specify the name of the person receiving the email alert:
racadm config -g cfgEmailAlert -o cfgEmailAlertEmailName <email name> -i <index>
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