Users Guide

You must 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 do this 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 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 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. You may skip step 3 if
you have already set a filter mask.
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. Table
Event Traps Filter Masks provides filter masks for each event type.
For instructions on calculating the hex value for the filter mask you want to enable, see step 3 in
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
configurable destination email addresses.
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.
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