Users Guide

Conguring email alert settings using RACADM
1. To enable email alert:
racadm set iDRAC.EmailAlert.Enable.[index] [n]
Parameter Description
index Email destination index. Allowed values are 1 through 4.
n=0
n=1
Disables email alerts.
Enables email alerts.
2. To congure email settings:
racadm set iDRAC.EmailAlert.Address.[index] [email-address]
Parameter Description
index Email destination index. Allowed values are 1 through 4.
email-address Destination email address that receives the platform event alerts.
3. To congure a custom message:
racadm set iDRAC.EmailAlert.CustomMsg.[index] [custom-message]
Parameter Description
index Email destination index. Allowed values are 1 through 4.
custom-message Custom message
4. To test the congured email alert, if required:
racadm testemail -i [index]
Parameter
Description
index Email destination index to be tested. Allowed values are 1 through 4.
For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.
Conguring SMTP email server address settings
You must congure the SMTP server address for email alerts to be sent to specied destinations.
Conguring SMTP email server address settings using iDRAC web interface
To congure the SMTP server address:
1. In iDRAC Web interface, go to Overview → Server → Alerts → SNMP and E-mail Settings.
2. Enter the valid IP address or fully qualied domain name (FQDN) of the SMTP server to be used in the conguration.
3. Select the Enable Authentication option and then provide the user name and password (of a user who has access to SMTP
server).
4. Enter the SMTP port number.
For more information about the elds, see the iDRAC Online Help.
5. Click Apply.
The SMTP settings are congured.
Conguring SMTP email server address settings using RACADM
To congure the SMTP email server:
racadm set iDRAC.RemoteHosts.SMTPServerIPAddress <SMTP E-mail Server IP Address>
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