User guide

5-18 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide
The EPICenter Alarm System
Figure 5-8: Setting up E-mail for EPICenter alarm actions
2 Enteryouroutgoingmailservername(orIPaddress)intotheSMTP Host: field.
3 Enter into the Sent By: field the e-mail address that should be used as the sender of the
e-mail
4 If your mail server authenticates the user before sending out e-mail, check the My
serverrequires authentication check box, andenterthe user name and passwordofan
accountthatthe SMTPserver willaccept. Usually this willbe the account youuseto log
into your network.
If you don’t know whether your server requires authentication, you can go ahead and
enter the authentication information—it will be ignored if it is not actually needed.
Alarm Definition Examples
Example1:Define analarmthatwillpage“Joe”at“[e-mail]”ifport 10on
device “switch8” goes down.
1 Bring up the New Alarm Definition dialog. On the Basic page, do the following:
a Type a name for the alarm (for example,
WANLinkDown)intheName field.
b Make sure the Enabled checkbox is checked.
c Select a category (e.g. “Default”) in the Category field.
d Select “SNMP Trap” in the Event Type field.
e Select “Link Down” in the Event Name field.
2 Click the Scope tab, and do the following:
a Select “Port” in the Source Type field.
b Select “switch8” from the Device list.
c Select “10” from the ifIndex list.