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Event notification

Event notification
The Management application records the SAN and IP events in the Master Log. You can configure
the application to send event notifications to e-mail addresses at certain time intervals. This is a
convenient way to keep track of events that occur on the SAN and IP networks. You can also
configure products to "call home" for certain events, notifying the service center of product
problems. For instructions about configuring call home for events, refer to
page 157.
Configuring e-mail notification
To send notification of events to users, complete the following steps.
1. Select Monitor > Event Notification > E-mail.
2. Select the Enable E-mail Event Notification check box.
3. Enter the IP address or the name of the SMTP mail server that the Server can use to send the
4. Select the SMTP over SSL check box to enable secure communication.
5. Enter the authentication ID of the SMTP mail server in the SMTP ID field.
6. Enter the authentication password of the SMTP mail server in the SMTP Password field.
7.
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The E-mail Event Notification Setup dialog box displays
FIGURE 369 E-mail Notification Setup dialog box
e-mail in the E-mail Server field.
NOTE
This field is optional unless the SMTP server enables authentication.
NOTE
This field is optional unless the SMTP server enables authentication.
Enter the sender's e-mail address in the Reply Address field.
"Call Home"
(Figure 369).
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