Testing E-Mail Alerting - Dell IDRAC6 User Manual

where 1 and 1 are the e-mail destination index and the enable/disable
selection, respectively.
The e-mail destination index can be a value from 1 through 4.
The enable/disable selection can be set to 1 (Enabled) or 0 (Disabled).
For example, to enable e-mail with index 4, type the following command:
racadm config -g cfgEmailAlert -o
cfgEmailAlertEnable -i 4 1
3 Configure your e-mail settings.
At the command prompt, type the following command
and press <Enter>:
racadm config -g cfgEmailAlert -o
cfgEmailAlertAddress -i 1 <e-mail_address>
where 1 is the e-mail destination index and <e-mail_address> is the
destination e-mail address that receives the platform event alerts.
To configure a custom message, at the command prompt, type the
following command and press <Enter>:
racadm config -g cfgEmailAlert -o
cfgEmailAlertCustomMsg -i 1 <custom_message>
where 1 is the e-mail destination index and <custom_message> is the
message displayed in the e-mail alert.

Testing E-mail Alerting

The RAC e-mail alerting feature allows users to receive e-mail alerts when a
critical event occurs on the managed system. The following example shows
how to test the e-mail alerting feature to ensure that the RAC can properly
send out e-mail alerts across the network.
racadm testemail -i 2
NOTE:
Ensure that the SMTP and Email Alert settings are configured before testing
the e-mail alerting feature. See "Configuring E-Mail Alerts" on page 320 for more
information.
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