E-Mail Notification; Configuring The E-Mail Server On A Switch; Table 15 Alarm Notification Table Fields - Brocade Communications Systems 8 Administrator's Manual

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E-mail notification

NOTE
Note that for the FRU class, only the Name, State, and Time columns are displayed. In addition, if
the FRU area is Fan, the Name column refers to either a fan or a fan FRU, depending on the switch
model. Refer to
TABLE 15
Field
Name
State
Reason
Last Value
Current Value
Time
Use the following procedure to display the alarms page.
1. Open the Fabric Watch window.
2. In Fabric Watch Explorer, select the class that you want to check for alarms.
3. Select the Alarm Notification tab.
4. In Area Selection, select the area that you want to check for alarms from the list. All alarms for
For troubleshooting responses to alarms, refer to the Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide.

E-mail notification

You can be notified of an alarm condition through an e-mail alert. If you have configured alarms to
send an e-mail notification, you must also configure the e-mail server and the e-mail recipient, as
described in the following sections.

Configuring the e-mail server on a switch

You must set up the e-mail notification recipient's DNS server and domain name on each switch for
which e-mail notification is enabled.
Use the following procedure to configure the alert e-mail address on the switch.
1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in
2. Select the Switch tab.
3. In the DNS Configuration area, in the DNS Server 1 field, enter the primary domain Name
4. In the DNS Server 2 field, enter the secondary domain server IP address. You can enter the IP
5. In the Domain Name field, enter the domain name (between 4 and 32 characters).
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Alarm notification table fields
Description
The string assigned to the element that had an event
The current state of the element
The event type that was triggered
The data value of the element when the event was triggered
The current data value of the element
Time when the event occurred
that area display.
window" on page 35.
Server IP address. You can enter the IP address in IPv4 or IPv6 format.
address in IPv4 or IPv6 format.
on page 142 for more information.
"Opening the Switch Administration
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