E-Mail Notification; Configuring The E-Mail Server On A Switch; Configuring The E-Mail Alert - Brocade Communications Systems 1606 Administrator's Manual

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E-mail notification

TABLE 15
Field
Current Value
Time
1. Open the Fabric Watch window.
2. In Fabric Watch Explorer, select the class that you want to check for alarms.
3. Click the Alarm Notification tab.
4. In Area Selection, select the area that you want to check for alarms from the list.
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.
1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on
2. Click the Switch tab.
3. In the DNS Configuration area, in the DNS Server 1 field, type the primary domain Name
4. In the DNS Server 2 field, type the secondary domain server IP address.
5. In the Domain Name field, type the domain name (between 4 and 32 characters).
6. Click Apply.

Configuring the e-mail alert

You can set a different e-mail alert configuration for each class. For example, you can set one
e-mail notification for SFPs and another for E_Ports. Before configuring e-mail alert recipients, you
must set up the e-mail notification recipient's DNS server and domain name.
NOTE
You must execute fwalfilterset 1 command in CLI to enable e-mail notification.
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Alarm notification table fields (Continued)
Description
The current data value of the element
Time when the event occurred
All alarms for that area display.
Server IP address.
You can enter the IP address in IPv4 or IPv6 format.
You can enter the IP address in IPv4 or IPv6 format.
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