Event Notification; Configuring E-Mail Notification - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B User Manual

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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 167.

Configuring e-mail notification

To send e-mail 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 to enable the application to send e-mail
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 port number of the SMTP mail server in the SMTP Port field.
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The E-mail Event Notification Setup dialog box displays
FIGURE 418 E-mail Event Notification Setup dialog box
messages in case of event notifications.
e-mail notifications in the E-mail Server field.
The Management application accepts IP addresses in IPv4 and IPv6 formats. The IPv4 format
is valid when the operating system has IPv4 mode only or dual stack mode. The IPv6 format is
valid when the operating system has IPv6 mode only or dual stack mode.
If SMTP over SSL is not enabled, the default is 25.
If SMTP over SSL is enabled, the default is 465.
"Call Home"
(Figure 418).
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