Alert Notification - Western Digital Array Management Setup User Manual

Alert Notification

AMS alerts you to the problems and processes happening to your RAID through email and
popup messages.
These steps describe how to setup the email function.
1. Click on the RAID Machine
Information View.
2. Be sure the Enable NT system event log checkbox is checked.
3. To reduce the volume of repeated messages, check the Anti-SAMS checkbox and set an
acceptable time interval in hours.
4. Click on the Email alert on error box, if it is not already checked.
5. In the SMTP server field, type in the SMTP address for your mail server.
6. The default is No Authentication Method. If you want an Authentication Method, in the
dropdown menu choose from:
- CRAM-MD5
- Authorized Login
- Plain Login
7. Type in a User Name and Password in the fields provided.
8. Click the Change button to update your configuration.
9. Scroll down to the Email Sender and Recipients box.
10. In the Email ID of Alert Sender field, type in the email address of this computer.
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