Configuring E-Mail Alert Settings - Dell PowerEdge VRTX User Manual

7. To test an event trap for an alert destination, type:
racadm testtrap -i <index>
where <index> is a value between 1–4 representing the alert destination you want to test.
If you are not sure about the index number, run the following command:
racadm getconfig -g cfgTraps -i <index>

Configuring E-Mail Alert Settings

When CMC detects a chassis event, such as an environmental warning or a component failure, it can be configured to
send an e-mail alert to one or more e-mail addresses.
You must configure the SMTP email server to accept relayed emails from the CMC IP address, a feature which is
normally turned off in most mail servers due to security concerns. For instructions to do this in a secure manner, see the
documentation that was provided with the SMTP server.
NOTE: If your mail server is Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, make sure that iDRAC7 domain name is configured
for the mail server to receive the email alerts from iDRAC7.
NOTE: Email alerts support both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. The DRAC DNS Domain Name must be specified when
using IPv6.
If your network has an SMTP server that releases and renews IP address leases periodically, and the addresses are
different, then there is a duration when this property setting does not work due to change in the specified SMTP server
IP address. In such cases, use the DNS name.
Configuring Email Alert Settings Using CMC Web Interface
To configure the email alert settings using Web interface:
1. In the left pane, click Chassis Overview → Alerts → E-mail Alert Settings.
2. Specify the SMTP email server settings and the email addresses to receive the alerts. For information about the
field descriptions, see the
3. Click Apply to save the settings.
4. Click Send under Test E-mail to send a test email to the specified email alert destination.
Configuring EMail Alert Settings Using RACADM
To send a test email to an email alert destination using RACADM:
1. Open a serial/Telnet/SSH text console to CMC and log in.
2. Enable alert generation:
racadm config -g cfgAlerting -o cfgAlertingEnable 1
NOTE: Only one filter mask may be set by both SNMP and email alerting. If you have already set a filter mask,
do not perform the task in step 3.
3. Specify the events for which alerts must be generated:
racadm config -g cfgAlerting -o cfgAlertingFilterMask <mask value>
where <mask value> is a hexadecimal value between 0x0 and 0xffffffff and must be expressed with the leading
0x characters. The Event Traps Filter Masks table provides filter masks for each event type. For instructions about
calculating the hex value for the filter mask you want to enable, see step 3 in the
Destinations Using RACADM.
4. Enable email alert generation:
racadm config -g cfgEmailAlert -o cfgEmailAlertEnable 1 -i <index>
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