Configuring System Administrator Settings : Configuring email settings
  
Configuring email settings
You can set email notification parameters for events and failures in the Administration > System Settings: Email page.
By default, email addresses are not specified for event and failure notification.
To set event and failure email notification
1. Choose Administration > System Settings: Email to display the Email page.
2. Under Email Notification, complete the configuration as described in this table.
Control
Description
SMTP Server
Specify the SMTP server. You must have external DNS and external access for SMTP traffic for this feature to function.
Make sure that you provide a valid SMTP server to ensure that the users you specify receive email notifications for events and failures.
SMTP Port
Specify the port number for the SMTP server.
Report Events via Email
Specify this option to report alarm events through email. Specify a list of email addresses to receive the notification messages. Separate addresses by spaces, semicolons, commas, or vertical bars.
These alarms are events:
CPU utilization (rising threshold, reset threshold)
Temperature (rising threshold, reset threshold)
Network interface link errors
Hardware error
Fan error
Flash error
IPMI
Memory error
Power supply
Licensing
Memory error
Endpoint NFS
Secure vault
System disk full
Expiring SSL certificates
Disk error
Override Default Sender’s Address
Specify this option to configure the SMTP protocol for outgoing server messages for errors or events. Specify a list of email addresses to receive the notification messages. Separate addresses by commas.
You can also configure the outgoing email address sent to the client recipients. The default outgoing address is do-not-reply@<hostname>.<domain>. If you don’t specify a domain, the default outgoing email is do-not-reply@<hostname>.
You can configure the host and domain settings in the Administration > Networking: Host Settings page.
Report Failures to Technical Support
Specify this option to report serious failures such as system crashes to Riverbed Support.
We recommend that you activate this feature so that problems are promptly corrected.
This option does not automatically report a disk drive failure. In the event of a disk drive failure, contact Riverbed Support at:
3. Click Apply to apply your changes to the running configuration.
4. Click Save to Disk to save your settings permanently.
Related Topic
Configuring alarm settings