Configuring System Settings : Setting up email notifications
  
Setting up email notifications
You set email notification parameters for events and failures in the Email page.
By default, no email addresses are 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. Complete the configuration as described in this table.
Control
Description
SMTP Server
Specify a valid SMTP server. External DNS and external access for SMTP traffic is required for this feature to function.
SMTP Port
Specify the port in the SMTP server.
Send Reminder of Passthrough Rules via email
Specify this option to send email reminders of pass-through rules every 15 days.
In addition to selecting this check box, you must also make or verify these settings:
• Select the Report Events via Email check box on this page and specify an email address.
• Select the Enable Email Notification check box in the Optimization > Optimization: In-Path Rules page.
This field is active only for pass-through rules. You can’t create notifications for other types of rules.
To change the frequency of reminder emails, enter the email notify passthrough rule notify-timer command. To disable reminder emails for pass-through rules, clear this check box or enter the no email notify passthrough rule command. For more information, see the Riverbed Command-Line Interface Reference Manual.
Report Events via Email
Select this option to report events using email.
Specify a space-separated list of email addresses to which to send notification messages.
To complete SNMP settings, see Configuring SNMP basic settings.
Report Failures via Email
Select this option to report serious failures, such as system crashes, using email.
Specify a space-separated list of email addresses to which to send notification messages.
Override Default Sender’s Email
Select this option to specify a sender email address instead of the default “do-not-reply” sender email address.
Report Failures to Technical Support
Select 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.
3. Click Apply to apply your settings to the running configuration.
4. Click Save to save your changes to the running configuration.