Configuring Email Settings
You can configure global email parameters for sending emails from Prime Infrastructure reports, alarm notifications, and so on. This mail server page enables you to configure email parameters in one place. The Mail Server page enables you to set the primary and secondary SMTP server host and port, the email address of the sender, and the email addresses of the recipient.
Before You Begin
You must configure the global SMTP server before setting global email parameters.
To configure global email parameters, follow these steps:
Step 1 Choose Administration > System Settings > Mail Server Configuration. The Mail Server Configuration page appears.
Step 2 Enter the hostname of the primary SMTP server.
Step 3 Enter the username of the SMTP server.
Step 4 Provide a password for logging on to the SMTP server and confirm it.
Note Both username and password are optional.
Step 5 Provide the same information for the secondary SMTP server (only if a secondary mail server is available).”
Step 6 The “From text box in the Sender and Receivers portion of the page is populated with PI@Hostname.domainName. You can change this to a different sender.
Step 7 In the “To” text box, enter the email address of the recipient. The email address you provide serves as the default value for other functional areas, such as alarms or reports. If you want to specify multiple recipients, enter multiple email addresses separated by commas.
Note Global changes you make to the recipient email addresses in Step 7 are disregarded if email notifications were set.
You must indicate the primary SMTP mail server and complete the From address text boxes.
If you want all alarm categories applied to the provided recipient list, select the Apply recipient list to all alarm categories check box.
Step 8 In the “Subject” text box, enter the text that you want to appear in the email subject line.
Step 9 (Optional) Click the Configure email notification for individual alarm categories link, you can specify the alarm categories and severity levels you want to enable. email notifications are sent when an alarm occurs that matches categories and the severity levels you select.
Note You can set each alarm severity by clicking the alarm category, choosing Critical, Major, Minor, or Warning, and providing an email address.
Step 10 Click the Test button to send a test email using the parameters you configured. The results of the test operation appear on the same page. The test feature checks the connectivity to both primary and secondary mail servers by sending an email with a “Prime Infrastructure test email” subject line.
If the test results are satisfactory, click Save.
