Web/SNMP Management SmartSlot Card User’s Guide 56
Events Menu
Email
Overview
You can use the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to send Email to
up to four recipients when an event occurs.
To use the Email feature, you must define the following settings:
• The IP address of the Domain Name Service (DNS) server
• The DNS name of the
SMTP
server and the
From Address
set-
tings for
SMTP
• The Email addresses for a maximum of four recipients
Note:
You can use the Email feature to page an Email recipi-
ent who uses a text-based pager gateway. For more
information, see the description of the
To Address
set-
ting in
Email recipients on page 57
.
DNS server
The Management Card cannot send any Email messages unless the
DNS server is defined. The
TCP/IP & DNS
(Web interface) or
DNS
(Control Console) option in the
Network
menu accesses the setting that
you use to identify the Domain Name Service (DNS) server by its IP
address.
If the Management Card does not receive a response from the DNS
server within five seconds, Email cannot be sent. Therefore, use a DNS
server that is on the same segment as the Management Card, or on a
nearby segment (but not across a WAN).
Once you define the DNS server’s IP address, verify that DNS is
working correctly by entering the DNS name of a computer on your
network to obtain the IP address for that DNS name.
SMTP settings
The
Email
option in the
Network
menu accesses the following settings:
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Setting Description
SMTP Server
The DNS name of the SMTP server.
From Address
The contents of the
From
field in the Email messages sent by
the Management Card.
Note:
The SMTP server’s configuration may require that you
use a valid user account on the server for this setting.
See the server’s documentation for more information.
