Setting up email notifications
You can set up the system to send email notifications using the maintenance utility.
Setting up email notifications
Before you begin
- You must have the Storage Administrator (View Only) or Storage Administrator (Initial Configuration) role to perform this task.
Procedure
In the maintenance utility Administration pane, select Alert Notifications.
To send email notices, click Enable, next to Email Notice. Click Disable to not send email notices.
Click Add to add an email address to the list of registered addresses.
Enter the email address and then use the pull-down menu to select the type of address: To, Cc, or Bcc.
Click OK to save the email address and close the dialog box.
Enter an email address in Email Address (From).
Enter an email address in Email Address (Reply To:).
In Mail Server Settings, select the mail server type: Identifier, IPv4, or IPv6.
To use SMTP authentication, click Enable.
In Account, enter an SMTP account name.
In Password, enter the SMTP account password.
Click Apply to save the changes and close the Set Up Alert Notifications window.
NoteIf SIMs are not transferred through email, verify the settings in the procedure. If all settings are correct, verify the settings and operating conditions of the mail server itself, and the operating conditions of the Management LAN.
Alert notification email
The following example shows an alert notification email that is sent from the storage system to the mail server.
VSP E990 Report //HM900 //VSP ////////////////////////////// //e-Mail Report ////////////////////////////// Date : 20/04/2021 Time : 00:20:00 Machine : VSP E990(Serial# 400102) RefCode : 7fffff Detail: This is Test Report.
The following table describes the components of an alert notification email.
Component | Item in the example | Description |
Title |
VSP E990 Report | product-name-of-the-storage-system Report |
Additional information |
//HM900 //VSP ////////////////////////////// //e-Mail Report ////////////////////////////// |
The information set in Setting up email notifications Nothing appears if no information is set. |
Date | Date : 20/04/2021 | The date when the error occurred |
Time | Time : 00:20:00 | The time when the error occurred |
Hardware identification |
Machine : VSP E990 (serial# 400102) |
storage-system-name-set-in-Storage-Navigator(serial# serial-number) |
Failure code | RefCode : 7fffff | The reference code that appears in the alert window |
Failure detail | Detail: This is Test Report. | Information of failure locations that need maintenance Information of a maximum of eight failure locations appears. Each information item includes the following items: action code, assumed failure part, and location. |
Sending a test email message
Procedure
Click the Email tab.
The Email tab displays the current settings for the mail server, SMTP authentications, and email addresses.Click Send Test Email.
A completion notice is displayed.Click OK to acknowledge the notice and close the message. Verify that the log (Detailed data: "RefCode: 7FFFFF, This is Test Report.") has been transferred to the Syslog server.
NoteIf a test email cannot be received, confirm the email notification settings and take actions according to error messages.
Example of a test email message
Subject: VSP E990 Report DATE : 24/10/2020 TIME : 10:09:30 Machine : Virtual Storage Platform Ex00 (Serial# 400001) RefCode : 7fffff Detail: This is Test Report.
The field definitions in the test email message are listed in the following table.
Item | Description |
Subject | Email title (name of the storage system) + (report) |
DATE | Date when a system failure occurred |
TIME | Time when a system failure occurred |
Machine | Name and serial number of the storage system |
RefCode | Reference code. The same code as the one reported by SNMP traps. |
Detail | Failure details. The same information as the one reported by SNMP traps. |
For reference codes and failure details, see the SIM Reference Guide.