Configuring Alert Event Notifications

> Configuring Alert Event Notifications

> The Alert Notification Configuration feature allows you to control and configure the alerts that the MegaRAID Storage Manager software sends when various system events occur.

> To access this window, select Tools > Configure Alerts on the MegaRAID Storage Manager main menu, as the following figure shows.

> Figure 34. Alert Notification Configuration Menu

> The Configure Alerts window appears, as the following figure shows. The screen contains three tabs: Alert Settings, Mail Server, and Email. You can use each tab to perform tasks for that topic.

> Figure 35. Alerts Notification Configuration Screen

> Select the Alert Settings tab to perform the following actions:

> | Select the methods for the delivery of the alerts that are generated when events with a certain severity level occur.

> The notification options are System log entry, the MegaRAID Storage Manager log entry, on-screen pop-up message, and email. For example, you can specify that Informational events generate only a log entry but that Fatal events generate a log entry, a pop-up message, and an email notification.

> | Change the severity level of events.

> | Save a .xml backup file of the entire alert configuration.

> NOTE When you load a saved backup file, all unsaved changes made in the current session are lost.

> Select the Mail Server tab to perform the following actions:

> | Enter or edit the sender email address.

> | Enter the SMTP server.

> | Require authentification of the email server.

> | Save a .xml backup file of the entire alert configuration.

> | Load all of the values from a previously saved backup into the dialog to edit or send to the monitor.

> NOTE When you load a saved backup file, all unsaved changes made in the current session are lost.

> Select the Email tab to perform the following actions:

> | Add new email addresses for recipients of alert notifications.

> | Send test messages to the recipient email address.

> | Remove email addresses of recipients of alert notifications.

> | Save a .xml backup file of the entire alert configuration.

> | Load all of the values from a previously saved backup into the dialog to edit or send to the monitor.

> NOTE When you load a saved backup file, all unsaved changes made in the current session are lost.

> This section also includes the following topics:

> | Setting Alert Delivery Methods

> | Changing Alert Delivery Methods for Individual Events

> | Changing the Severity Level for Individual Events

> | Entering or Editing the Sender Email Address and SMTP Server

> | Authenticating a Server

> | Saving Backup Configurations

> | Loading Backup Configurations

> | Adding Email Addresses of Recipients of Alert Notifications

> | Testing Email Addresses of Recipients of Alert Notifications

> | Removing Email Addresses of Alert Notification Recipients

DB09000202-21, Rev 2.2, July 2015
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