User Manual

64UPS Network Management Card 3 User Guide
E-mail notification screens
Overview of setup. Use Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to send e-mail to up to four recipients when
an event occurs.
To use the e-mail feature, you must define the following settings:
• The IP addresses of the primary and, optionally, the secondary Domain Name System (DNS) servers.
(See “DNS screen”)
• The IP address or DNS name for the SMTP Server and From Address. (See “SMTP Server” below)
• The e-mail addresses for a maximum of four recipients
. (See “E-mail recipients”)
You can use the To Address setting of the recipients option to send e-mail to a text-based
screen.
SMTP Server.
Path: Configuration > Notification > E-mail > Server
This screen lists your primary and secondary DNS server (see “DNS screen”) and then these fields:
Field Description
Outgoing Mail Configuration
From Address
The contents of the From field in e-mail messages sent by the NMC:
• In the format user@ [IP_address] (if an IP address is specified as Local SMTP Server)
• In the format user@domain (if DNS is configured and the DNS name is specified as
Local SMTP Server) in the e-mail messages.
NOTE: The local SMTP server may require that you use a valid user account on the server
for this setting. See the server’s documentation.
SMTP Server
The IPv4/ IPv6 address or DNS name of the local SMTP server.
NOTE: This definition is required only when SMTP Server is set to Local. See “E-mail
recipients”
Authentication Enable this if the SMTP server requires authentication.
Port The SMTP default port is 25. Alternative ports: 465, 587, 2525, 5000 to 32768.
User Name/
Password/
Confirm
Password
If your mail server requires authentication, type your user name and password here. This
performs a simple authentication, not SSI.
Advanced
Use SSL/TLS
• Never: The SMTP server does not require nor support encryption.
• If Supported: The SMTP server advertises support for STARTTLS but doesn't require
the connection to be encrypted. The STARTTLS command is sent after the
advertisement is given.
• Always: The SMTP server requires the STARTTLS command to be sent on connection
to it.
• Implicitly: The SMTP server only accepts connections that begin encrypted. No
STARTTLS message is sent to the server.
Require CA
Root Certificate
This should only be enabled if the security policy of your organization does not allow for
implicit trust of SSL connections. If this is enabled, a valid root CA certificate must be
loaded onto the NMC for encrypted e-mails to be sent.