APC AP9218, AP9211 Email Option, Event-Related Menus and Options, Requirements for, using SMTP

Event-Related Menus and Options

Email Option

Requirements for	To use the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to send e-mail when
using SMTP	an event occurs, 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 e-mail addresses for a maximum of four recipients.
	Note: To page an e-mail recipient who uses a text-based
		pager gateway, see the description of the To Address
		setting in Email Recipients on page 31.
DNS server	To enable the Management Card to send e-mail messages, you must
	use the TCP/IP & DNS option (Web interface) or DNS option (control
	console) in the Network menu 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, e-mail cannot be sent. Therefore, use a DNS
	server on the same segment as the Management Card or on a nearby
	segment (but not across a WAN).
	After 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 SMTP
	settings:
	Setting		Description
	SMTP Server		The DNS name of the SMTP server.
			The contents of the From field in the e-mail messages sent by
			the Management Card.
	From Address		Note: See the documentation for your SMTP server to
			determine whether you must you use a valid user
			account on the server for this setting.

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