Dell IDRAC6 manual Testing E-mail Alerting, 321

where 1 and 1 are the e-mail destination index and the enable/disable selection, respectively.

The e-mail destination index can be a value from 1 through 4.

The enable/disable selection can be set to 1 (Enabled) or 0 (Disabled). For example, to enable e-mail with index 4, type the following command:

racadm config -g cfgEmailAlert -o cfgEmailAlertEnable -i 4 1

3Configure your e-mail settings.

At the command prompt, type the following command and press <Enter>:

racadm config -g cfgEmailAlert -ocfgEmailAlertAddress -i 1 <e-mail_address>

where 1 is the e-mail destination index and <e-mail_address>is the destination e-mail address that receives the platform event alerts.

To configure a custom message, at the command prompt, type the following command and press <Enter>:

racadm config -g cfgEmailAlert -ocfgEmailAlertCustomMsg -i 1 <custom_message>

where 1 is the e-mail destination index and <custom_message> is the message displayed in the e-mail alert.

Testing E-mail Alerting

The RAC e-mail alerting feature allows users to receive e-mail alerts when a critical event occurs on the managed system. The following example shows how to test the e-mail alerting feature to ensure that the RAC can properly send out e-mail alerts across the network.

racadm testemail -i 2

NOTE: Ensure that the SMTP and Email Alert settings are configured before testing the e-mail alerting feature. See "Configuring E-Mail Alerts" on page 320 for more information.

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