Obtaining Alerts About Your ix2 Network Storage
You can configure your ix2 to send email alerts when problems are detected. This is done through the
email notification feature. Email notification provides a destination for emails sent by the ix2 when
problems are detected. To provide a destination email address, enter the following information:
●Destina tion Email Addres ses — enter a valid email address or addresses. This email address
provides a destination for messages sent by the ix2 when problems are detected by the system.
You can add multiple email addresses by separating them with commas, spaces or semicolons.
●Check Send a test e mail message to confirm that email notification is working properly.
●Check Configu re custom SMTP settin gs only if your network blocks SMTP traffic, requiring
additional credentials, such as a corporate firewall.
Most users will not need to check this option. If checked, enter the following additional information
to identify your SMTP server:
●Email Server (SMTP) — enter the address of your SMTP server.
●Sender Email Address — enter an email address for the ix2 to use as the From address when
it creates messages.
●Email Login — enter the username used to log into the email account you entered above.
●Email Passwor d — enter the password for the email account.
●Confirm Pas sword — confirm the password for the email account. It must match the
password provided above.
If your email application uses a SPAM blocker, it is recommended that you add a sender email
address to your safe list. If you do not define additional credentials, the default sender email is:
sohostorage@emc.com
Click Apply to save your changes.
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