Configuring Alert 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.

Select Tools > Configure Alerts on the main menu screen.

NOTE  The Configure Alerts option differs based on your configuration. If the MegaRAID Storage Manager Framework connects to a Linux, Solaris, or a Windows server, the Tools menu shows the Configure Alerts option. If Monitor Plugin is configured on the server, the Tools menu shows the Monitor Configure Alerts option. If the MegaRAID Storage Manager Framework connects with a VMware ESXi server, the Tools menu shows the CIMOM Configure Alerts option.

The Configure Alerts window appears, as shown in the following figure. The window contains three tabs: Alert Settings, Mail Server, and Email.

Figure 81. Configure Alerts

You can select the Alert Settings tab to perform the following actions:

Edit the alert delivery method for different severity levels.

Change the method of delivery for each individual event.

Change the severity level of each individual event.

Save an .xml backup file of the entire alert configuration.

Load all the values from a previously saved backup into the dialog to edit or save these values as the current alert notification configuration.

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

You can select the Mail Server tab to perform the following actions:

Enter or edit the sender email address.

Enter the SMTP server name or the IP address.

Enter the SMTP server authentication related information (user name and password).

NOTE  These fields are optional and are filled only when the SMTP server requires authentication.

Save an .xml backup file of the entire alert configuration.

Load all of the values from a previously saved backup into the dialog to edit or save these values as the current alert notification configuration.

ATTENTION  When you load a saved backup file, all unsaved changes made in the current session will be lost.

You can 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 addresses.

Remove email addresses of recipients of alert notifications.

Save an .xml backup file of the entire alert configuration.

Load all of the values from a previously saved backup into the dialog to edit or save these values as the current alert notification configuration.

ATTENTION  When you load a saved backup file, all unsaved changes made in the current session will be lost.