GarrettCom Magnum MNS-6K User Manual
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M A G N U M 6 K S W I T C H E S , M N S - 6 K U S E R G U I D E
either POP3 or IMAP for receiving messages that have been arrived from the outside world.
While SMTP (and its related protocols such as POP3, IMAP etc.) are useful transports for
sending and receiving emails, it is extremely beneficial for a network administrator to receive
emails in case of faults and alerts. The Magnum 6K family of switches can be setup to send an
email alert when a trap is generated.
If this capability is used, please ensure that SPAM filters and other filters are not
set to delete these emails.
GarrettCom Inc. recommends that a rule be setup on the mail server so that all
emails indicating SNMP faults are automatically stored in a folder or redirected
to the necessary administrators.
The SNMP alerts can be configured using MNS-6K for the following:
• Send email alert according to the configuration rules when a specific event category
happens
• Send email alert according to the configuration rules when a specific trap SNMP trap
category happens
• Provide configuration and customization commands for users to specify SMTP server to
connect to, TCP ports, user recipients and filters
The SMTP alerts provide the following capabilities:
• SMTP alerts can be enabled or disabled globally
• User can define a global default SMTP server identified by its IP address, TCP port and
retry count
• User can add up to five SMTP alert recipients. Each recipient is identified by an ID and
email address. The email address needs to be a valid address and can be an alias setup for
distribution to a larger audience
• Filters are provided for each recipient to allow only certain categories of traps and events
be sent by email
• Each recipient can have its own SMTP server and TCP port number, if this is not defined
on a certain recipient, the default SMTP server and TCP port number is used
Syntax smtp – configure the SNMP alerts to be sent via email
Syntax show smtp
config
– displays the current SMTP global settings and
recipients
displays the currently configured recipients of email alerts
Syntax add id=<1-5> email=
[events=
id – [mandatory] the recipient ID - range from 1 to 5. MNS-6K allows a maximum of 5
recipients
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