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E-mail notification using web tools, Configuring the e-mail server on a switch – Brocade Fabric Watch Administrators Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) User Manual

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For the FRU class, only the Name, State, and Time columns are displayed. In addition, if the FRU area
is Fan, the Name column refers to either a fan or a fan FRU, depending on the switch model.

Alarm notification tab fields

TABLE 31

Field

Description

Name

The string assigned to the element that had an event

State

The current state of the element

Reason

The event type that was triggered

Last Value

The data value of the element when the event was triggered

Current Value

The current data value of the element

Time

Time when the event occurred

To display the alarms page, perform the following steps.

1. Open the Fabric Watch window.
2. In the Fabric Watch Explorer pane, select the class that you want to check for alarms.
3. Select the Alarm Notification tab.
4. Under Area Selection, select the area that you want to check for alarms from the list. All alarms for

that area display.

E-mail notification using Web Tools

You can be notified of an alarm condition through an e-mail alert. If you have configured alarms to send
an e-mail notification, you must also configure the e-mail server and the e-mail recipient, as described in
the following sections.

Configuring the e-mail server on a switch

You must set up the e-mail notification recipient’s DNS server and domain name on each switch for
which e-mail notification is enabled.

To configure the alert e-mail address on the switch, perform the following steps:

1. Open the Switch Administration window.
2. Select the Switch tab.
3. In the DNS Configuration area, enter the primary Domain Name Server IP address in the DNS

Server 1 field. You can enter the IP address in IPv4 or IPv6 format.

4. Enter the secondary Domain Name Server IP address in the DNS Server 2 field. You can enter the

IP address in IPv4 or IPv6 format.

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