HP P6000 Performance Advisor Software - Manual (Page 66)

8. In the Save Configured Settings window, when you are prompted to confirm your action, click
OK.
The configured settings are applied across the key metric charts and statistical data tables under
Storage Systems > Storage Network > Individual Storage System. For more information, see
“Viewing a summary of key metrics” (page 108) .
SMTP and SNMP notification settings
Based on your requirement, you can configure the SMTP and SNMP settings if you want to receive
appropriate notifications whenever performance values exceeds the threshold level at which you
want to be notified. In addition, you can choose to be informed if the performance value drops
below the threshold level at which you want to be notified.
You can configure the SMTP settings if you want to receive appropriate notification whenever data
collection starts or stops.
IMPORTANT: Even though you configure the SMTP or SNMP settings, you will receive email
notifications or SNMP traps only when you selected the threshold at which you want to be notified
while configuring the threshold settings for a storage system or performance object.
Procedure
1. Follow the first three steps in “Viewing the event log” (page 129) .
2. Click the Configure Notification tab in the Event Management window.
Based on your requirement, you can choose to configure either SMTP or SNMP settings, or both.
Configure email and SNMP settings
Procedure
Based on your requirement, you can choose to configure either SMTP or SNMP settings, or both.
To configure email settings:
1.
In the Email Settings section, select the Enable email settings check box to enable the email
settings fields.
2. Enter the SMTP server fully qualified name or IP address (IPv4 or IPv6), and the port number
(default 25) in the fields under SMTP Server Settings.
3. If authentication is required to access the specified SMTP server, select the Authentication
check box.
HP P6000 Performance Advisor uses the specified credentials every time it has to access the
SMTP server to send email notifications.
4. Enter the user name and password to access the SMTP server, and reconfirm the specified
password.
HP P6000 Performance Advisor uses the specified credentials every time it has to access the
SMTP server to dispatch email notifications.
5. Under Threshold and Data Collection Alarm Email Settings, select Send threshold and data
collection alarm email notifications check box.
6. Enter the following specific details:
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Destination email address where you want to receive the threshold and data collection
alarm notifications (total character count <= 512).
A valid destination email address must transform into one of the following formats:
◦
@. .
For example, [email protected]
◦
@.. .
For example, [email protected]
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