C H A P T E R  3

Setting Up the Configuration Service

The Configuration Service software can be configured to notify, by e-mail, anyone interested in a storage device's alarms or log entries. In addition, you can configure notification for all or limited log classifications. This section contains the following procedures:


Configuring E-Mail Notification

This section contains the following topics:


procedure icon  To Configure E-Mail Notification

1. Click the Administration tab.

The Administration page is displayed.

 FIGURE 3-1 General Administration Page

Screen shot of General Administration page showing Verification, Logging and Miscellaneous sections.[ D ]

2. Select the radio buttons of the type of notification you desire.

3. For additional e-mail configuration, click More E-mail Features

 FIGURE 3-2 Configuration Service More E-mail Feature Administration

Screen shot of More E-mail Features page off of the General Administration page.[ D ]

4. Type SMTP Server IP address or Host name and click Update.

5. Click Add to enter an e-mail address for notification.

6. Select Alarm Level from the pull-down menu.

7. Select Medium from the pull-down menu.

If selecting e-mail as your notification medium, all alarms will be sent to an e-mail account. The messages will be sent at the intervals specified by the Minimum Time Between Messages field.

For pagers, only the first alarm during the time interval specified by the Minimum Time Between Messages will be sent.

8. Enter number of minutes, days or hours in the field and select from the pull-down menu.

9. Select the locale to which the message is being sent from the pull-down menu.

10. Click Save.

After receiving a message that the new e-mail address was saved, you may need to click Cancel to return to the More E-Mail Features page.


procedure icon  To Modify or Delete Notification E-Mail Addresses

1. Click the Administration tab.

2. Click More E-Mail Features.

3. Click the check box of the e-mail address.

4. Click Modify or Delete.


Configuring SNMP Notification

This section contains the following procedures:


procedure icon  To Configure SNMP Notification

1. Click the Administration tab.

2. Click the SNMP On radio button.

3. Click More SNMP Features.

The More SNMP Features pages is displayed.

 FIGURE 3-3 Configuration Service More SNMP Feature Administration

Screen shot of More SNMP Features page off of the General Administration page.[ D ]

4. Click add.

5. Select alarm level from the pull-down menu, enter hostname, modify Port Number (if desired), and click Save.

After receiving a message that the new SNMP contract was added, you may need to click Cancel to return to the More SNMP Features page.


procedure icon  To Modify SNMP Alarms

1. Click the Administration tab.

2. Click More SNMP Features.

3. Click the button of the SNMP notification.

4. Click Modify.

5. Enter desired modifications to Hostname or Port Number, and click Save.


procedure icon  To Delete SNMP Alarms

1. Click the Administration tab.

2. Click More SNMP Features.

3. Click the button of the SNMP Notification.

4. Click Delete.

5. Click Delete again to confirm and complete the operation.


Configuring Logging and Miscellaneous Contact E-mail

In addition to e-mail and SNMP notification, you can also configure logging and miscellaneous contact e-mail from the Administration page.


procedure icon  To Configure Logging and Miscellaneous Contact E-mail

1. Click the Administration tab.

2. Select Logging Threshold from the pull-down menu.

3. Type the maximum log file size.

You must stop and restart the daemons for any log file size changes to take effect (see Starting and Stopping the Daemons).

4. Type the Contact E-mail address.

5. Click Save.