The pages available from the Email Alerting folder allow you to configure information about what type
of log message are sent via email and to what address(es) the messages are emailed.
Email Alert Global Configuration
Use the Email Alert Global Configuration page to configure the common settings for log messages
emailed by the switch.
To access this page, click
System
>
Advanced Configuration
>
Email Alerts
>
Global
in the navigation
menu.
Table 61: Email Alert Global Configuration Fields
Field
Description
Admin Mode
Sets the administrative mode of the feature.
•
Enable – The device can send email alerts to the configured SMTP server.
•
Disable – The device will not send email alerts.
From Address
Specifies the email address of the sender (the switch).
Log Duration
This duration in minutes determines how frequently the non critical messages are sent
to the SMTP Server.
Urgent Messages
Severity
Configures the severity level for log messages that are considered to be urgent.
Messages in this category are sent immediately. The security level you select and all
higher levels are urgent:
•
emergency (0): The device is unusable.
•
alert (1): Action must be taken immediately.
•
critical (2): The device is experiencing primary system failures.
•
error (3): The device is experiencing non-urgent failures.
•
warning (4): The device is experiencing conditions that could lead to system errors
if no action is taken.
•
notice (5): The device is experiencing normal but significant conditions.
•
info (6): The device is providing non-critical information.
•
debug (7): The device is providing debug-level information.
Non Urgent Messages
Severity
Configures the severity level for log messages that are considered to be nonurgent.
Messages in this category are collected and sent in a digest form at the time interval
specified by the Log Duration field. The security level you select and all levels up to, but
not including the lowest Urgent level are considered nonurgent. Messages below the
security level you specify are not sent via email.
See the
Urgent Message
field description for information about the security levels.
Traps Severity
Configures the severity level for trap log messages. See the Urgent Message field
description for information about the security levels.
If you change any of the parameters, click
Submit
to apply the changes to the system. If you want the
switch to retain the new values across a power cycle, you must save the configuration.
After configuring all email alert settings, click
Test
to send a test message to the configured
address(es).
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