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Configuring System Information
EdgeSwitch
™
Administration Guide
Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.
Configuring Email Alerts
With the email alerting feature, log messages can be sent to one or more email addresses. You must
configure information about the network Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) server for email to be
successfully sent from the switch.
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 the page, click
System
>
Advanced Configuration
>
Email Alerts
>
Global
in the
navigation menu.
Email Alert Global Configuration
Email Alert Global Configuration Fields
Field
Description
Admin Mode
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 specifies how often to send the noncritical messages to the SMTP Server. For
example, if set to
30
, the noncritical messages are sent every 30 minutes.
Urgent Messages Severity
Configures the urgent severity level(s) for log messages (urgent log messages are sent immediately).
Select a severity level to define that level and all higher levels as urgent. Severity levels are (from highest
to lowest severity):
•
Emergency
Indicates system is unusable (highest severity)
•
Alert
Indicates action must be taken immediately
•
Critical
Indicates critical conditions
•
Error
Indicates error conditions
•
Warning
Indicates warning conditions
•
Notice
Indicates normal but significant conditions
•
Info
Indicates informational messages
•
Debug
Indicates debug-level messages (lowest severity)
Non Urgent Messages Severity
Configures the nonurgent severity level(s) for log messages (nonurgent log messages are collected and
sent in a digest form at the time interval specified by the
Log Duration
field). Select a severity level to
define that level, and all levels up to but not including the lowest urgent level, as nonurgent. Messages
below the severity level you specify are not sent via email.
See the Urgent Messages Severity field description for information about the severity levels.
Traps Severity
Configures the severity level for trap log messages. See the Urgent Messages Severity field description
for information about the severity levels.
