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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.

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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).

Published October 2018prev | next

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