APC AP9211 - Manual (Page 30)

MasterSwitch Power Distribution Unit User’s Guide 26
Configuring and Using E-mail Notification
Configuring SMTP and DNS Settings
Requirements for
using SMTP
To use the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to send e-mail when
an event occurs, you must define the following settings:
• The IP address of the Domain Name Service (DNS) server.
• The DNS name of the SMTP server and the From Address set-
tings for SMTP.
• The e-mail addresses for a maximum of four recipients.
Note: To page an e-mail recipient who uses a text-based
pager gateway, see the description of the
To Address
setting in Settings on page 25 .
DNS server
To enable the Management Card to send e-mail messages, you must
use the
TCP/IP & DNS option (Web interface) or DNS option (Control
Console) in the Network menu to identify the Domain Name Service
(DNS) server by its IP address.
If the unit does not receive a response from the DNS server within five
seconds, e-mail cannot be sent. Therefore, use a DNS server on the
same segment as the unit or on a nearby segment (but not across a
WAN).
After you define the DNS server’s IP address, verify that DNS is working
correctly by entering the DNS name of a computer on your network to
obtain the IP address for that DNS name.
SMTP settings
The E-mail option in the Network menu accesses the following SMTP
settings:
Setting Description
SMTP Server The DNS name of the SMTP server.
From Address
The contents of the From field in the e-mail messages sent by
the Management Card.
Note: See the documentation for your SMTP server to
determine whether you must use a valid user account
on the server for this setting.