Xsan 2 Administrator Guide - Setting Up Status Notifications

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Setting Up Status Notifications

You can set up Xsan to send an email or dial a pager to notify you or other
administrators when:

A controller switches to its backup

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A Fibre Channel connection fails

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Free space on a volume falls below a specific percentage

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A user or group exceeds the designated soft quota

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A serial number is about to expire

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To send email notifications outside the local network, the controller needs access to an
SMTP server.

To have Xsan send status notifications:

1

Open Xsan Admin and select Overview in the SAN Assets list.

2

Choose Edit Notifications Settings from the Action (gear) pop-up menu.

3

To add a contact, click the Add (+) button and enter an email address.

4

If the address is for an account that will forward the notification as a text message,

click the checkbox in the Text Msg column.

5

Choose the conditions that cause a notification to be sent (next to “Notify if”).

6

Enter a sender name.

7

Enter the mail server address in the SMTP Server field.

8

To send a test message to all recipients, click Send Test Notification.

9

Adjust settings as necessary and then click OK.