Document Number: OSUP1064
Product: Observer 12.1 and Lower
Date: 12/4/07
Title: E-mail Notifications on RAID Controllers Setup

Areca Setup:

1. Launch the Areca HTTP Proxy Server GUI from the Windows Start Menu
   
   
   This will launch an application which will go to the SysTray of the Taskbar.
   
   
   
2. Double Click on this icon. This will launch the GUI.
   
   
   
3. Click on Controller #01 (PCI) and then click on the Start button.
   
   
4. This will bring up the following login screen. By default the login information is:
   
   UserID: admin
   Password: <blank>
   
   
   
5. Once you enter the main HTTP screen you will need to select System Controls menu and then the Alert By Mail Config:
   
   
   
   
6. On the right side is the setup information for the E-mail.
   1 - SMTP Server IP Address: Enter the IP Address for your companies SMTP server.
   2 – Sender Name: Type in a name that the e-mail will say it came from
   3 – Mail Address: Type in the address that the e-mail will come from.
   4 – Account: Provide an account to log into the SMTP server (usually this is the email address minus the @emailaddress.com information)
   5 – Password: Type in the password for the Account name provided in step 4 to log into the SMTP server
   6 – MailTo Name 1-4: Type in the name of the person who you wish the emails to go to. You can enter in up to 4 separate email names:
   7 – Mail Address 1-4: Type in the email addresses of the people you wish the e-mails to go to from step 6.
   8 – Event Notification Configuration: Select the level for the event notification. In general setting this setting to Warning Error Notifications will
   9 – Checkmark the Confirm This Operation and then click Submit.
   
   
   
   Email notifications will now be sent to the supplied email boxes in the event of a failure on the RAID array.

3Ware Setup

1. Open the 3DM2 application from the Windows Start Menu:
   
   
   
   
   
2. This will bring up the following login screen. From the dropdown menu select Administrator. The default password is 3ware
   
   
   
3. Click the 3DM2 Settings button located at the top of the screen. The following screen will be shown:
   
   
   
4. Configure the E-mail Notification screen.
   
   1 – Send E-mail – Set to Enabled
   2 – Notify On – Set to Warning.
   3 – Sender – Supply the email address of the person who will be sending the email.
   4 – Recipeint(s) – Type in the e-mail address(es) (separated by ;) of who should be notified if there is a warning message.
   5 – Enter the IP Address of the SMTP email server.
   6 – Click Save E-mail settings
   7 – Test your email settings: Click on the Send Test Message to verify that you have setup correctly the e-mail notifications.