Managing Alarm Events and Notifications

The following alarm setting parameters are available:

• Alarm Description: Displays the list of events for which alarm is triggered.
• Enable: If selected, Alarm will be enabled for the respective event. By default, all the listed events are enabled.
• Threshold(%): This parameter is available only for AP license usage and disk space. The default threshold value is 90%. The threshold percentage can be set between a value from 1 through 100.

• SMTP Service: Select the email service from the list. Gmail, Yahoo, and SMTP email services are supported.

  Email Notification Setting Window: SMTP

  

  Email Notification Setting Window: Yahoo

  
• Email: Enter the email ID from which you want to send the alarm notification.
• Password: Enter the password associated with the email account. For Gmail or Yahoo SMPT service, enter the generated App Password.

  For Gmail or Yahoo SMPT service, enable 2-Step Verification, and generate an App Password as follows:

  • Gmail:
    1. Log in to the Gmail web UI.
    2. Click Google Account > Manage your Google Account > Security to display the Security window.
    3. Enable 2-Step Verification.
    4. In the Security window, complete the following steps to generate an App Password:
       1. Click App Password to display the App Password window.
       2. Select the following fields:
          • Select app: Select Other (Custom name).
          • Select the app and device you want to generate the app password for: Enter RND or a preferred name.
       3. Click Generate to display the Generated app Password dialog box.
       4. Record the generated password and enter the same password in the RND Password field.
  • Yahoo:
    1. Log in to the Yahoo web UI.
    2. Click Yahoo Account > Account Info > Account Security to display the Account Security window.
    3. Enable 2-Step Verification.
    4. In the Account Security window, complete the following steps to generate an App Password:
       1. Click Generate App Password > Get Started to display the Generate an app password dialog box.
       2. Enter RND or a preferred name in the Enter your app's name field and click Generate password.
       3. Record the generated password and enter the same password in the RND Password field.

• Sender Name: Enter a name for the sender.
• To Addresses: Enter the email address of the recipients. You can add multiple recipient addresses separated with commas.
• Enable email notification for all alarms: If selected, an email notification is sent to the recipients whenever an alarm is triggered.

If SMTP is selected, the following additional fields are displayed:

• SMTP Host: Enter the full name of the server provided by your ISP or mail administrator. Typically, the SMTP host name is in the format smtp.company.com.
• SMTP Port: Enter the SMTP port number provided by your ISP or mail administrator. Often, the SMTP port number is 25 or 587. The default SMTP port value is 25.
• SMTP Secure: Select SMTP secure as true or false from the list.
• User Authentication: Enable this to send the e-mail from the authenticated user.
• Username: Enter the e-mail ID from which you want to send the notification. This e-mail ID is used as an authenticated e-mail ID to send SMTP email notifications to all of the recipients listed in the To Addresses field.