Configuring e-mail settings

To configure HP SIM to send e-mail notifications through automatic event handling:

Access the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) host and CMS e-mail settings through the First Time Wizard or choose OptionsEventsAutomatic Event HandlingEmail Settings. The Email Settings page appears.
Enter the SMTP host name. The SMTP host is the outgoing e-mail server that the CMS will use to send e-mail notifications.
Enter the e-mail address that the management server will use when sending e-mail notifications in the Sender's e-mail address box.
To authenticate your SMTP server, select Server Requires Authentication.
Enter the account user name and password in the corresponding boxes.
If you are using the First Time Wizard, click Next to go to the next step.
Note If you did not enter a valid SMTP host, HP SIM notifies you that it will not be able to send e-mail notifications. Click OK, if you do not want to enter e-mail settings now, or click Cancel and enter a valid SMTP host.
If you are changing the e-mail settings from the OptionsEventsAutomatic Event HandlingEmail Settings page, click OK to save changes.




	NOTE: If the Server Requires Authentication option is selected, and you enter incorrect account information, e-mail event notifications will not reach the intended recipients.

Additional e-mail settings

To have user defined information (from the e-mail information on the Actions page) displayed first on the subject line of an e-mail, you must change the EmailPrefixUserSubject property in the globalsettings.props file to True. Otherwise, HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) defined information is displayed first. The globalsettings.props file is located at:

On Windows. It is typically located at C:\Program Files\HP\Systems Insight Manager\config\globalsettings.props.
On HP-UX and Linux. It is located at /etc/opt/mx/config/globalsettings.props.

The HP SIM service should be restarted after the flag is set. To restart:

If EmailPrefixUserSubject = false. The format of the subject line is Device Name: Short Description from Alert: User's Defined Subject.
If EmailPrefixUserSubject = true. The format of the email subject line is User's Defined Subject: Device Name: Short Description from Alert.




	IMPORTANT: This property does not need to be configured for the e-mail feature to work. This property is automatically set to false in the `globalsettings.props` file and does not need to be changed unless you want user defined text to appear before the HP SIM text in the subject line.

Configuring e-mail settings

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