5.2 Enabling System and Service Notifications

You can configure the Mobility system to notify specified users when critical situations arise that require administrator attention.

  1. In the Mobility Admin console, click Service Configuration Service Configuration icon.

  2. In the Notification Enabled field, select Enabled.

    Notification Enabled

  3. Fill in the following fields:

    SMTP IP Address: Specify the IP address of an SMTP host for sending email. This could be a GroupWise GWIA server, but you can also use another email system such as sendmail on a Linux server or a personal email account.

    SMTP Port: The port number on which the Mobility Service can communicate with the SMTP host.

    Authentication User Name: The email user name to send the notification messages from.

    Authentication User Password: (Conditional) The email password if one is required on the email account.

    System Notifications: A comma-delimited list of email addresses to send a notification to when the Mobility server encounters a critical (red) alert or condition.

    Service Notifications: A comma-delimited list of email addresses to send a notification to when a new device needs to be released from the quarantine.

    For more information about the quarantine, see Section 4.4, Quarantining New Devices to Prevent Immediate Connection and Section 7.4, Releasing a New Device from the Quarantine.

  4. Click Save to save the new setting(s).

  5. Restart the Mobility Service to put the new setting(s) into effect:

    rcgms restart