## About Configuring Local Event Notification

You can use the Local Email page to customize the generation of email messages to yourself or to other administrators. For example, if you are interested in receiving only high-priority alerts coming from Sun StorEdge arrays, you can create a specialized notification for this instance only.

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Alerts are sent only to valid email addresses that you have specified through the Email Notification function. Local notification does not send Email to the NSCC remote email provider.

In addition to sending the RAS information collected by the diagnostic and monitoring software, you can use email to send a customizable subset of the event-driven messages from the storage system directly to local system administrators.

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It is expected that the storage system can resolve email addresses. This capability is set up when the system is initially configured. Use the Test Email function in the diagnostic and monitoring software to test this functionality. The remote SMTP email server can also be configured from the Configuration Options page. See Setting Configuration Options for more information.

For any event that produces frequent error messages, you can specify the maximum number of notifications for that event that can be sent within an 8-hour period. The default value is 6. You can also specify 4, 2, or Email All Events (indicating an unlimited number of email messages within an 8-hour period). For example, if the maximum number is set to 6, up to 6 email messages about the event can be sent within an 8-hour period. The last email message indicates that it is the final notification to be sent within that period.

You can re-enable email notification about an event. For example, if you have set the maximum number of email messages to 6, have received 6 messages on the same event within an 8-hour time period, and want to receive more email notifications about the event, click the Clear Email Maximums button on the Local Email page.

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Email might not be sent if the system is not properly configured to send email to the recipient. This is primarily evident in environments in which the system's Storage Service Processors are on a subnet and there is no gateway to the intended recipient.

### Related Topics

- Initializing Monitoring and Event Notification
- Adding an Email or Pager Notification Address
- Updating an Email or Pager Notification Address
- Testing an Email Address
- Clearing Email Notification Maximums