Drobo 5D3 - Using On-Screen and E-Mail Alerts; Setting up or Modifying E-Mail Alerts

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9 Using On-Screen and E-mail Alerts
In Drobo Dashboard, you can have e-mail alerts sent to one or more e-mail addresses
with relevant information about all your connected Drobo devices. This helps you
anticipate potential issues or critical situations that could arise with one or more of your
Drobo devices, such as the need to increase capacity. You can also set on-screen alerts.
You can set e-mail or on-screen alerts to one of three levels, from informational to
critical.
Topics:
Setting Up or Modifying E-mail Alerts
Modifying When to Send E-mail Alerts
Disabling E-mail Alerts
Modifying When to Send On-Screen Alerts
Disabling On-Screen Alerts
9.1 Setting Up or Modifying E-mail Alerts
Enabling e-mail alerts in Drobo Dashboard keeps you informed of the status of all your
Drobo devices, as well as critical issues such as drive failures, low capacity etc. Once you
have set up e-mail alerts, you can also modify these settings.
Drobo provides users with two options:
● Drobo Email Relay
● Custom Email Server
To configure the e-mail alerts follow the steps given below
1. In Drobo Dashboard, click the Dashboard Preferences option on the Navigation
menu.
2. Click the E-mail Settings link in the Drobo Dashboard E-mail Alerts section.