If you want to have a specific recipient receive an email message when an alert is triggered, you must configure Enterprise Manager to deliver locally-generated email messages using the internet-standard for electronic mail transmission, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). Before configuring SMTP email notification alerts, you must configure DNS resolution and create an SMTP server configuration.

1. On the Main tab, click Enterprise Management > Options > Alerts.
2. If you want Enterprise Manager to send emails when an alert is triggered, in the Email Recipient field, type the email address of the user, or the alias, that you want as the default receiver for alerts.
3. If you want to log alert events to a syslog file:
   1. In the Remote Syslog Server Address field, type the IP address of the remote syslog server where you want to store alert event logs by default.
   2. In the Maximum History Entries field, type the maximum number of alerts that you want stored in the syslog file. If the alert history reaches the limit you set, Enterprise Manager deletes the oldest entries to create room for newer entries.
4. Click Save Changes.

1. On the Main tab, click Enterprise Management > Alerts > Device Alert List.
2. Click the Create button. The New Alert screen opens.
3. In the Name field, type a name for the alert. Once you create the alert, you cannot change the name.
4. From the Alert Type list, select the type of alert that you want to create. Depending on the type of alert that you select, the screen may refresh to display additional options, including threshold fields.
5. If the alert type requires a threshold, for the Condition setting, specify a threshold value.
6. For the Action setting, select the check box next to each action that you want Enterprise Manager to take when the alert is triggered. If you select the option, SNMP trap to remote server, you must have SNMP configured.
7. If you selected the option to send an email for this alert and you want to specify an address different than the default, clear the Use default email recipient check box, and in the Email Recipient field, type an email address. By default, the system sends an email to the recipient you specified in the Options screen for alerts.
8. If you selected the option to send a message to a remote syslog server and you want to specify an address different than the default, clear the Use default remote syslog server address  check box and in the Remote Syslog Server Address field, type a remote syslog server address. By default, the system sends the event to the remote syslog server address you specified in the Options screen for alerts.
9. For the Devices or Devices Lists setting, in the Available box, select one or more devices from the devices or device list and click the Move button to move the selected devices or device list to Assigned.
10. Click Finished.

1. On the Main tab, click Enterprise Management > Alerts > EM Alerts.
2. For the Conditions setting, select the check box next to each of the metrics on which you want to set an alert. The screen refreshes to display threshold fields for the conditions you selected.
3. Retain the default values or type a new maximum in the threshold fields.
4. In the EM Alert Actions area, for the Action setting, select the type of action that you want Enterprise Manager to take when the values you specified for the thresholds are met or exceeded.
5. Click Save Changes.