Configuring Repetition Reduction; Configuring Event Retention - Dell DL4000 User Manual

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Timeout (seconds) To specify how long to try a connection before timing out, enter an integer
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5. Click Send Test Email and review the results.
6. After you are satisfied with the results of the tests, click OK.

Configuring repetition reduction

To configure repetition reduction:
1. From the Core, click the Configuration tab.
2. From the Manage option, click Events.
3. From the Repetition Reduction area, click Change.
The Repetition Reduction dialog box appears.
4. Select Enable Repetition Reduction.
5. In the Store events for X minutes text box, enter the number of minutes to store the events for
repetition reduction.
6. Click OK.

Configuring event retention

To configure event retention:
1. From the Core, click the Configuration tab.
2. From the Manage option, click Events.
3. Under Database Connection Settings, click change.
The Database Connection Settings dialog box appears.
4. In the Retain event and job history for text box, enter the number of days that you want to retain
information about events.
For example, you could select 30 days (default).
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The default is 25.
value. It is used to establish the time in seconds when trying to connect to the
email server before a time-out occurs.
The default is 30 seconds.
Select this option if the mail server uses a secure connection such as Transport
Layer Security (TLS) or Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
Enter a user name for the email server.
Enter a password for accessing the email server.
Enter a return email address. It is used to specify the return email address for
the email notification template; for example, noreply@localhost.com.
Enter a subject for the email template. It is used to define the subject of the
email notification template; for example, <hostname> - <level> <name>.
Enter information for the body of the template that describes the event, when
it occurred, and the severity.
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