Configuring email delivery

Configure the required Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server and the password reset notices.

Before you begin

You must be assigned the Hardware administration role with permission to Manage hardware resources (Full permission) to perform these steps.

About this task

You can use the console, the command line interface, or the REST API to complete this task. For the command line and REST API information, see the Related information section.

Procedure

  1. Click System > System Settings.
  2. Expand Mail Delivery.
  3. Enter the IP address or the host name of the SMTP server. This server is used by the system to send email messages.
    If you enter a host name, the host name must be resolved by the Domain Name System (DNS) servers that are defined in the system.
  4. Specify the email address to be used as the reply-to address for email messages.
    Typically, this address is the email address of the system administrator. This address is used as the sender of the generated email messages for various events. The following events can generate email notifications:
    • User ID creation.
    • Completion of system backup. The email message is sent to the email specified for the default administrator account on the system. To view this account, click System > Users and select admin.

What to do next

To ensure that email notifications are delivered as expected, if the SMTP (email proxy) server has a allowlist of accepted incoming IP addresses, ensure that all of the Platform System Manager IP addresses, including the primary IP address for each Platform System Manager, and the floating IP address, are added to the list.