Creating an alert notification rule for email notifications

You can add different alert notification rules that send emails based on the alert categories, severities, and names.

Procedure

To create an alert notification rule for email notifications, complete the following steps:
  1. Navigate to the System > Health > Notification tab.
  2. Click Create > New Alert Notification Rule.
  3. In the Create Alert Notification Rule dialog, perform the following:
    1. Enter a unique Notification Name for the alert notification rule.
    2. In the Notification Filters section, select the filter based on your requirements:
      Note: The alert notification is sent when an alert matches the combination of the filter settings you have configured.
      Filter Description
      Clusters Select one or more clusters from the drop-down. Otherwise, any cluster will trigger the rule.
      Alert Severity Select one or more severities from the drop-down. Otherwise, all alerts with any severity will trigger the rule.
      Alert Type Select one or more alert types from the drop-down. Otherwise, all alerts of any alert type will trigger the rule.
      Alert Category Select one or more categories from the drop-down. Otherwise, all alerts in any category will trigger the rule.
      Alert Name Select one or more names from the drop-down. Otherwise, any Alert name will trigger the rule. If you selected any categories, the list includes only alerts in those categories.
    3. In the Notification Frequency section, select the frequency of the alert notification:
      • Real-time
      • Every 6 hours
      • Every 24 hours
    4. In the Notification Method section, select Email. Choose one of the options from the drop-down based on your requirement:
      Options Description
      To Type an email address or distribution list of the recipients to whom you plan to send the email notification.
      CC Type an email address or distribution list of the recipients to whom you plan to send a copy of the email notification.

      Click + to add multiple email addresses based on your requirements.

    5. Click Create.