Configuring alerts
Using e-mail alerting, the hosting appliance can notify you of several events and potential problems. These events include:
Logging in as domain administrator
If you log in as a domain administrator, you can only configure services for Mail, and FTP. The other options are unavailable to domain administrators.
To configure an alert to notify you when Web service has stopped
- In the left menu, click Alerts.
- Next to Web, check the E-mail alert check
box.
- In the E-mail alert addresses window, enter the e-mail addresses where you want the alert to be sent if Web service stops.
- Click Apply.

To configure an alert to notify you when mail service has stopped
- In the left menu, click Alerts.
- Next to Mail, check the E-mail alert check
box.
- In the E-mail alert addresses window, enter the e-mail addresses where you want the alert to be sent if mail service stops.
- Click Apply.

To configure an alert to notify you when FTP service has stopped
- In the left menu, click Alerts.
- Next to FTP, check the E-mail alert check
box.
- In the E-mail alert addresses window, enter the e-mail addresses where you want the alert to be sent if FTP service stops.
- Click Apply.

To configure an alert to notify you when CPU usage has exceeded a threshold
- In the left menu, click Alerts.
- Next to CPU, check the E-mail alert check
box.
- In the E-mail alert addresses window, enter the e-mail addresses where you want the alert to be sent if CPU usage exceeds the specified threshold.
- Click Apply.
- To configure the CPU usage threshold, click CPU.
- In the Trending alert thresholds box, set the CPU utilization percent and duration. (Duration can be entered in seconds, minutes, or hours.)
- Click Apply to save the settings.

To configure an alert to notify you when memory usage has exceeded a threshold
- In the left menu, click Alerts.
- Next to Memory, check the E-mail alert check
box.
- In the E-mail alert addresses window, enter the e-mail addresses where you want the alert to be sent if memory usage exceeds the specified threshold.
- Click Apply.
- To configure the memory usage threshold, click Memory.
- In the Trending alert thresholds box, set the memory utilization percent and duration. (Duration can be entered in seconds, minutes, or hours.)
- Click Apply to save the settings.

To configure an alert to notify you when drive usage has exceeded a warning or critical threshold
- In the left menu, click Alerts.
- Next to Drives (Warning, check the E-mail alert check
box.
- In the E-mail alert addresses window, enter the e-mail addresses where you want the alert to be sent if drive usage exceeds one of the specified thresholds.
- Click Apply.
- To configure the drives usage thresholds, click Drives.
- For each drive volume shown in the Drive space box, specify a warning and critical alert threshold. You can specify the value as a percentage of drive space or in megabytes. To change from one measurement to the other, click the link View
by MB or View by percent.
- Click Apply to save the settings

To configure an alert to notify you when temperatures have exceeded a threshold
- In the left menu, click Alerts.
- Next to Temperatures, check the E-mail alert check
box.
- In the E-mail alert addresses window, enter the e-mail addresses where you want the alert to be sent if temperatures exceed one of the specified thresholds.
- Click Apply.
Note: For a conversion chart of Celsius and Fahrenheit temperatures, see Temperature
conversion chart.

To configure an alert to notify you when fan speed has crossed a threshold
- In the left menu, click Alerts.
- Next to Fans, check the E-mail alert check
box.
- In the E-mail alert addresses window, enter the e-mail addresses where you want the alert to be sent if the fan speed falls below one of the specified thresholds.
- Click Apply.

To configure an alert to notify you when one of the computer's voltages has crossed a threshold
- In the left menu, click Alerts.
- Next to Voltages, check the E-mail alert check
box.
- In the E-mail alert addresses window, enter the e-mail addresses where you want the alert to be sent if voltages exceed one of the specified thresholds.
- Click Apply.