Email

The CNA system allows you to email a variety of data, including snapshot and trend reports, configurations, and show command output, from either the command line or the management web interface.

You can use the email command in the CLI to configure the CNA system to automatically send snapshot reports on a regular schedule.

You can select the Email command from the File menu in the web interface to send data that is being displayed in the content pane of the web applet.

Before mail can be sent, you need to identify your mail server, either in the CLI or the web interface. The server and port named by the CLI’s smtp-server command will be used for all mail, unless you change the server designation in the web interface.

Click the SMTP Server button at the bottom of the E-mail dialog to change the server name and port. This change is valid for email sent from the applet only; it is not stored on the server and will not affect the automatic mailing of reports. The change will remain in effect as long as the applet continues to run. When you launch a new applet, it will again default to the settings named by the smtp-server command.

Data mailed from the applet will be sent to the mail server through the client workstation’s network interface.

Reports mailed automatically by the CNA system will be sent through the management module’s eth0 interface. Image formats (jpeg and png) can be specified with email format image.

If you encounter difficulties, verify that both the CNA system’s management module and the workstation in which you run the applet have network access to the mail server.