Email Alert

Alert Settings

If an alert is detected, the EWS switch will record it in the event log. The EWS switch can also be configured to send email notifications for selected events.

Mail Alert State: Select whether to Enable/Disable email notification.

Mail Information Setting

• SMTP Server: Enter the name of the mail server.

• SMTP Port: Enter the SMTP port.

• SSL/TSL: Enable this option if your mail server uses SSL/TLS encryption.

• Authentication: Select this option to enable authentication.

• User Name: Enter the username required by the mail server.

• Password: Enter the password required by the mail server.

• From Mail Address: Enter the email address that will appear as the sender of the email alert.

• To Mail Address: Enter the email address to which the EWS switch will send alarm messages. You can only send alarm messages to a single email address.

• Subject: Enter the subject of the email notification.

Test: To verify that the EWS switch can send email notifications using the SMTP settings you just configured, please click the Test button for a quick test.

Apply: Click Apply to save settings.

Event Binding

Use this page to choose which types of events will trigger the EWS switch to send an email notification. When any of the selected events occur, the EWS switch sends an email notification to the email address that you specified in the Monitoring > Email Alert > Alert Settings section.

The table below provides explanations for EWS controller syslog event messages.

Event Type	EWS Syslog Message	Severity Level
Status of AP Controller	Controller is enabled	INFO
Status of AP Controller	Controller is disabled	WARNING
Certificate Changed	SSL certificate updated	INFO
Certificate Changed	SSL certificate will expire in {value} days	WARNING
Certificate Changed	SSL certificate has expired	ERROR
Certificate Changed	[AP Name] [AP MAC]'s SSL certificate has been updated	INFO
AP Managed	[AP Name] [AP MAC] added to management list	INFO
AP Managed	[AP Name] [AP IP] removed from management list	INFO
Status of AP	[AP Name] [AP MAC] online	INFO
Status of AP	[AP Name] [AP MAC] reset	INFO
Status of AP	[AP Name] [AP MAC] offline	WARNING
Status of AP	[AP Name] [AP MAC] has invalid IP [IP Address]	WARNING
Status of AP	[AP Name] [AP MAC]'s active client number reaches client limits {value} of [2.4/5]GHz	WARNING
AP Configuration Changed	[AP Name] [AP MAC] configuration updated	INFO
AP Firmware	[AP Name] [AP MAC] firmware version is incompatible	WARNING
AP Firmware	[AP Name] [AP MAC] started to upgrade firmware from [old-ver] to [new-ver]	INFO
AP Firmware	[AP Name] [AP MAC] firmware upgrade failed	ERROR