Setting Up 3DM Preferenceswww.3ware.com 83To set up event notification1 Click 3DM 2 Settings on the menu bar.2 In the E-mail Notification section of the 3DM 2 Settings page, enter orchange the settings you want.• Enable or Disable all notifications.• Set the severity level of events for which e-mail notifications are sent.• Specify the email address of the sender. This will appear in the“From” field of the e-mail.• Enter the e-mail address(es) to which notifications are sent. (Separatemultiple addresses with a comma (,) or a semicolon (;).• Enter the SMTP server name or IP of the mail server for the computerwhere the 3ware controller is installed.• If your email server requires authentication, enter the Mail ServerLogin and Password.3 Click Save E-mail Settings.To send a test messageYou can send a test message to make sure you’ve entered the e-mailnotification settings correctly.• Click Send Test Message.Configuring the VMware Firewall to Allow EmailNotificationYou can select an option in 3DM 2 to allow email notification of alarms andother events reported by the 3ware RAID controller.However, in order to receive email notification when using VMware, you willneed to configure the VMware firewall to allow outgoing email, as all portsare blocked by default.To configure the VMware firewall to allow email notification1 Login to the server as root.2 Configure the firewall to allow outgoing email.esxcfg-firewall -o 25,tcp,out,smtpesxcfg-firewall -o 587,tcp,out,smtp