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October 1, 2018

Troubleshooting Tip: Troubleshooting alarm emails

  • October 1, 2018
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Description

 

This article describes how to resolve a scenario where an email triggered by a specific alarm was expected but was not received.

 

Scope

 

FortiNAC.

Solution

 

  1. Verify the alarm was triggered.
  • Navigate to Logs > Alarms.
  • Filter on the desired alarm and time frame.
  • Check to see if a frequency was set that would never allow the the alarm to be triggered.
 
  1. a. If the alarm was not triggered, verify if the event was generated.
  • Check the output.master log in the Server or Control Server for instances of 'Failed to send email' messages. Contact Support for assistance.
  • Navigate to Logs -> Events.
  • Filter on the desired alarm and time frame.
  • If the event was not generated, verify the event is enabled. Navigate to Logs -> Event Management.
  • If the event was triggered, verify the event is mapped to an alarm. Navigate to Logs -> Event to Alarm Mappings.

 

  1. b. If the alarm was triggered but no email was received:
  • Verify the email was not filtered by the email server.
  • Verify email from the appliance is working as expected. Refer to the related articles below.

 

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