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  2. IT Analytics Help
  3. Section XVI. System Administration
  4. System Configuration in the Portal
  5. Configure SMTP Authentication

Configure SMTP Authentication

You can send email notifications to designated recipients when the scheduled reports are generated and alerts are raised in IT Analytics by configuring SMTP authentication.

You can configure SMTP authentication from the Admin tab of the portal. To perform the email configuration for SMTP authentication, go to Admin tab > Advanced > Email Configuration and add details as described in the table below.

Note that SMTP password and Repeat SMTP password fields are displayed only if you set the SMTP authentication type as Basic Authentication.

Table: Email configuration for SMTP authentication

Field name

Description

Email SMTP host IP address

IP address of a functional email server that will be used for authentication.

Email enable Transport Layer Security (TLS)

Enables the SMTP transport layer security (TLS) encryption and authentication protocol. The data channel used to communicate between the client and server will be encrypted.

SMTP Port

SMTP communication port number.

SMTP authentication type

Authentication method used by the client to prove its identity.

SMTP User

User name to be used for authentication on the above-mentioned email server.

SMTP password

The password associated with the SMTP User name.

Repeat SMTP Password

Repeat the secret associated with the SMTP User name password supplied above.

Email from address

Email address to be used for reply back.

Email from name

The name associated with the email address to be used for reply back.

Email debug mode

Select to enable Cohesity to address mail transmission issues.

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