Adding an additional AutoSupport destination
When you enable AutoSupport, heath and status messages are sent to NetApp support. You can specify one additional destinations for all AutoSupport messages.
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You must be signed in to the Grid Manager using a supported browser.
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You must have the Root Access or Other Grid Configuration permission.
To verify or change the protocol used to send AutoSupport messages, see the instructions for specifying an AutoSupport protocol.
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You cannot use the SMTP protocol to send AutoSupport messages to an additional destination. |
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Select Support > Tools > AutoSupport.
The AutoSupport page appears with the Settings tab selected.
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Select Enable additional AutoSupport destination.
The Additional AutoSupport Destination fields appear.
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Enter the server hostname or IP address of an additional AutoSupport destination server.
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Enter the port used to connect to an additional AutoSupport destination server (default is port 80 for HTTP or port 443 for HTTPS).
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To send your AutoSupport messages with certificate validation, select Use custom CA bundle in the Certificate Validation drop-down. Then, do one of the following:
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Use an editing tool to copy and paste all the contents of each of the PEM-encoded CA certificate files into the CA bundle field, concatenated in certificate chain order. You must include
----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----
and----END CERTIFICATE----
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Select Browse, navigate to the file containing the certificates, and then select Open to upload the file. Certificate validation ensures that the transmission of AutoSupport messages is secure.
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To send your AutoSupport messages without certificate validation, select Do not verify certificate in the Certificate Validation drop-down.
Select this choice only when you have a good reason not to use certificate validation, such as when there is a temporary problem with a certificate.
A caution a message appears: "You are not using a TLS certificate to secure the connection to the additional AutoSupport destination."
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Select Save.
All future weekly, event-triggered, and user-triggered AutoSupport messages will be sent to the additional destination.