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Manage AutoSupport settings with ONTAP System Manager

You can use ONTAP System Manager to manage the settings for your AutoSupport account.

You can perform the following procedures:

View AutoSupport settings

You can use ONTAP System Manager to view the settings for your AutoSupport account.

Steps
  1. In ONTAP System Manager, click Cluster > Settings.

    In the AutoSupport section, the following information is displayed:

    • Status

    • Transport protocol

    • Proxy server

    • From email address

  2. In the AutoSupport section, select kebab icon, then select More Options.

    Additional information is displayed about the AutoSupport connection and email settings. Also, the transfer history of messages is listed.

Generate and send AutoSupport data

In ONTAP System Manager, you can initiate the generation of AutoSupport messages and choose from which cluster node or nodes the data is collected.

Steps
  1. In ONTAP System Manager, select Cluster > Settings.

  2. In the AutoSupport section, select kebab icon, then select Generate and Send.

  3. Enter a subject.

  4. Select the check box under Collect Data From to specify the nodes from which to collect the data.

Test the connection to AutoSupport

From ONTAP System Manager, you can send a test message to verify the connection to AutoSupport.

Steps
  1. In ONTAP System Manager, click Cluster > Settings.

  2. In the AutoSupport section, select kebab icon, then select Test Connectivity.

  3. Enter a subject for the message.

Enable or disable AutoSupport

AutoSupport delivers proven business benefits to our customers, including proactive identification of possible configuration issues and accelerated support case resolution. AutoSupport is enabled by default in new systems. If required, you can use ONTAP System Manager to disable the ability of AutoSupport to monitor the health of your storage system and send you notification messages. You can enable AutoSupport again after it has been disabled.

About this task

Before you disable AutoSupport, you should be aware that you lose the following benefits:

  • Health Monitoring: AutoSupport monitors the health of your storage system and sends notifications to Fujitsu Support and your internal support organization.

  • Faster resolution: Systems sending AutoSupport data have their support cases resolved in half of the time compared to cases for systems that not sending AutoSupport data.

  • More functions: Certain functions in other tools work only when AutoSupport is enabled, for example, some workflows in BlueXP.

Steps
  1. Select Cluster > Settings.

  2. In the AutoSupport section, select kebab icon, then select Disable.

  3. If you want to enable AutoSupport again, in the AutoSupport section, select kebab icon, then select Enable.

Edit AutoSupport settings

You can use ONTAP System Manager to modify the connection and email settings for your AutoSupport account.

Steps
  1. Select Cluster > Settings.

  2. In the AutoSupport section, select kebab icon, then select More Options.

  3. In the Connections section or the Email section, select edit icon to modify the setting for either section.

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