> ### Updating configuration options

> As you use Fathom, you can update configuration options.You can update the options you established when you first configured Fathom, and you can continue to make subsequent updates as you use Fathom and develop a greater understanding of which settings work best for your environment.

> From the management console, select Options. The list frame opens as shown in Figure 7–1.

> Figure 7–1: Options in list frame

> Specifically, you can make modifications in the following areas:

> - Authorized users — Add or remove users; customize the operator role.
> - Configuration
> - General — Start Fathom automatically when the AdminServer starts.
> - Email alerts — Provide the e-mail address of the default recipient for e-mail notification when an alert is generated; also provide the SMTP mail server host name and port.
> - Resource monitoring — Determine whether to automatically poll resources, generate alerts, collect trend data, and include status changes.
> - Graph cache — Choose the graph cache time period setting for resources and containers.
> - User preferences — Select the rate (if any) at which Fathom Management automatically refreshes; change the default polling attributes for resource monitors.
> - SNMP — (If installed) Start or stop the SNMP Agent; change one or more of the following values: SNMP agent port, default SNMP trap port, default SNMP read community, default SNMP write community, and autostarting of SNMP.

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