Initialization of outbound authentication failed with the specified error for the Send connector
Topic Last Modified: 2007-11-16
The Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for Operations Manager monitors the Windows Application log on computers that are running Exchange Server 2007 and generates this alert when the event or events specified in the following Details table are logged.
To learn more about this alert, if you are using Microsoft Operations Manager 2005, do one or more of the following:
From the Operator Console, select this alert, and then click the Properties tab. Review the description of the alert that includes the variables specific to your environment.
From the Operator Console, click the Events tab, and then double-click the event in the list for which you want to review the event description. Review the events that have been logged that meet the criteria of this Operations Manager alert.
To learn more about this alert, if you are using System Center Operations Manager 2007, do one or more of the following:
From the Operations Console, double-click this alert, and then click the General tab. Review the description of the alert that includes the variables specific to your environment.
From the Operations Console, double-click this alert, and then click the Alert Context tab. Review the events that have been logged that meet the criteria of this Operations Manager alert.
Details
Product Name |
Exchange |
Product Version |
8.0 (Exchange Server 2007) |
Event ID |
2016 |
Event Source |
MSExchangeTransport |
Alert Type |
Critical Error |
MOM Rule Path |
Microsoft Exchange Server/Exchange 2007/Common Components/Hub Transport and Edge Transport/Transport |
MOM Rule Name |
Initialization of outbound authentication failed with the specified error for the Send connector. |
Explanation
This Error event indicates that the specified Send connector on the Hub Transport server or Edge Transport server experienced an authentication credential initialization failure with the specified remote server.
When a Send connector is configured to route outbound messages to a smart host, the following authentication methods are available:
None
Basic authentication
Basic authentication over Transport Layer Security (TLS)
Exchange Server authentication
Externally Secured
In the Exchange Management Console, you set the authentication methods for outbound connections to a smart host on the Configure Smart Host Authentication Settings tab after you click Change on the Network tab of the Send connector properties page.
In the Exchange Management Shell, you set the authentication methods for outbound connections to a smart host by using the SmartHostAuthMechanism parameter on the Set-SendConnector cmdlet.
User Action
To resolve this error, do one or more of the following:
Verify that the Send connector and the destination smart host are configured to use a common authentication method with the correct credentials and required certificates.
Reenter the username and password on the specified Send connector and at the remote server.
Make sure that the server that logged this event can connect to the specified remote server. For example, use the Ping or PathPing command-line tools to test basic connectivity. Use Ping to isolate network hardware problems and incompatible configurations. Use PathPing to detect packet loss over multiple-hop trips. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 325487, How to troubleshoot network connectivity problems.
For more information, see the following topics:
For More Information
To search the Microsoft Knowledge Base articles based on criteria that generated this alert, visit the Search the Support Knowledge Base (KB) Web site.
To review Exchange 2007 event message articles that may not be represented by Exchange 2007 alerts, see the Events and Errors Message Center.
If you are not already doing so, consider running the tools that Microsoft Exchange offers to help administrators analyze and troubleshoot their Exchange environment. These tools can help you make sure that your configuration is in line with Microsoft best practices. They can also help you identify and resolve performance issues, improve mail flow, and better manage disaster recovery scenarios. Go to the Toolbox node of the Exchange Management Console to run these tools now. For more information about these tools, see Toolbox in the Exchange Server 2007 Help.