# How to set up SMSEagle as the SMS gateway in OpManager

## Pre-requisites:

Before setting up SMSEagle as the SMS gateway for OpManager, make sure that you have the SMSEagle hardware. You can purchase SMSEagle hardware from [here](https://www.smseagle.eu/store/en/index.html) if you don't have one.

**Note**: SMS Eagle is a hardware-based SMS gateway setup. An active internet connection is not required as long as you have direct connectivity between the server in which OpManager is installed and the SMSEagle hardware.

[![Configuration of SMSEagle as the SMS gateway in OpManager: Video](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/how-to/images/config-smseagle-video.png)](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/xAmvuM8iQus)

## Steps to setup SMSEagle as your SMS gateway

In OpManager:

- Go to **Settings → General Settings → SMS Server Settings**, under SMS Gateway, select **'SMSEagle'** as the SMS Provider.
- Enter the **Hostname** or IP address of the server in which the SMSEagle hardware is configured.
- Enter the **User Name** & **Password** of your SMSEagle installation.
- If you wish to test if the configuration is successful, click on the **Test SMS** button.
- Enter a mobile number with country code and click **Send SMS**.
- Check the Gateway API response for more details on the SMS status.

Click [here](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/help/sms-alerting.html) to learn how to setup a SMS notification profile and start receiving notifications.