Prerequisites for Call Home
The Call Home feature provides email-based and web-based notification of critical system events. A versatile range of message formats are available for optimal compatibility with pager services, standard email, or XML-based automated parsing applications. Common uses of this feature may include direct paging of a network support engineer, email notification to a network operations center, XML delivery to a support website, and use of Cisco Smart Call Home services for direct case generation with the Cisco Systems Technical Assistance Center (TAC).
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The router supports the Call Home feature beginning with Cisco IOS XE Release 3.12S. |
Consider the following points before you configure Call Home:
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Contact email address (required for full registration with Smart Call Home, optional if Call Home is enabled in anonymous mode), phone number (optional), and street address information (optional) should be configured so that the receiver can determine the origin of messages received.
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At least one destination profile (predefined or user-defined) must be configured. The destination profile you use depends on whether the receiving entity is a pager, an email address, or an automated service such as Cisco Smart Call Home.
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If the destination profile uses email message delivery, you must specify a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server. Configuring the trustpoint CA is not required for HTTPS server connection since the trustpool feature enabled by default.
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The router must have IP connectivity to an email server or the destination HTTP(S) server.
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If Cisco Smart Call Home is used, an active service contract covering the device is required to provide full SCH service.