Call Home

Note ● For complete syntax and usage information for the commands used in this chapter, see these publications:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11846/prod_command_reference_list.html

  • Cisco IOS Release 15.1SY supports only Ethernet interfaces. Cisco IOS Release 15.1SY does not support any WAN features or commands.
  • Cisco IOS Release 15.1SY supports these call home enhancements:

– Call home single command configuration

– Anonymous Reporting

– Crash alert group

– Data privacy

– Diagnostic signatures

– HTTP proxy server support

– AAA authorization for call home message IOS commands

– snapshot alert group

– Syslog throttling

– Call home message compression—To prevent truncation of large messages, compresses and applies base64 binary encoding to XML formatted CLI output larger than 10KB that is sent to the Smart Call Home server.

– CA certificate auto update for HTTPS connection

 

Tip For additional information about Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches (including configuration examples and troubleshooting information), see the documents listed on this page:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

Participate in the Technical Documentation Ideas forum

 

Prerequisites for Call Home

  • Obtain the following information for the Call Home contact that will be configured so that the receiver can determine the origin of messages received:

– Customer contact email (required for full registration with Smart Call Home, optional if Call Home is enabled in anonymous mode)

– Customer phone number (optional)

– Customer street address (optional)

  • If using email message delivery, identify the name or IPv4 or IPv6 address of a primary Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server and any backup servers.
  • (Not required with Release 15.1SY and later releases) If using secure HTTP (HTTPS) message delivery, configure a trustpoint certificate authority (CA). This procedure is required if you are using the HTTPS server for Cisco Smart Call Home Service in the CiscoTAC-1 profile for Call Home.
  • Verify IP connectivity from the router to the email server(s) or the destination HTTP server.
  • If servers are specified by name, the switch must have IP connectivity to a domain name server.
  • If using Cisco Smart Call Home, verify that an active service contract exists for the device being configured.

Tip From the Smart Call Home web application, you can download a basic configuration script to assist you in the configuration of the Call Home feature for use with Smart Call Home and the Cisco TAC. The script, provided on an as-is basis, can be downloaded from this URL: https://supportforums.cisco.com/community/netpro/solutions/smart_services/smartcallhome

Restrictions for Call Home

  • For the Cisco TAC profile, You can configure Call Home to send email messages or to send HTTP messages, but not both.
  • A Call Home alert is only sent to destination profiles that have subscribed to the alert group containing that Call Home alert. In addition, the alert group must be enabled.
  • Enabling call home data privacy can affect CPU utilization when scrubbing a large amount of data.
  • Call home data privacy scrubs show command output for configuration messages in the show running-config all and show startup-config data.
  • In VSS mode, scrubbing the hostname from configuration messages can cause a smart call home processing failure on the Cisco TAC backend server.
  • Call home diagnostic signatures—see this document:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios-xml/ios/ha/configuration/15-mt/ha-15-mt-book.html

Information About Call Home

Call Home Overview

Call Home provides these notification options of critical system events:

  • Email (for example, to a Network Operations Center) or web-based.
  • XML delivery to a support website for automated parsing.
  • Cisco Smart Call Home supports direct case generation with the Cisco Systems Technical Assistance Center (TAC).

The Call Home alert messages contain information on configuration, diagnostics, environmental conditions, inventory, syslog, snapshot, and crash events.

The Call Home feature can deliver alerts to multiple recipients, referred to as Call Home destination profiles, each with configurable message formats and content categories. A predefined destination profile (CiscoTAC-1) is provided, and you also can define your own destination profiles. The CiscoTAC-1 profile is used to send alerts to the backend server of the Smart Call Home service, which can be used to create service requests to the Cisco TAC (depending on the Smart Call Home service support in place for your device and the severity of the alert).

Flexible message delivery and format options make it easy to integrate specific support requirements. If multiple destination profiles are configured, the system tries to send call-home messages from every configured profile.

The Call Home feature provides these functions:

  • Multiple message-format options:

– Short Text—Suitable for pagers or printed reports.

– Long Text—Full formatted message information suitable for human reading.

– XML—Machine readable format using Extensible Markup Language (XML) and Adaptive Markup Language (AML) document type definitions (DTDs). The XML format enables communication with the Cisco Smart Call Home server.

  • Multiple concurrent message destinations.
  • Multiple message categories including configuration, crash, diagnostics, environmental conditions, inventory, snapshot, and syslog events.
  • Filtering of messages by severity and pattern matching.
  • Scheduling of periodic message sending.
  • Continuous device health monitoring and real-time diagnostics alerts.
  • Analysis of Call Home messages from your device and, where supported, Automatic Service Request generation, routed to the appropriate TAC team, including detailed diagnostic information to speed problem resolution.
  • Secure message transport directly from your device or through a downloadable Transport Gateway (TG) aggregation point. You can use a TG aggregation point in cases requiring support for multiple devices or in cases where security requirements mandate that your devices may not be connected directly to the Internet.
  • Web-based access to Call Home messages and recommendations, inventory and configuration information for all Call Home devices that provides access to associated Field Notices, Security Advisories and End-of-Life Information.

Anonymous Reporting

Smart Call Home is a service capability included with many Cisco service contracts and is designed to assist customers resolve problems more quickly. In addition, the information gained from crash messages helps Cisco understand equipment and issues occurring in the field. If you decide not to use Smart Call Home, you can still enable Anonymous Reporting to allow Cisco to securely receive minimal error and health information from the device. If you enable Anonymous Reporting, your customer identity will remain anonymous, and no identifying information will be sent.

Note When you enable Anonymous Reporting, you acknowledge your consent to transfer the specified data to Cisco or to vendors operating on behalf of Cisco (including countries outside the United States). Cisco maintains the privacy of all customers. For information about how Cisco treats personal information, see the Cisco Privacy Statement at http://www.cisco.com/web/siteassets/legal/privacy.html.

When Call Home is configured in an anonymous way, only crash, inventory, and test messages are sent to Cisco. No customer identifying information is sent.

For more information about what is sent in these messages, see the “Alert Group Trigger Events and Commands” section.

Smart Call Home

If you have a service contract directly with Cisco Systems, you can register your Call Home devices for the Cisco Smart Call Home service.

Smart Call Home provides these features:

  • Continuous device health monitoring and real-time diagnostic alerts.
  • Analysis of Smart Call Home messages and, if needed, Automatic Service Request generation routed to the correct TAC team, including detailed diagnostic information to speed problem resolution.
  • Secure message transport directly from your device or through an HTTP proxy server or a downloadable Transport Gateway (TG). You can use a TG aggregation point to support multiple devices or in cases where security dictates that your devices may not be connected directly to the Internet.
  • Web-based access to Smart Call Home messages and recommendations, inventory, and configuration information for all Smart Call Home devices provides access to associated field notices, security advisories, and end-of-life information.

For issues that can be identified as known, particularly GOLD diagnostics failures, depending on the Smart Call Home service support in place for your device and the severity of the alert, Automatic Service Requests will be generated with the Cisco TAC.

You need the following items to register:

  • The SMARTnet contract number for your switch.
  • Your email address
  • Your Cisco.com ID

For detailed information on Smart Call Home, see the Smart Call Home page at this location:

https://supportforums.cisco.com/community/netpro/solutions/smart_services/smartcallhome

Alert Group Trigger Events and Commands

Call Home trigger events are grouped into alert groups, with each alert group assigned CLI commands to execute when an event occurs. The CLI command output is included in the transmitted message. These tables list the trigger events included in each alert group, including the severity level of each event and the executed CLI commands for the alert group:

 

Table 24-1 Call Home Syslog Alert Group Events and Actions

Alert Group Description:

Event logged to syslog
Send to TAC:

No
Executed Commands:

show logging, show inventory, show switch virtual (VSS mode only)

Call Home Trigger Event
Syslog Event
Sev
Description

SYSLOG

LOG_EMERG

0

system is unusable

LOG_ALERT

1

action must be taken immediately

LOG_CRIT

2

critical conditions

LOG_ERR

3

error conditions

LOG_WARNING

4

warning conditions

LOG_NOTICE

5

normal but signification condition

LOG_INFO

6

informational

LOG_DEBUG

7

debug-level messages

 

Table 24-2 Call Home Crash Alert Group Events and Actions

Send to TAC:

Yes
Call Home Trigger Event
Syslog Event
Sev
Description and Executed Commands:

SYSTEM_CRASH

—

—

Events related to system crash.
show version
show logging
show region
show inventory
show stack
show switch virtual (VSS mode only)
more crashinfo (this command shows the crashinfo file content)

MODULE_CRASH

—

—

Events related to system crash.
show version
show logging
show region
show stack
show switch virtual (VSS mode only)
more crashinfo (this command shows the crashinfo file content)

TRACEBACK

—

—

Detects software traceback events.
show version
show logging
show region
show stack
show switch virtual (VSS mode only)

 

Table 24-3 Call Home Configuration Alert Group Events and Actions

Alert Group Description:

User-generated request for configuration or configuration change event
Send to TAC:

Yes
Executed Commands:

show module, show version, show running-config all, show startup-config, show inventory, show switch virtual (VSS mode only)

Call Home Trigger Event
Syslog Event
Sev
Description

—

—

—

—

 

Table 24-4 Call Home Snapshot Alert Group Events and Actions

Alert Group Description:

Output from user-configured command list.

Send to TAC:

Yes
Executed Commands:

Any IOS command configured under the Snapshot alert group configuration mode.
Call Home Trigger Event
Syslog Event
Sev
Description

—

—

—

—

 

Table 24-5 Call Home Environmental Alert Group Events and Actions

Alert Group Description:

Events related to power, fan and environment sensing elements such as temperature alarms
Send to TAC:

Yes
Executed Commands:

show module, show environment, show logging, show inventory, show power

Call Home Trigger Event
Syslog Event
Sev
Description

FAN_FAILURE

FANPSINCOMPAT

4

Fan tray and power supply %d are incompatible

ALARMCLR

4

The specified alarm condition has been cleared, and shutdown has been cancelled.

FANHIOUTPUT

4

Version %d high-output fan-tray is in effect

FANLOOUTPUT

4

Version %d low-output fan-tray is in effect

FANVERCHK

4

Power-supply %d inserted is only compatible with Version %d fan-tray.

FANTRAYFAILED

4

fan tray failed

FANTRAYOK

4

fan tray OK

FANCOUNTFAILED

4

Required number of fan trays is not present

FANCOUNTOK

4

Required number of fan trays is present

PSFANFAIL

4

the fan in power supply has failed

PSFANOK

4

the fan in power supply is OK

TEMPERATURE_ALARM

MAJORTEMPALARM

2

It has exceeded allowed operating temperature range.

MAJORTEMPALARMRECOVER

4

It has returned to allowed operating temperature range.

MINORTEMPALARM

4

It has exceeded normal operating temperature range.

MINORTEMPALARMRECOVER

4

It has returned to normal operating temperature range.

VTT_FAILED

VTTFAILED

4

VTT %d failed.

VTTOK

4

VTT %d operational.

VTTMAJFAILED

0

Too many VTT failures to continue system operation.

VTTMAJRECOVERED

2

Enough VTTs operational to continue system operation.

CLOCK_FAILED

CLOCKFAILED

4

clock failed

CLOCKOK

4

clock operational

CLOCKMAJFAILED

0

too many clocks failed to continue system operation

CLOCKMAJRECOVERED

2

enough clocks operational to continue system operation

SHUTDOWN-SCHEDULED

2

shutdown for %s scheduled in %d seconds

SHUTDOWN_NOT_SCHEDULED

2

Major sensor alarm for %s is ignored, %s will not be shutdown

SHUTDOWN-CANCELLED

2

shutdown for cancelled

SHUTDOWN

2

shutdown %s now because of %s

SHUTDOWN-DISABLED

1

need to shutdown %s now but shutdown action is disabled!

RESET_SCHEDULED

2

System reset scheduled in seconds

CLOCK_SWITCHOVER

2

changing system switching clock

CLOCK_A_MISSING

4

cannot detect clock A in the system

CLOCK_B_MISSING

4

cannot detect clock B in the system

USE_RED_CLOCK

4

system is using the redundant clock (clock B).

ENABLED

4

power to module in slot %d set on

DISABLED

4

power to module in slot %d set %s

PSOK

4

power supply %d turned on.

POWER_SUPPLY_FAILURE

PSFAIL

4

power supply %d output failed.

PSREDUNDANTMODE

4

power supplies set to redundant mode.

PSCOMBINEDMODE

4

power supplies set to combined mode.

PSREDUNDANTMISMATCH

4

power supplies rated outputs do not match.

PSMISMATCH

4

power supplies rated outputs do not match.

PSNOREDUNDANCY

4

Power supplies are not in full redundancy, power usage exceed lower capacity supply

PSOCPSHUTDOWN

2

Power usage exceeds power supply %d allowable capacity.

PSREDUNDANTONESUPPLY

4

in power-redundancy mode, system is operating on one power supply

PSREDUNDANTBOTHSUPPLY

4

in power-redundancy mode, system is operating on both power supplies

UNDERPOWERED

4

insufficient power to operate all FRUs in system.

COULDNOTREPOWER

4

wanted to re-power FRU (slot %d) but could not.

POWERDENIED

4

insufficient power, module in slot %d power denied.

UNSUPPORTED

4

unsupported module in slot %d, power not allowed: %s.

INSUFFICIENTPOWER

2

Powering down all linecards as there is not enough power to operate all critical cards

INPUTCHANGE

4

Power supply %d input has changed. Power capacity adjusted to %sW

PSINPUTDROP

4

Power supply %d input has droppe

 

Table 24-6 Call Home Inventory Alert Group Events and Actions

Alert Group Description:

Inventory status should be provided whenever a unit is cold-booted, or when FRUs are inserted or removed. This is considered a non-critical event, and the information is used for status and entitlement.
Send to TAC:

Yes
Executed Commands:

Commands executed for all Inventory messages sent in anonymous mode and for Delta Inventory message sent in full registration mode:

show module, show version, show inventory oid, show idprom all, show power, show ip traffic, show switch virtual (VSS mode only)

Commands executed for Full Inventory message sent in full registration mode:

show module, show version, show inventory oid, show idprom all, show power, show interfaces, show file systems, show data-corruption, show memory statistics, show process memory, show process cpu, show process cpu history, show crypto engine configuration, show buffers, show ip nat statistics, show ip traffic, show switch virtual (VSS mode only)

Call Home Trigger Event
Syslog Event
Sev
Description

HARDWARE_INSERTION

INSPS

6

Power supply inserted in slot %d

HARDWARE_REMOVAL

REMPS

6

Power supply removed from slot %d

REMCARD

6

Card removed from slot %d, interfaces disabled

STDBY_REMCARD

6

The OIR facility on Standby Supervior was notifed by the Active that a processor from slot[n] has been removed

HARDWARE_INSERTION

INSCAR

6

Card inserted in slot %d, interfaces are now online

STDBY_INSCARD

6

Standby was notified, card online in slot %d

SEQ_MISMATCH

6

SCP seq mismatch for card in slot %d : %s

HARDWARE_REMOVAL

UNKNOWN

3

Unknown card in slot %d, card is being disabled

STDBY_UNKNOWN

3

Standby was notified, Unknown card in slot %d

UNSUPPORTED

3

Card in slot %d is unsupported. %s

PWRCYCLE

3

Card in module %d, is being power-cycled %s

STDBY_PWRCYCLE

3

Standby was notified, Card in module %d is being power-cycled %s

CONSOLE

6

Changing console ownership to %s processor

RUNNING_CONFIG

6

During switchover, the OIR facility is unable to clean up running-config processor.

DISALLOW

6

Supervisor attempting to come up as secondary in EHSA mode, will not be allowed

REMFAN

6

Fan %d removed

HARDWARE_INSERTION

INSFAN

6

Fan %d inserted

PSINSERTED

4

power supply inserted in slot %d.

 

Table 24-7 Call Home Diagnostic Failure Alert Group Events and Actions

Alert Group Description:

Events related to standard or intelligent line cards
Send to TAC:

Yes
Executed Commands:

show module, show diagnostic result Module <#> detail, show version, show inventory, show buffers, show logging, show diagnostic result module all, show logging system last 100

Call Home Trigger Event:

DIAGNOSTICS_FAILURE
Syslog Event
Sev
Description

C2PLUSWITHNODB

2

The constellation 2 plus module in slot %d has no forwarding daughter board. Power denied

DFCMISMATCH

2

Module %d DFC incompatible with Supervisor DFC. Power denied

BADFLOWCTRL

2

Module %d not at an appropriate hardware revision level to support DFC. Power denied

BADFLOWCTRL_WARN

2

WARNING: Module %d not at an appropriate hardware revision level to support DFC3

BADPINN1

2

Module %d not at an appropriate hardware revision level to coexist with system. Power denied

FANUPGREQ

2

Module %d not supported without fan upgrade

INSUFFCOO

4

Module %d cannot be adequately cooled

PROVISION

6

Module %d does not meet the provisioning requirements, power denied

PWRFAILURE

6

Module %d is being disabled due to power convertor failure

LC_FAILURE

3

Module %d has Major online diagnostic failure, %s

HARD_RESET

3

Module %d is being hard reset as a part of swichover error recovery

SOFT_RESET

3

Module %d is being soft reset as a part of swichover error recovery

DOWNGRADE

6

Fabric capable module %d not at an appropriate hardware revision level, and can only run in flowthrough mode

DIAG_OK

 

 

DIAG_BYPASS

 

 

DIAG_ERROR

 

 

DIAG_MINOR_ERROR

 

 

DIAG_MAJOR_ERROR

 

 

DIAG_LINE_CARD_NOT_PRESENT

 

 

DIAG_LINE_CARD_REMOVED

 

 

DIAG_INVALID_TEST_ID_RANGE

 

 

DIAG_INVALID_PORT_RANGE

 

 

DIAG_IS_BUSY

 

 

DIAG_IS_IDLE

 

 

DIAG_NO_SCHEDULE

 

 

DIAG_SCHEDULE_EXIST

 

 

DIAG_NO_TEST

 

 

DIAG_UNKNOWN

 

 

DIAG_NOT_AVAILABLE

 

 

DIAG_EXIT_ON_ERROR

 

 

DIAG_EXIT_ON_FAIL_LIMIT_REACHED

 

 

DIAG_INVALID_SCHEDULE

 

 

DIAG_PF_DIAG_NOT_SUPORTED

 

 

DIAG_IS_STOPPED

 

 

DIAG_INVALID_DEVICE_RANGE

 

 

 

Table 24-8 Call Home Test Alert Group Events and Actions

Alert Group Description:

—
Send to TAC:

Yes
Executed Commands:

show version, show module, show inventory

Call Home Trigger Event:

—
Syslog Event
Sev
Description

TEST

2

User-generated test message.

Message Contents

The following tables display the content formats of alert group messages:

  • Table 24-9 describes the content fields of a short text message.
  • Table 24-10 describes the content fields that are common to all long text and XML messages. The fields specific to a particular alert group message are inserted after the common fields.
  • Table 24-11 describes the content fields for reactive messages (system failures that require a TAC case) and proactive messages (issues that might result in degraded system performance).
  • Table 24-12 describes the content fields for an inventory message.

 

Table 24-9 Format for a Short Text Message

Data Item
Description

Device identification

Configured device name

Date/time stamp

Time stamp of the triggering event

Error isolation message

Plain English description of triggering event

Alarm urgency level

Error level such as that applied to a system message

 

Table 24-10 Common Fields for All Long Text and XML Messages

Data Item
(Plain Text and XML)
Description
(Plain Text and XML)
XML Tag
(XML Only)

Time stamp

Date and time stamp of event in ISO time notation:

YYYY-MM-DD T HH:MM:SS

CallHome/EventTime

Message name

Name of message. Specific event names are listed in the “Alert Group Trigger Events and Commands” section.

(for short text message only)

Message type

Specifically Call Home.

CallHome/Event/Type

Message subtype

Specific type of message: full, delta, or test.

CallHome/Event/SubType

Message group

Specifically reactive or proactive.

(for long text message only)

Severity level

Severity level of message (see Table 24-13).

Body/Block/Severity

Source ID

Product type for routing.

(for long text message only)

Device ID

Unique device identifier (UDI) for end device generating message. This field should be empty if the message is nonspecific to a fabric switch. The format is type @ Sid @ seria l.

    • type is the product model number from backplane IDPROM.
    • @ is a separator character.
    • Sid is C, identifying the serial ID as a chassis serial number·
    • serial is the number identified by the Sid field.

Example: WS-C6509@C@12345678

CallHome/CustomerData/ContractData/DeviceId

Customer ID

Optional user-configurable field used for contract information or other ID by any support service.

CallHome/CustomerData/ContractData/CustomerId

Contract ID

Optional user-configurable field used for contract information or other ID by any support service.

CallHome/CustomerData/ContractData/ContractId

Site ID

Optional user-configurable field used for Cisco-supplied site ID or other data meaningful to alternate support service.

CallHome/CustomerData/ContractData/SiteId

Server ID

If the message is generated from the fabric switch, this is the unique device identifier (UDI) of the switch.

The format is type @ Sid @ seria l.

    • type is the product model number from backplane IDPROM.
    • @ is a separator character.
    • Sid is C, identifying the serial ID as a chassis serial number·
    • serial is the number identified by the Sid field.

Example: WS-C6509@C@12345678

(for long text message only)

Message description

Short text describing the error.

CallHome/MessageDescription

Device name

Node that experienced the event. This is the host name of the device.

CallHome/CustomerData/SystemInfo/Name

Contact name

Name of person to contact for issues associated with the node experiencing the event.

CallHome/CustomerData/SystemInfo/Contact

Contact email

Email address of person identified as contact for this unit.

CallHome/CustomerData/SystemInfo/ContactEmail

Contact phone number

Phone number of the person identified as the contact for this unit.

CallHome/CustomerData/SystemInfo/ContactPhoneNumber

Street address

Optional field containing street address for RMA part shipments associated with this unit.

CallHome/CustomerData/SystemInfo/StreetAddress

Model name

Model name of the switch. This is the specific model as part of a product family name.

CallHome/Device/Cisco_Chassis/Model

Serial number

Chassis serial number of the unit.

CallHome/Device/Cisco_Chassis/SerialNumber

Chassis part number

Top assembly number of the chassis.

CallHome/Device/Cisco_Chassis/AdditionalInformation/

AD@name="PartNumber"/

System Object ID

The System ObjectID that uniquely identifies the system.

CallHome/Device/Cisco_Chassis/AdditionalInformation/

AD@name="sysObjectID"

SysDesc

System description for the managed element.

CallHome/Device/Cisco_Chassis/AdditionalInformation/

AD@name="sysDescr"

The following fields may be repeated if multiple CLI commands are executed for this alert group.

Command output name

The exact name of the issued CLI command.

/aml/Attachments/Attachment/Name

Attachment type

Type (usually inline).

/aml/Attachments/Attachment@type

MIME type

Normally text/plain or encoding type.

/aml/attachments/attachment/Data@encoding

Command output text

Output of command automatically executed (see the “Alert Group Trigger Events and Commands” section).

/aml/attachments/attachment/atdata

 

Table 24-11 Fields for a Reactive or Proactive Event Message

Data Item
(Plain Text and XML)
Description
(Plain Text and XML)
XML Tag
(XML Only)

Chassis hardware version

Hardware version of chassis.

CallHome/Device/Cisco_Chassis/HardwareVersion

Supervisor module software version

Top-level software version.

CallHome/Device/Cisco_Chassis/AdditionalInformation/

AD@name="SoftwareVersion"

Affected FRU name

Name of the affected FRU generating the event message.

CallHome/Device/Cisco_Chassis/Cisco_Card/Model

Affected FRU serial number

Serial number of affected FRU.

CallHome/Device/Cisco_Chassis/Cisco_Card/SerialNumber

Affected FRU part number

Part number of affected FRU.

CallHome/Device/Cisco_Chassis/Cisco_Card/PartNumber

FRU slot

Slot number of FRU generating the event message.

CallHome/Device/Cisco_Chassis/Cisco_Card/

LocationWithinContainer

FRU hardware version

Hardware version of affected FRU.

CallHome/Device/Cisco_Chassis/Cisco_Card/HardwareVersion

FRU software version

Software version(s) running on affected FRU.

CallHome/Device/Cisco_Chassis/Cisco_Card/SoftwareIdentity/VersionString

Process name

Name of process.

/aml/body/process/name

Process ID

Unique process ID.

/aml/body/process/id

Process state

State of process (for example, running or halted).

/aml/body/process/processState

Process exception

Exception or reason code.

/aml/body/process/exception

 

Table 24-12 Fields for an Inventory Event Message

Data Item
(Plain Text and XML)
Description
(Plain Text and XML)
XML Tag
(XML Only)

Chassis hardware version

Hardware version of chassis.

CallHome/Device/Cisco_Chassis/HardwareVersion

Supervisor module software version

Top-level software version.

CallHome/Device/Cisco_Chassis/AdditionalInformation/AD@name="SoftwareVersion"

FRU name

Name of the affected FRU generating the event message.

CallHome/Device/Cisco_Chassis/Cisco_Card/Model

FRU s/n

Serial number of FRU.

CallHome/Device/Cisco_Chassis/Cisco_Card/SerialNumber

FRU part number

Part number of FRU.

CallHome/Device/Cisco_Chassis/Cisco_Card/PartNumber

FRU slot

Slot number of FRU.

CallHome/Device/Cisco_Chassis/Cisco_Card/LocationWithinContainer

FRU hardware version

Hardware version of FRU.

CallHome/Device/Cisco_Chassis/Cisco_Card/HardwareVersion

FRU software version

Software version(s) running on FRU.

CallHome/Device/Cisco_Chassis/Cisco_Card/SoftwareIdentity/VersionString

Sample Syslog Alert Notification in Long-Text Format

source:MDS9000
Switch Priority:7
Device Id:WS-C6509@C@FG@07120011
Customer Id:Example.com
Contract Id:123
Site Id:San Jose
Server Id:WS-C6509@C@FG@07120011
Time of Event:2004-10-08T11:10:44
Message Name:SYSLOG_ALERT
Message Type:Syslog
Severity Level:2
System Name:10.76.100.177
Contact Name:User Name
Contact Email:admin@yourcompany.com
Contact Phone:+1 408 555-1212
Street Address:#1234 Picaboo Street, Any city, Any state, 12345
Event Description:2006 Oct 8 11:10:44 10.76.100.177 %PORT-5-IF_TRUNK_UP: %$VSAN 1%$ Interface fc2/5, vsan 1 is up
 
syslog_facility:PORT
start chassis information:
Affected Chassis:WS-C6509
Affected Chassis Serial Number:FG@07120011
Affected Chassis Hardware Version:0.104
Affected Chassis Software Version:3.1(1)
Affected Chassis Part No:73-8607-01
end chassis information:

Sample Syslog Alert Notification in XML Format

From: example
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 7:20 AM
To: User (user)
Subject: System Notification From Router - syslog - 2007-04-25 14:19:55
GMT+00:00
 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soap-env:Envelope xmlns:soap-env="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
<soap-env:Header>
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Default Settings for Call Home

  • Call Home feature status: disabled
  • User-defined profile status: active
  • Predefined Cisco TAC profile status: inactive
  • Transport method: email
  • Message format type: XML
  • Destination message size for a message sent in long text, short text, or XML format: 3,145,728
  • Alert group status: enabled
  • Call Home message severity threshold: 0 (debugging)
  • Message rate limit for messages per minute: 20
  • AAA Authorization: disabled
  • Call Home syslog message throttling: enabled
  • Data privacy level: normal

How to Configure Call Home

Configuring Call Home Customer Contact Information

To configure the customer contact information, perform this task:

 

Command
Purpose

Step 1

Router# configure terminal

Enters configuration mode.

Step 2

Router(config)# call-home

Enters Call Home configuration mode.

Step 3

Router(cfg-call-home)# contact-email-addr email-address

(Optional for anonymous mode) Assigns the customer’s email address. Enter up to 200 characters in email address format with no spaces.

Step 4

Router(cfg-call-home)# phone-number + phone-number

(Optional) Assigns the customer’s phone number.

Note The number must begin with a plus (+) prefix, and may contain only dashes (-) and numbers. Enter up to 16 characters. If you include spaces, you must enclose your entry in quotes (“”).

Step 5

Router(cfg-call-home)# street-address street-address

(Optional) Assigns the customer’s street address where RMA equipment can be shipped. Enter up to 200 characters. If you include spaces, you must enclose your entry in quotes (“”).

Step 6

Router(cfg-call-home)# customer-id text

(Optional) Identifies the customer ID. Enter up to 64 characters. If you include spaces, you must enclose your entry in quotes (“”).

Step 7

Router(cfg-call-home)# site-id text

(Optional) Identifies the customer site ID. Enter up to 200 characters. If you include spaces, you must enclose your entry in quotes (“”).

Step 8

Router(cfg-call-home)# contract-id text

(Optional) Identifies the customer’s contract ID for the switch. Enter up to 64 characters. If you include spaces, you must enclose your entry in quotes (“”).

This example shows the configuration of contact information:

Router# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.

Router(config)# call-home

Router(cfg-call-home)# contact-email-addr username@example.com

Router(cfg-call-home)# phone-number +1-800-555-4567

Router(cfg-call-home)# street-address "1234 Picaboo Street, Any city, Any state, 12345"

Router(cfg-call-home)# customer-id Customer1234

Router(cfg-call-home)# site-id Site1ManhattanNY

Router(cfg-call-home)# contract-id Company1234

Router(cfg-call-home)# exit

Router(config)#

Configuring Destination Profiles

Destination Profile Overview

A destination profile contains the required delivery information for an alert notification. At least one destination profile is required. You can configure multiple destination profiles of one or more types.

You can use the predefined destination profile or define a profile. If you define a new destination profile, you must assign a profile name.

You can configure the following attributes for a destination profile:

  • Profile name—A string that uniquely identifies each user-defined destination profile. The profile name is limited to 31 characters and is not case-sensitive. You cannot use all as a profile name.
  • Transport method—The transport mechanism, either email or HTTP (including HTTPS), for delivery of alerts.

– For user-defined destination profiles, email is the default, and you can enable either or both transport mechanisms. If you disable both methods, email will be enabled.

– For the predefined Cisco TAC profile, you can enable either transport mechanism, but not both.

  • Destination address—The actual address related to the transport method to which the alert should be sent.
  • Message formatting—The message format used for sending the alert.

– For user-defined destination profiles, the format options are long-text, short-text, or XML. The default is XML.

– The predefined Cisco TAC profile uses XML.

  • Message size—The maximum destination message size. The valid range is 50 to 3,145,728 bytes and the default is 3,145,728 bytes.

Note ● The Call Home feature provides a predefined profile named CiscoTAC-1 that is inactive by default. The CiscoTAC-1 profile is intended for use with the Smart Call Home service, which requires certain additional configuration steps to enable the service with the Call Home feature. For more information about this profile, see the “Using the Predefined CiscoTAC-1 Destination Profile” section.

  • If you use the Cisco Smart Call Home service, the destination profile must use the XML message format.

 

Configuring Call Home to Use VRF

To configure Call Home to use a VRF interface for Call Home email or for HTTP messages, perform this task:

 

Command or Action
Purpose

Step 1

Router# configure terminal

Enters configuration mode.

Step 1

Router(config)# interface type

Selects an interface to configure.

Step 2

Router(config-if)# ip address ip_address mask

Assigns an IP address and subnet mask to the interface.

Step 3

Router(config-if)# vrf forwarding call_home_vrf_name

Associates the call_home_vrf_name VRF instance with the interface.

Step 4

Router(config-if)# exit

Exits interface configuration mode.

This example shows how to configure Call Home to use a VRF interface:

Router# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.

Router(config)# interface gigabitethernet 1/1

Router(config-if)# ip address 10.10.10.10 0.0.0.0

Router(config-if)# vrf forwarding call_home_vrf

Router(config-if)# exit

Router(config)#

Configuring a Destination Profile to Send Email Messages

Note To send Call Home email messages through a VRF interface, configure Call Home to use VRF (see “Configuring Call Home to Use VRF” section).

Configuring Call Home to Use VRF for Email Messages

To configure Call Home to use a VRF instance for Call Home email messages, perform this task:

 

Command or Action
Purpose

Step 1

Router# configure terminal

Enters configuration mode.

Step 2

Router(config)# call-home

Enters Call Home configuration submode.

Step 3

Router(cfg-call-home)# vrf call_home_vrf_name

Specifies the VRF instance to use for Call Home email messages.

This example shows how to configure Call Home to use a VRF interface:

Router# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.

Router(config)# call-home

Router(cfg-call-home)# vrf call_home_vrf

Router(cfg-call-home)# exit

Router(config)#

Configuring the Mail Server

To use the email message transport, perform this task:

 

Command or Action
Purpose

Step 1

Router# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 2

Router(config)# call-home

Enters call home configuration mode.

Step 3

Router(cfg-call-home)# mail-server { ipv4-address | ipv6-address | name } priority number

Specifies an email server and its relative priority among configured email servers, where:

  • ipv4-address —Specifies an IPv4 address for the mail server.
  • ipv6-address —Specifies an IPv6 address for the mail server.
  • name —Specifies the mail server’s fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of 64 characters or less.
  • number —Assigns a number between 1 (highest priority) and 100 (lowest priority). Higher priority (lower priority numbers) are tried first.
  • Repeat to define backup email servers (maximum four backup email servers, for a total of five email servers.

The following example shows the configuration of a primary mail server (named “smtp.example.com”) and secondary mail server at IP address 192.168.0.1:

Router# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.

Router(config)# call-home

Router(cfg-call-home)# mail-server smtp.example.com priority 1

Router(cfg-call-home)# mail-server 192.168.0.1 priority 2

Router(cfg-call-home)# exit

Router(config)#

Configuring a Destination Profile for Email

To configure a destination profile for email transport, complete this task:

 

Command or Action
Purpose

Step 1

Router# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 2

Router(config)# call-home

Enters call home configuration mode.

Step 3

Router(cfg-call-home)# sender from email-address

(Optional) Assigns the email address that will appear in the from field in Call Home email messages. If no address is specified, the contact email address is used.

Step 4

Router(cfg-call-home)# sender reply-to email-address

(Optional) Assigns the email address that will appear in the reply-to field in Call Home email messages.

Step 5

Router(cfg-call-home)# source-ip-address ip_address

(Optional) Assigns a source IPv4 or IPv6 address that will be used for Call Home email messages.

Step 6

Router(cfg-call-home)# source-interface interface-name

(Optional) Specifies the source interface name to send Call Home e-mail messages. If no source interface name or source ip address is specified, an interface in the routing table is used.

Step 7

Router(config-call-home)# profile name

Enters call home destination profile configuration mode for the specified destination profile name. If the specified destination profile does not exist, it is created.

Step 8

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# destination transport-method email

Configures the message transport method for email. (This is the default.)

Step 9

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# destination address email email_address

Configures the destination email address to which Call Home messages are sent.

Step 10

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# destination preferred-msg-format { long-text | short-text | xml }

(Optional) Configures a preferred message format. The default is XML.

Step 11

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# destination message-size bytes

(Optional) Configures a maximum destination message size (from 50 to 3145728 bytes) for the destination profile. The default is 3145728 bytes.

Step 12

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# active

(Optional) Enables the destination profile. By default, a user-defined profile is enabled when it is created.

Step 13

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# exit

Exits call home destination profile configuration mode and returns to call home configuration mode.

Step 14

Router(cfg-call-home)# end

Returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Configuring an Anonymous Mode Profile

To configure an anonymous mode profile, perform this task:

 

Command or Action
Purpose

Step 1

configure terminal

 

Router# configure terminal

Enters configuration mode.

Step 2

call - home

 

Router(config)# call-home

Enters the Call Home configuration submode.

Step 3

profile name

 

Router(cfg-call-home) profile CiscoTAC-1

Selects the TAC profile and enters profile configuration mode.

Step 4

anonymous-reporting-only

 

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# anonymous-reporting-only

Enables anonymous mode for TAC profile.

Note By default, CiscoTAC-1 profile sends a full report of all types of events subscribed in the profile. When anonymous-reporting-only is set, only crash, inventory, and test messages will be sent.

Configuring an HTTP Proxy Server

To specify an HTTP proxy server for Call Home HTTP(S) messages, perform this task:

 

Command or Action
Purpose

Step 1

configure terminal

 

Router# configure terminal

Enters configuration mode.

Step 2

call-home

 

Router(config)# call-home

Enters Call Home configuration submode.

Step 3

http-proxy { ipv4-address | ipv6-address | name } port port-number

 

Router(cfg-call-home)# http-proxy 1.1.1.1 port 1

Specifies the proxy server for the HTTP request.

Configuring a Destination Profile to Send HTTP Messages

Configuring the HTTP Source Interface

To configure an HTTP client source interface, perform this task:

 

Command or Action
Purpose

Step 1

Router# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 2

Router(config)# ip http client source-interface type number

Configures the source interface for the HTTP client. If the interface is associated with a VRF instance, the HTTP messages use the VRF instance.

Configuring a Destination Profile for HTTP

To configure a destination profile for HTTP transport, perform this task:

 

Command or Action
Purpose

Step 1

Router# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 2

Router(config)# call-home

Enters call home configuration mode.

Step 3

Router(config-call-home)# profile name

Enters call home destination profile configuration mode for the specified destination profile. If the specified destination profile does not exist, it is created.

Step 4

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# destination transport-method http

Enables the HTTP message transport method.

Step 5

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# destination address http url

Configures the destination URL to which Call Home messages are sent.

Note When entering a destination URL, include either http:// or https://, depending on whether the server is a secure server. If the destination is a secure server, you must also configure a trustpoint CA.

Step 6

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# destination preferred-msg-format { long-text | short-text | xml }

(Optional) Configures a preferred message format. The default is XML.

Step 7

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# destination message-size bytes

(Optional) Configures a maximum destination message size for the destination profile.

Step 8

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# active

Enables the destination profile. By default, a profile is enabled when it is created.

Step 9

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# exit

Exits call home destination profile configuration mode and returns to call home configuration mode.

Step 10

Router(cfg-call-home)# end

Returns to privileged EXEC mode.

This example shows how to configure a destination profile for HTTP transport:

Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# call-home
Router(config-call-home)# profile test
Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# destination transport-method http
Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# destination address http https://example.url.com
Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# destination preferred-msg-format xml
Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# destination message-size 3,145,728
Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# active
Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# exit
Router(cfg-call-home)# end

Destination Profile Management

Activating and Deactivating a Destination Profile

Except for the predefined CiscoTAC-1 profile, all Call Home destination profiles are automatically activated when you create them. If you do not want to use a profile right way, you can deactivate the profile. The CiscoTAC-1 profile is inactive by default and must be activated to be used.

To activate or deactivate a destination profile, perform this task:

 

Command or Action
Purpose

Step 1

Router# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 2

Router(config)# call-home

Enters call home configuration mode.

Step 3

Router(config-call-home)# profile name

Enters call home destination profile configuration mode for the specified destination profile. If the specified destination profile does not exist, it is created.

Step 4

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# active

Enables the destination profile. By default, a new profile is enabled when it is created.

Step 5

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# no active

Disables the destination profile.

Step 6

Router(cfg-call-home)# end

Exits call home destination profile configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

This example shows how to activate a destination profile:

Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# call-home
Router(config-call-home)# profile test
Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# active
Router(cfg-call-home)# end
 

This example shows how to deactivate a destination profile:

Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# call-home
Router(config-call-home)# profile test
Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# no active
Router(cfg-call-home)# end

Copying a Destination Profile

To create a new destination profile by copying an existing profile, perform this task:

 

Command or Action
Purpose

Step 1

Router# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 2

Router(config)# call-home

Enters call home configuration mode.

Step 3

Router(cfg-call-home)# copy profile source_profile target_profile

Creates a new destination profile with the same configuration settings as the existing destination profile, where:

  • source_profile —Specifies the existing name of the profile.
  • target_profile —Specifies a name for the new copy of the profile.

This example shows how to activate a destination profile:

Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# call-home
Router(config-call-home)# profile test
Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# copy profile profile1 profile2

Renaming a Destination Profile

To change the name of an existing profile, perform this task:

 

Command or Action
Purpose

Step 1

Router# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 2

Router(config)# call-home

Enters call home configuration mode.

Step 3

Router(cfg-call-home)# rename profile source_profile target_profile

Renames an existing source file, where:

  • source_profile —Specifies the existing name of the profile.
  • target_profile —Specifies a new name for the existing profile.

This example shows how to activate a destination profile:

Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# call-home
Router(config-call-home)# profile test
Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# rename profile profile1 profile2

Using the Predefined CiscoTAC-1 Destination Profile

The CiscoTAC-1 profile is automatically configured in the Call Home feature for your use with the Cisco Smart Call Home service. This profile includes certain information, such as the destination email address and HTTPS URL, and default alert groups for communication with the Smart Call Home service. Some of these attributes, such as the destination email address, HTTPS URL, and message format cannot be modified.

You can use either email or http transport to communicate with the Smart Call Home service backend server. By default, the CiscoTAC-1 profile is inactive and uses email as the default transport method. To use email transport, you only need to enable the profile. However, to use this profile with the Cisco Smart Call Home service secure server (via HTTPS), you not only must enable the profile, but you must also change the transport method to HTTP as shown in the following example:

Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# call-home
Router(config-call-home)# profile CiscoTAC-1
Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# destination transport-method http
Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# active
 

For more information about additional requirements for Configuring the Smart Call Home service, see the “Smart Call Home Overview” section.

Verifying the Call Home Profile Configuration

To verify the profile configuration for Call Home, use the show call-home profile command. See the “Verifying the Call Home Configuration” section for more information and examples.

Subscribing to Alert Groups

Overview of Alert Group Subscription

An alert group is a predefined subset of Call Home alerts supported in all switches. Different types of Call Home alerts are grouped into different alert groups depending on their type. These alert groups are available:

  • Crash
  • Configuration
  • Diagnostic
  • Environment
  • Inventory
  • Snapshot
  • Syslog

The triggering events for each alert group are listed in the “Alert Group Trigger Events and Commands” section, and the contents of the alert group messages are listed in the “Message Contents” section.

You can select one or more alert groups to be received by a destination profile.

Note A Call Home alert is only sent to destination profiles that have subscribed to the alert group containing that Call Home alert. In addition, the alert group must be enabled.

Configuring Alert Group Subscription

To subscribe a destination profile to an alert group, perform this task:

 

Command
Purpose

Step 1

Router# configure terminal

Enters configuration mode.

Step 2

Router(config)# call-home

Enters Call Home configuration submode.

Step 3

Router(cfg-call-home)# alert-group { all | configuration | crash | diagnostic | environment | inventory | snapshot | syslog }

Enables the specified alert group. Use the keyword all to enable all alert groups. By default, all alert groups are enabled.

Step 4

Router(cfg-call-home)# profile name

Enters the Call Home destination profile configuration submode for the specified destination profile.

Step 5

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# subscribe-to-alert-group all

Subscribes this destination profile to all available alert groups using the lowest severity.

Note

  • This command subscribes to the syslog debug default severity. This causes a large number of syslog messages to generate. You should subscribe to alert groups individually, using appropriate severity levels and patterns when possible.
  • As an alternative, you can subscribe to alert groups individually by specific type, as described in the following steps.

Step 6

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# subscribe-to-alert-group configuration [ periodic { daily hh:mm | monthly date hh:mm | weekly day hh:mm }]

Subscribes this destination profile to the Configuration alert group. The Configuration alert group can be configured for periodic notification, as described in the “Periodic Notification” section.

Step 7

subscribe-to-alert-group crash

 

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# subscribe-to-alert-group crash

Subscribes to the Crash alert group in user profile. By default, TAC profile subscribes to the Crash alert group and cannot be unsubscribed.

Step 8

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# subscribe-to-alert-group diagnostic [ severity { catastrophic | critical | debugging | disaster | fatal | major | minor | normal | notification | warning }]

Subscribes this destination profile to the Diagnostic alert group. The Diagnostic alert group can be configured to filter messages based on severity, as described in the “Message Severity Thresholds” section.

Step 9

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# subscribe-to-alert-group environment [ severity { catastrophic | critical | debugging | disaster | fatal | major | minor | normal | notification | warning }]

Subscribes this destination profile to the Environment alert group. The Environment alert group can be configured to filter messages based on severity, as described in the “Message Severity Thresholds” section.

Step 10

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# subscribe-to-alert-group inventory [ periodic { daily hh:mm | monthly date hh:mm | weekly day hh:mm }]

Subscribes this destination profile to the Inventory alert group. The Inventory alert group can be configured for periodic notification, as described in the “Periodic Notification” section.

Step 11

subscribe-to-alert-group snapshot [ periodic { daily hh:mm | hourly mm | interval mm | monthly date hh:mm | weekly day hh:mm }]

 

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# subscribe-to-alert-group snapshot periodic daily 12:00

Subscribes this destination profile to the Snapshot alert group. The Snapshot alert group can be configured for periodic notification, as described in the “Periodic Notification” section.

By default, the Snapshot alert group has no command to run. To have the output of commands appear in the snapshot message, add the commands into the alert group, as described in the “Configuring the Snapshot Command List” section.

Step 12

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# subscribe-to-alert-group syslog [ severity { catastrophic | disaster | fatal | critical | major | minor | warning | notification | normal | debugging } [ pattern string ]]

Subscribes this destination profile to the Syslog alert group. The Syslog alert group can be configured to filter messages based on severity, as described in the “Message Severity Thresholds” section. You can specify a pattern to be matched in the syslog message, as described in the “Configuring Syslog Pattern Matching” section. If the pattern contains spaces, you must enclose it in quotes (“”).

Step 13

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# exit

Exits the Call Home destination profile configuration submode.

Periodic Notification

When you subscribe a destination profile to either the configuration, snapshot, or inventory alert group (see the “Configuring Alert Group Subscription” section), you can choose to receive the alert group messages asynchronously or periodically at a specified time. The sending period can be one of the following:

  • Daily—Specify the time of day to send, using an hour:minute format hh:mm, with a 24-hour clock (for example, 14:30).
  • Weekly—Specify the day of the week and time of day in the format day hh:mm, where the day of the week is spelled out (for example, monday).
  • Monthly—Specify the numeric date, from 1 to 31, and the time of day, in the format date hh:mm.

The Snapshot alert group supports these options:

  • Interval—Specifies the interval at which the periodic message is sent, from 1 to 60 minutes.
  • Hourly—Specifies the minute of the hour at which the periodic message is sent, from 0 to 59 minutes.

Message Severity Thresholds

When you subscribe a destination profile to the Diagnostic, Environment, or Syslog alert group (see the “Configuring Alert Group Subscription” section), you can set a threshold for the sending of alert group messages based on the message’s level of severity. Any message with a value lower than the destination profile’s specified threshold is not sent to the destination.

The severity threshold is configured using the keywords in Table 24-13 , and ranges from catastrophic (level 9, highest level of urgency) to debugging (level 0, lowest level of urgency). If no severity threshold is configured, the default is debugging (level 0).

Note Call Home severity levels are not the same as system message logging severity levels.

 

Table 24-13 Severity and Syslog Level Mapping

Level
Keyword
Syslog Level
Description

9

catastrophic

N/A

Network-wide catastrophic failure.

8

disaster

N/A

Significant network impact.

7

fatal

Emergency (0)

System is unusable.

6

critical

Alert (1)

Critical conditions, immediate attention needed.

5

major

Critical (2)

Major conditions.

4

minor

Error (3)

Minor conditions.

3

warning

Warning (4)

Warning conditions.

2

notification

Notice (5)

Basic notification and informational messages. Possibly independently insignificant.

1

normal

Information (6)

Normal event signifying return to normal state.

0

debugging

Debug (7)

Debugging messages.

Configuring the Snapshot Command List

To configure the snapshot command list, perform this task:

 

Command or Action
Purpose

Step 1

configure terminal

 

Router# configure terminal

Enters configuration mode.

Step 2

call-home

 

Router(config)# call-home

Enters Call Home configuration submode.

Step 3

alert-group-config snapshot

 

Router(cfg-call-home)# alert-group-config snapshot

Enters snapshot configuration mode.

The no or default command will remove all snapshot command.

Step 4

add-command command string

 

Router(cfg-call-home-snapshot)# add-command “show version”

Adds the command to the Snapshot alert group. The no or default command will remove the corresponding command.

  • command string —IOS command. Maximum length is 128.

Step 5

exit

 

Router(cfg-call-home-snapshot)# exit

Exits and saves the configuration.

Enabling AAA Authorization to Run IOS Commands for Call Home Messages

To enable AAA authorization to run IOS commands that enable the collection of output for a Call Home message, perform this task:

 

Command or Action
Purpose

Step 1

configure terminal

 

Router# configure terminal

Enters configuration mode.

Step 2

call-home

 

Router(config)# call-home

Enters Call Home configuration submode.

Step 3

aaa-authorization

 

Router(cfg-call-home)# aaa-authorization

Enables AAA authorization.

Note By default, AAA authorization is disabled for Call Home.

Step 4

aaa-authorization [ username username ]

 

Router(cfg-call-home)# aaa-authorization username user

Specifies the username for authorization.

  • username username —Default username is callhome. Maximum length is 64.

Configuring Syslog Pattern Matching

When you subscribe a destination profile to the Syslog alert group (see the “Configuring Alert Group Subscription” section), you can optionally specify a text pattern to be matched within each syslog message. If you configure a pattern, a Syslog alert group message will be sent only if it contains the specified pattern and meets the severity threshold. If the pattern contains spaces, you must enclose it in quotes (“”) when configuring it. You can specify up to five patterns for each destination profile.

Configuring Call Home Data Privacy

The call home data privacy feature scrubs data that is potentially sensitive (for example, IP addresses) from running configuration files to protect customer privacy.

 

Command or Action
Purpose

Step 1

configure terminal

 

Router# configure terminal

Enters configuration mode.

Step 2

call-home

 

Router(config)# call-home

Enters the Call Home configuration submode.

Step 3

data-privacy { level { normal | high } | hostname }

 

Router(cfg-call-home)# data-privacy level high

Scrubs data from running configuration file to protect customer privacy.

Note Enabling the data-privacy command can affect CPU utilization when scrubbing a large amount of data.

  • normal (default)—Scrubs all normal-level commands.
  • high —Scrubs all normal-level commands plus the IP domain name and IP address commands.
  • hostname —Scrubs all high-level commands plus the hostname command.

Note In VSS mode, scrubbing the hostname from configuration messages can cause smart call home processing failure on the Cisco TAC backend server.

The following example shows the command output sent in XML message format to the Cisco TAC backend server, with the SR number specified:

Router# call-home send “show version; show run” http tac-service-request 123456

The following example shows the command output sent to the Cisco TAC backend server through the HTTP protocol and forwarded to a user-specified email address:

Router# call-home send “show version; show run” http destination-email-address user@company.com

Enabling Call Home

To enable the Call Home feature, perform this task:

 

Command
Purpose

Step 1

Router# configure terminal

Enters configuration mode.

Step 2

Router(config)# service call-home

Enables the Call Home feature.

Configuring Call Home Traffic Rate Limiting

To configure Call Home traffic rate limiting, perform this task:

 

Command
Purpose

Step 1

Router# configure terminal

Enters configuration mode.

Step 2

Router(config)# call-home

Enters Call Home configuration submode.

Step 3

Router(cfg-call-home)# rate-limit number

(Optional) Specifies a limit on the number of messages sent per minute, from 1 to 60. The default is 20.

This example shows how to configure Call Home traffic rate limiting:

Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# call-home
Router(config-call-home)# profile test
Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# rate-limit 20

Configuring Syslog Throttling

To enable call-home syslog message throttling, which avoids sending repetitive call-home syslog messages, perform this task:

 

Command or Action
Purpose

Step 1

configure terminal

 

Router# configure terminal

Enters configuration mode.

Step 2

call-home

 

Router(config)# call-home

Enters Call Home configuration submode.

Step 3

syslog-throttling

 

Router(cfg-call-home)# syslog-throttling

Enables call-home syslog message throttling, which avoids sending repetitive call-home syslog messages. By default, syslog message throttling is enabled.

Testing Call Home Communications

Sending a Call Home Test Message Manually

To manually send a Call Home test message, perform this task:

 

Command
Purpose

Router# call-home test [ " test-message " ] profile name

Sends a test message to the specified destination profile. The user-defined test message text is optional, but must be enclosed in quotes (“”) if it contains spaces. If no user-defined message is configured, a default message will be sent.

Sending a Call Home Alert Group Message Manually

To manually trigger a Call Home alert group message, perform this task:

 

Command
Purpose

Step 1

Router# call-home send alert-group configuration [ profile name ]

Sends a configuration alert group message to one destination profile if specified, or to all subscribed destination profiles.

Step 2

Router# call-home send alert-group {crash | diagnostic | snapshot} { module number | slot/subslot | slot/bay_number | switch x module number } [ profile name ]

Sends a diagnostic alert group message to the configured destination profile if specified, or to all subscribed destination profiles. You must specify the module or port whose diagnostic information should be sent. If a virtual switching system (VSS) is used, you must specify the switch and module.

Step 3

Router# call-home send alert-group inventory [ profile name ]

Sends an inventory alert group message to one destination profile if specified, or to all subscribed destination profiles.
  • Only the configuration, diagnostic, and inventory alert groups can be sent manually.
  • When you manually trigger a configuration, diagnostic, or inventory alert group message and you specify a destination profile name, a message is sent to the destination profile regardless of the profile’s active status, subscription status, or severity setting.
  • When you manually trigger a configuration or inventory alert group message and do not specify a destination profile name, a message is sent to all active profiles that have either a normal or periodic subscription to the specified alert group.
  • When you manually trigger a diagnostic alert group message and do not specify a destination profile name, the command will cause the following actions:

– For any active profile that subscribes to diagnostic events with a severity level of less than minor, a message is sent regardless of whether the module or interface has observed a diagnostic event.

– For any active profile that subscribes to diagnostic events with a severity level of minor or higher, a message is sent only if the specified module or interface has observed a diagnostic event of at least the subscribed severity level; otherwise, no diagnostic message is sent to the destination profile.

Sending a Request for an Analysis and Report

To submit a request for report and analysis information from the Cisco Output Interpreter tool, perform this task:

 

Command
Purpose

Step 1

Router# call-home request output-analysis " show-command " [ profile name ] [ ccoid user-id ]

Sends the output of the specified show command for analysis. The show command must be contained in quotes (“”).

Step 2

Router# call-home request { config-sanity | bugs-list | command-reference | product-advisory }

[ profile name ] [ ccoid user-id ]

Sends the output of a predetermined set of commands such as the show running-config all, show version, and show module (standalone) or show module switch all (VS system) commands, for analysis. Specifies the type of report requested.
  • If a profile name is specified, the request will be sent to the profile. If no profile is specified, the request will be sent to the Cisco TAC profile. The recipient profile does not need to be enabled for the call-home request. The profile should specify the email address where the transport gateway is configured so that the request message can be forwarded to the Cisco TAC and the user can receive the reply from the Smart Call Home service.
  • The ccoid user-id is the registered identifier of the Smart Call Home user. If the user-id is specified, the response will be sent to the email address of the registered user. If no user-id is specified, the response will be sent to the contact email address of the device.
  • Based on the keyword specifying the type of report requested, the following information will be returned:

– config-sanity —Information on best practices as related to the current running configuration.

– bugs-list —Known bugs in the running version and in the currently applied features.

– command-reference —Reference links to all commands in the running configuration.

– product-advisory —Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) notices, End of Life (EOL) or End of Sales (EOS) notices, or field notices (FN) that may affect devices in your network.

This example shows a request for analysis of a user-specified show command:

Router# call-home request output-analysis "show diagnostic result module all" profile TG

Sending the Output of a Command

To execute one or more CLI commands and send the command output through HTTP or e-mail, perform this task:

 

Command
Purpose

Router# call-home send { cli command | cli list } [ email email msg-format { long-text | xml } | http { destination-email-address email }] [ tac-service-request SR# ]

Executes the CLI or CLI list and sends output via e-mail or HTTP.

  • { cli command | cli command list }—Specifies the IOS command or list of IOS commands (separated by ‘;’). It can be any run command, including commands for all modules. The commands must be contained in quotes (“”).
  • Without the email or http keywords, the output is sent in long-text format with the specified service request number to the Cisco TAC (attach@cisco.com).
  • email email msg-format { long-text | xml }—The email keyword and an e-mail address sends the command output that address.
  • http { destination-email-address email }—The http keyword sends the command output the to Smart Call Home backend server (URL specified in TAC profile) in XML format. To have the backend server forward the message to an e-mail address, specify destination-email-address email. The e-mail address, the service request number, or both must be specified.
  • tac-service-request SR# —Specifies the service request number. The service request number is required if the e-mail address is not specified or if a Cisco TAC email address is specified.

The following example shows how to send the output of a command to a user-specified e-mail address:

Router# call-home send “show diag” email support@example.com

The following example shows the command output sent in long-text format to attach@cisco.com, with the SR number specified:

Router# call-home send “show version; show run” tac-service-request 123456

The following example shows the command output sent in XML message format to callhome@cisco.com:

Router# call-home send “show version; show run” email callhome@cisco.com msg-format xml

The following example shows the command output sent in XML message format to the Cisco TAC backend server, with the SR number specified:

Router# call-home send "show version; show run" http tac-service-request 123456

The following example shows the command output sent to the Cisco TAC backend server through the HTTP protocol and forwarded to a user-specified email address:

Router# call-home send "show version; show run" http destination-email-address user@company.com

Configuring the Smart Call Home Service

Note Configuring Smart Call Home with a Single Command is an alternative to Enabling the Smart Call Home Service and Start Smart Call Home Registration.

Smart Call Home Overview

For application and configuration information of the Cisco Smart Call Home service, see the “Quick Start for Smart Call Home” section of the Smart Call Home User Guide :

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/smart_call_home/SCH31_Ch1.html#Quick_Start_for_Smart_Call_Home

The user guide includes configuration examples for sending Smart Call Home messages directly from your device or through a transport gateway (TG) aggregation point. You can use a TG aggregation point in cases requiring support for multiple devices or in cases where security requirements mandate that your devices may not be connected directly to the Internet.

Because the Smart Call Home service uses HTTPS as the transport method, you must also configure its CA as a trustpoint, as described in the Smart Call Home User Guide.

Tip From the Smart Call Home website, you can download a basic configuration script to assist you in the configuration of the Call Home feature for use with Smart Call Home service and the Cisco TAC. The script also assists in configuring the trustpoint CA for secure communications with the Smart Call Home service. The script, provided on an as-is basis, can be downloaded from a link under the “Smart Call Home Resources” heading at: https://supportforums.cisco.com/community/netpro/solutions/smart_services/smartcallhome

Smart Call Home Service Prerequisites

  • Verify that you have an active Cisco Systems service contract for the device being configured.
  • Verify that you have IP connectivity to the Cisco HTTPS server.
  • Obtain the latest Cisco Systems server security certificate.

Configuring Smart Call Home with a Single Command

Note This procedure is an alternative to Enabling the Smart Call Home Service and Start Smart Call Home Registration.

To enable all Call Home basic configurations using a single command, perform this task:

 

Command or Action
Purpose

Step 1

configure terminal

 

Router# configure terminal

Enters configuration mode.

Step 2

call-home reporting { anonymous | contact-email-addr email-address } [ http-proxy { ipv4-address | ipv6-address | name } port port-number ]

 

Router(config)# call-home reporting contact-email-addr email@company.com

Enables all Call Home basic configurations using a single command.

  • anonymous —Enables Call-Home TAC profile to only send crash, inventory, and test messages and send the messages in an anonymous way.
  • contact-email-addr —Enables Smart Call Home service full reporting capability and sends a full inventory message from Call-Home TAC profile to Smart Call Home server to start full registration process.
  • http-proxy { ipv4-address | ipv6-address | name }—An ipv4 or ipv6 address or server name. Maximum length is 64.
  • port port-number —Port number. Range is 1 to 65535.

Note HTTP proxy option allows you to make use of your own proxy server to buffer and secure internet connections from your devices.

Note After successfully enabling Call Home either in anonymous or full registration mode with the call-home reporting command, an inventory message is sent out. If Call Home is enabled in full registration mode, a Full Inventory message for full registration mode is sent out. If Call Home is enabled in anonymous mode, an anonymous inventory message is sent out. For more information about what is sent in these messages, see the “Alert Group Trigger Events and Commands” section.

Enabling the Smart Call Home Service

Note This procedure, with Start Smart Call Home Registration, is an alternative to Configuring Smart Call Home with a Single Command.

The CiscoTAC-1 profile is predefined in the Call Home feature to communicate using email to the backend server for the Smart Call Home service. The URL to the Cisco HTTPS backend server is also predefined. This profile is inactive by default.

Unlike other profiles that you can configure in Call Home to support both transport methods, the CiscoTAC-1 profile can only use one transport method at a time. To use this profile with the Cisco Smart Call Home HTTPS server, you must change the transport method from email to HTTP and enable the profile. In addition, you must minimally specify a contact email address and enable the Call Home feature.

To enable the Smart Call Home service, perform this task:

 

Command or Action
Purpose

Step 1

Router# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 2

Router(config)# call-home

Enters call home configuration mode.

Step 3

Router(config-call-home)# profile CiscoTAC-1

Enters call home destination profile configuration mode for the CiscoTAC-1 destination profile.

Step 4

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# destination transport-method http

(Required for HTTPS) Configures the message transport method for http.

Step 5

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# active

Enables the destination profile.

Step 6

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# exit

Exits call home destination profile configuration mode and returns to call home configuration mode.

Step 7

Router(cfg-call-home)# contact-email-addr customer_email_address

Assigns the customer’s email address. Enter up to 200 characters in email address format with no spaces.

Step 8

Router(cfg-call-home)# exit

Exits call home configuration mode and returns to global configuration mode.

Step 9

Router(config)# service call-home

Enables the Call Home feature.

Step 10

Router(config)# exit

Exits global configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Step 11

Router# copy running-config startup-config

Saves the configuration.

This example shows how to enable the Smart Call Home service:

Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# destination transport-method http
Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# active
Router(cfg-call-home-profile)# exit
Router(cfg-call-home)# contact-email-addr username@example.com
Router(cfg-call-home)# exit
Router(config)# service call-home
Router(config)# exit
Router# copy running-config startup-config

Start Smart Call Home Registration

Note This procedure, with Enabling the Smart Call Home Service, is an alternative to Configuring Smart Call Home with a Single Command.

To start the Smart Call Home registration process, perform this task:

 

Command or Action
Purpose

Router# call-home send alert-group inventory profile CiscoTAC-1

Manually sends an inventory alert group message to the CiscoTAC-1 destination profile.

After the Smart Call Home service is registered, you will receive an email from Cisco Systems. Follow the instructions in the email. The instructions include these procedures:

  • To complete the device registration, launch the Smart Call Home web application at the following URL:

https://tools.cisco.com/sch/

  • Accept the Legal Agreement.
  • Confirm device registration for Call Home devices with pending registration.

For more information about using the Smart Call Home web application, see the Smart Call Home User Guide. This user guide also includes configuration examples for sending Smart Call Home messages directly from your device or through a transport gateway (TG) aggregation point. You can use a TG aggregation point in cases requiring support for multiple devices or in cases where security requirements mandate that your devices must not be connected directly to the Internet.

Verifying the Call Home Configuration

To display the configured Call Home information, perform these tasks:

 

Command
Purpose

Router# show call-home

Displays the Call Home configuration in summary.

Router# show call-home detail

Displays the Call Home configuration in detail.

Router# show call-home alert-group

Displays the available alert groups and their status.

Router# show call-home mail-server status

Checks and displays the availability of the configured email server(s).

Router# show call-home profile { all | name }

Displays the configuration of the specified destination profile. Use the keyword all to display the configuration of all destination profiles.

Router# show call-home statistics [ detail | profile profile_name ]

Displays the statistics of Call Home events.

Examples 24-1 to 24-9 show sample results with Release 15.1(1)SY when using different options of the show call-home command.

Example 24-1 Configured Call Home Information

Router# show call-home
Current call home settings:
call home feature : enable
call home message's from address: switch@example.com
call home message's reply-to address: support@example.com
 
vrf for call-home messages: Not yet set up
 
contact person's email address: technical@example.com
 
contact person's phone number: +1-408-555-1234
street address: 1234 Any Street, Any city, Any state, 12345
customer ID: ExampleCorp
contract ID: X123456789
site ID: SantaClara
 
source ip address: Not yet set up
source interface: GigabitEthernet7/2
Mail-server[1]: Address: smtp.example.com Priority: 1
Mail-server[2]: Address: 192.168.0.1 Priority: 2
http proxy: 192.168.1.2:80
 
aaa-authorization: disable
aaa-authorization username: callhome (default)
data-privacy: normal
syslog throttling: enable
 
Rate-limit: 20 message(s) per minute
 
Snapshot command[0]: show version
Snapshot command[1]: show module
 
Available alert groups:
Keyword State Description
------------------------ ------- -------------------------------
configuration Enable configuration info
crash Enable crash and traceback info
diagnostic Enable diagnostic info
environment Enable environmental info
inventory Enable inventory info
snapshot Enable snapshot info
syslog Enable syslog info
 
Profiles:
Profile Name: campus-noc
Profile Name: CiscoTAC-1
 
Router#

Example 24-2 Configured Call Home Information in Detail

Router# show call-home detail
Current call home settings:
call home feature : enable
call home message's from address: switch@example.com
call home message's reply-to address: support@example.com
 
vrf for call-home messages: Not yet set up
 
contact person's email address: technical@example.com
 
contact person's phone number: +1-408-555-1234
street address: 1234 Any Street, Any city, Any state, 12345
customer ID: ExampleCorp
contract ID: X123456789
site ID: SantaClara
 
source ip address: Not yet set up
source interface: GigabitEthernet7/2
Mail-server[1]: Address: smtp.example.com Priority: 1
Mail-server[2]: Address: 192.168.0.1 Priority: 2
http proxy: 192.168.1.2:80
 
aaa-authorization: disable
aaa-authorization username: callhome (default)
data-privacy: normal
syslog throttling: enable
 
Rate-limit: 20 message(s) per minute
 
Snapshot command[0]: show version
Snapshot command[1]: show module
 
Available alert groups:
Keyword State Description
------------------------ ------- -------------------------------
configuration Enable configuration info
crash Enable crash and traceback info
diagnostic Enable diagnostic info
environment Enable environmental info
inventory Enable inventory info
snapshot Enable snapshot info
syslog Enable syslog info
 
Profiles:
 
Profile Name: campus-noc
Profile status: ACTIVE
Profile mode: Full Reporting
Preferred Message Format: long-text
Message Size Limit: 3145728 Bytes
Transport Method: email
Email address(es): noc@example.com
HTTP address(es): Not yet set up
 
Alert-group Severity
------------------------ ------------
inventory normal
 
Syslog-Pattern Severity
------------------------ ------------
N/A N/A
 
Profile Name: CiscoTAC-1
Profile status: ACTIVE
Profile mode: Full Reporting
Preferred Message Format: xml
Message Size Limit: 3145728 Bytes
Transport Method: email
Email address(es): callhome@cisco.com
HTTP address(es): https://tools.cisco.com/its/service/oddce/services/DDCEService
 
Periodic configuration info message is scheduled every 12 day of the month at 17:06
 
Periodic inventory info message is scheduled every 12 day of the month at 16:51
 
Alert-group Severity
------------------------ ------------
crash normal
diagnostic minor
environment minor
inventory normal
 
Syslog-Pattern Severity
------------------------ ------------
.* major
 
Router#

Example 24-3 Available Call Home Alert Groups

Router# show call-home alert-group
Available alert groups:
Keyword State Description
------------------------ ------- -------------------------------
configuration Enable configuration info
crash Enable crash and traceback info
diagnostic Enable diagnostic info
environment Enable environmental info
inventory Enable inventory info
snapshot Enable snapshot info
syslog Enable syslog info
 
Router#

Example 24-4 Email Server Status Information

Router# show call-home mail-server status
Please wait. Checking for mail server status...
 
Translating "smtp.example.com"
Mail-server[1]: Address: smtp.example.com Priority: 1 [Not Available]
Mail-server[2]: Address: 192.168.0.1 Priority: 2 [Not Available]
 
Router#

Example 24-5 Information for All Destination Profiles (Predefined and User-Defined)

Router# show call-home profile all
 
Profile Name: campus-noc
Profile status: ACTIVE
Profile mode: Full Reporting
Preferred Message Format: long-text
Message Size Limit: 3145728 Bytes
Transport Method: email
Email address(es): noc@example.com
HTTP address(es): Not yet set up
 
Alert-group Severity
------------------------ ------------
inventory normal
 
Syslog-Pattern Severity
------------------------ ------------
N/A N/A
 
Profile Name: CiscoTAC-1
Profile status: ACTIVE
Profile mode: Full Reporting
Preferred Message Format: xml
Message Size Limit: 3145728 Bytes
Transport Method: email
Email address(es): callhome@cisco.com
HTTP address(es): https://tools.cisco.com/its/service/oddce/services/DDCEService
 
Periodic configuration info message is scheduled every 12 day of the month at 17:06
 
Periodic inventory info message is scheduled every 12 day of the month at 16:51
 
Alert-group Severity
------------------------ ------------
crash normal
diagnostic minor
environment minor
inventory normal
 
Syslog-Pattern Severity
------------------------ ------------
.* major
 
Router#

Example 24-6 Information for a User-Defined Destination Profile

Router# show call-home profile campus-noc
 
Profile Name: campus-noc
Profile status: ACTIVE
Profile mode: Full Reporting
Preferred Message Format: long-text
Message Size Limit: 3145728 Bytes
Transport Method: email
Email address(es): noc@example.com
HTTP address(es): Not yet set up
 
Alert-group Severity
------------------------ ------------
inventory normal
 
Syslog-Pattern Severity
------------------------ ------------
N/A N/A
 
Router#

Example 24-7 Call Home Statistics

Router# show call-home statistics
Message Types Total Email HTTP
------------- -------------------- -------------------- ------------------
Total Success 1 1 0
Config 0 0 0
Crash 0 0 0
Diagnostic 0 0 0
Environment 0 0 0
Inventory 0 0 0
Snapshot 0 0 0
SysLog 0 0 0
Test 0 0 0
Request 0 0 0
Send-CLI 1 1 0
 
Total In-Queue 0 0 0
Config 0 0 0
Crash 0 0 0
Diagnostic 0 0 0
Environment 0 0 0
Inventory 0 0 0
Snapshot 0 0 0
SysLog 0 0 0
Test 0 0 0
Request 0 0 0
Send-CLI 0 0 0
 
Total Failed 0 0 0
Config 0 0 0
Crash 0 0 0
Diagnostic 0 0 0
Environment 0 0 0
Inventory 0 0 0
Snapshot 0 0 0
SysLog 0 0 0
Test 0 0 0
Request 0 0 0
Send-CLI 0 0 0
 
Total Ratelimit
-dropped 0 0 0
Config 0 0 0
Crash 0 0 0
Diagnostic 0 0 0
Environment 0 0 0
Inventory 0 0 0
Snapshot 0 0 0
SysLog 0 0 0
Test 0 0 0
Request 0 0 0
Send-CLI 0 0 0
 
Last call-home message sent time: 2012-10-22 21:35:48 GMT+08:00

Example 24-8 Call Home Statistics Detail

Router# show call-home statistics detail
Type/Subtype Total Email HTTP
------------------- -------------------- -------------------- ------------------
Total Success 1 1 0
Config/delta 0 0 0
Config/full 0 0 0
Crash/module crash 0 0 0
Crash/system crash 0 0 0
Crash/traceback 0 0 0
Diagnostic 0 0 0
Environment 0 0 0
Inventory/delta 0 0 0
Inventory/full 0 0 0
Snapshot 0 0 0
SysLog 0 0 0
Test 0 0 0
Request 0 0 0
Send-CLI 1 1 0
 
Total In-Queue 0 0 0
Config/delta 0 0 0
Config/full 0 0 0
Crash/module crash 0 0 0
Crash/system crash 0 0 0
Crash/traceback 0 0 0
Diagnostic 0 0 0
Environment 0 0 0
Inventory/delta 0 0 0
Inventory/full 0 0 0
Snapshot 0 0 0
SysLog 0 0 0
Test 0 0 0
Request 0 0 0
Send-CLI 0 0 0
 
Total Failed 0 0 0
Config/delta 0 0 0
Config/full 0 0 0
Crash/module crash 0 0 0
Crash/system crash 0 0 0
Crash/traceback 0 0 0
Diagnostic 0 0 0
Environment 0 0 0
Inventory/delta 0 0 0
Inventory/full 0 0 0
Snapshot 0 0 0
SysLog 0 0 0
Test 0 0 0
Request 0 0 0
Send-CLI 0 0 0
 
Total Ratelimit
-dropped 0 0 0
Config/delta 0 0 0
Config/full 0 0 0
Crash/module crash 0 0 0
Crash/system crash 0 0 0
Crash/traceback 0 0 0
Diagnostic 0 0 0
Environment 0 0 0
Inventory/delta 0 0 0
Inventory/full 0 0 0
Snapshot 0 0 0
SysLog 0 0 0
Test 0 0 0
Request 0 0 0
Send-CLI 0 0 0
 
Last call-home message sent time: 2012-10-22 21:35:48 GMT+08:00
 
Router#

Example 24-9 Call Home Statistics profile campus-noc

Router#show call-home statistics profile campus-noc
Rate-limit Last msg sent
Type/Subtype Subscribe Success Inqueue Failed Drop (GMT+08:00)
------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------
Config/delta normal 0 0 0 0 n/a
Config/full bootup 0 0 0 0 n/a
Config/full ondemand 0 0 0 0 n/a
Config/full periodic 0 0 0 0 n/a
Crash/module crash normal 0 0 0 0 n/a
Crash/system crash normal 0 0 0 0 n/a
Crash/system crash ondemand 0 0 0 0 n/a
Crash/traceback normal 0 0 0 0 n/a
Diagnostic normal 0 0 0 0 n/a
Diagnostic ondemand 0 0 0 0 n/a
Environment normal 0 0 0 0 n/a
Inventory/delta normal 0 0 0 0 n/a
Inventory/full bootup 0 0 0 0 n/a
Inventory/full ondemand 0 0 0 0 n/a
Inventory/full periodic 0 0 0 0 n/a
Snapshot normal 0 0 0 0 n/a
Snapshot ondemand 0 0 0 0 n/a
SysLog normal 0 0 0 0 n/a
Test normal 0 0 0 0 n/a
Request normal 0 0 0 0 n/a
 
Router#

Tip For additional information about Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches (including configuration examples and troubleshooting information), see the documents listed on this page:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

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