Step 1
| On the menu bar,
click
Operations Management.
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Step 2
| In the
Navigation pane, expand
.
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Step 3
| In the
Navigation pane, click
Operational Policies.
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Step 4
| In the
Work pane, click
CallHome.
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Step 5
| (Optional)In the
Actions area, click
Create.
Call home
policies under the domain groups root were created by the system and ready to
configure by default
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Step 6
| In the
Work pane, click the
General tab.
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Step 7
| In the
Actions area, complete all applicable fields.
Name |
Description |
Create button
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Creates an instance of the policy that will be used by all Cisco UCS domains included in the selected domain group.
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Import button
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Allows you to import the policy from one of the Cisco UCS domains registered with Cisco UCS Central.
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Delete button
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Deletes the instance of the policy defined for the selected domain group.
After you delete the policy, it remains greyed-out until you click Save. When you do so, Cisco UCS Central deletes the policy and any configuration data you may have specified. While you can create a new instance of the policy later, you cannot restore the configuration data from a deleted instance.
To cancel the delete request, click Reset.
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State
field
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Whether Call Home is used for the Cisco UCS domains included in the Cisco UCS Central domain group. This can be one of the following:
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Off—Call Home is not used for the Cisco UCS domains.
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On—Cisco UCS generates Call Home alerts
based on the Call Home policies and profiles defined in the domain group.
Note
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If this field is set to
On,
Cisco UCS Central GUI
displays the rest of the fields on this tab.
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Throttling field
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Whether the system limits the number of duplicate messages received for the same event. This can be one of the following:
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On—If the number of duplicate messages sent exceeds 30 messages within a 2-hour time frame, then the system discards further messages for that alert type.
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Off—The system sends all duplicate messages, regardless of how many are encountered.
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Phone field
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The telephone number for the main contact.
Enter the number in international format, starting with a +
(plus sign) and a country code.
You can use hyphens but not parentheses.
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Email field
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The email address for the main contact.
Cisco Smart Call Home sends the registration email to this email address.
Note
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If an email address includes special characters, such as #
(hash), spaces, or & (ampersand), the email server may not be able to
deliver email messages to that address. Cisco recommends that you use email
addresses which comply with RFC2821 and RFC2822 and include only 7bit ASCII
characters.
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Address field
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The mailing address for the main contact.
Enter up to 255 ASCII characters.
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From field
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The email address that should appear in the From field on
Call Home alert messages sent by the system.
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Reply To field
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The return email address that should appear in the From
field on Call Home alert messages sent by the system.
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Switch Priority
drop-down list
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This can be one of the following:
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Alerts
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Critical
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Debugging
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Emergencies
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Errors
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Information
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Notifications
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Warnings
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Hostname field
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The IP address or hostname of the SMTP server.
Note
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If you use a hostname rather than an IPv4 or IPv6 address, you
must configure a DNS server.
If the
Cisco UCS domain is not
registered with
Cisco UCS Central or DNS
management is set to
local, configure a DNS server in
Cisco UCS Manager. If the
Cisco UCS domain is
registered with
Cisco UCS Central and DNS
management is set to
global, configure a DNS server in
Cisco UCS Central.
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Port field
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The port number the system should use to talk to the SMTP
server.
Enter an integer between 1 and 65535. The default is 25.
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Customer ID field
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The CCO ID that includes the contract numbers for the support contract in its entitlements.
Enter up to 510 ASCII characters.
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Contract ID field
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The Call Home contract number for the customer.
Enter up to 510 ASCII characters.
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Site field
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The unique Call Home identification number for the customer
site.
Enter up to 510 ASCII characters.
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Step 8
| In the
Work pane, click the
Profiles tab.
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Step 9
| In the
Actions area, complete all applicable fields.
Name |
Description |
Create button
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Creates an instance of the policy that will be used by all Cisco UCS domains included in the selected domain group.
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Import button
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Allows you to import the policy from one of the Cisco UCS domains registered with Cisco UCS Central.
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Delete button
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Deletes the instance of the policy defined for the selected domain group.
After you delete the policy, it remains greyed-out until you click Save. When you do so, Cisco UCS Central deletes the policy and any configuration data you may have specified. While you can create a new instance of the policy later, you cannot restore the configuration data from a deleted instance.
To cancel the delete request, click Reset.
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Filter button
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Allows you to filter the data in the table. When you apply a filter, this button name changes to Filter (on).
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Create Profile button
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Allows you to create a Call Home profile.
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Add Email Recipient button
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Allows you to add an email recipient to an existing Call Home profile.
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Properties button
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Displays detailed properties for the object selected in the table.
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Delete button
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Deletes the object selected in the table.
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Name column
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The name of the Call Home profile.
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Level column
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The lowest fault level that triggers the profile.
Cisco UCS generates a Call Home alert for every fault that is at or above this level.
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Alert Groups column
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The group or groups that are
alerted based on this Call Home profile.
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Step 10
| In the
Work pane, click the
Policies tab.
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Step 11
| In the
Actions area, complete all applicable fields.
Name |
Description |
Create button
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Creates an instance of the policy that will be used by all Cisco UCS domains included in the selected domain group.
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Import button
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Allows you to import the policy from one of the Cisco UCS domains registered with Cisco UCS Central.
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Delete button
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Deletes the instance of the policy defined for the selected domain group.
After you delete the policy, it remains greyed-out until you click Save. When you do so, Cisco UCS Central deletes the policy and any configuration data you may have specified. While you can create a new instance of the policy later, you cannot restore the configuration data from a deleted instance.
To cancel the delete request, click Reset.
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Filter button
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Allows you to filter the data in the table. When you apply a filter, this button name changes to Filter (on).
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Create Policy button
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Allows you to create a new Call Home policy.
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Properties button
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Displays detailed properties for the object selected in the table.
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Delete button
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Deletes the object selected in the table.
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Cause column
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The event that triggers the alert. Each policy defines whether an alert is sent for one type of event.
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State column
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If this is enabled, Cisco UCS uses this policy when an error matching the associated cause is encountered. Otherwise, Cisco UCS ignores this policy even if a matching error occurs.
By default, all policies are enabled.
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Step 12
| In the
Work pane, click the
System
Inventory tab.
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Step 13
| In the
Actions area, complete all applicable fields.
Name |
Description |
Create button
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Creates an instance of the policy that will be used by all Cisco UCS domains included in the selected domain group.
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Import button
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Allows you to import the policy from one of the Cisco UCS domains registered with Cisco UCS Central.
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Delete button
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Deletes the instance of the policy defined for the selected domain group.
After you delete the policy, it remains greyed-out until you click Save. When you do so, Cisco UCS Central deletes the policy and any configuration data you may have specified. While you can create a new instance of the policy later, you cannot restore the configuration data from a deleted instance.
To cancel the delete request, click Reset.
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Send Periodically field
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If this field is set to on,
Cisco UCS sends the system inventory to the Call
Home database. When the information is sent depends on the other fields in this
area.
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Send Interval field
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The number of days that should pass between automatic system
inventory data collection.
Enter an integer between 1 and 30.
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Hour of Day to Send field
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The hour that the data should be sent using the 24-hour
clock format.
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Minute of Hour to Send field
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The number of minutes after the hour that the data should be
sent.
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Step 14
| Click
Save.
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