Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide, NX-OS 4.0(1a)N1 (OL-16597-01, January 2009)

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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 26 Configuring Smart Call Home
Configuring Call Home
Configuring Call Home
This section includes the following topics:
• Guidelines for Configuring Call Home, page 26-6
• Configuring Contact Information, page 26-6
• Creating a Destination Profile, page 26-8
• Modifying a Destination Profile, page 26-8
• Associating an Alert Group with a Destination Profile, page 26-9
• Adding show Commands to an Alert Group, page 26-10
• Configuring E-Mail, page 26-10
• Configuring Periodic Inventory Notification, page 26-11
• Disabling Duplicate Message Throttle, page 26-12
• Enabling or Disabling Call Home, page 26-12
• Testing Call Home Communications, page 26-13
Guidelines for Configuring Call Home
To configure Call Home, perform this task:
Step 1 Assign contact information.
Step 2 Configure destination profiles.
Step 3 Associate one or more alert groups to each profile.
Step 4 (Optional) Add additional show commands to the alert groups.
Step 5 Configure transport options.
Step 6 Enable Call Home.
Step 7 (Optional) Test Call Home messages.
Configuring Contact Information
You must configure the e-mail, phone, and street address information for Call Home. You can optionally
configure the contract ID, customer ID, site ID, and switch priority information.
To configure contact information, perform this task:
Command Purpose
Step 1
switch# configuration terminal
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2
switch(config)# snmp-server contact
sys-contact
Configures the SNMP sysContact.
Step 3
switch(config)# callhome
Enters callhome configuration mode.