Data Center Fabric Manager Professional Plus User Manual - Supporting DCFM 10.3.x (53-1001356-01, October 2009)

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Enabling a call home center

To enable a call home center, complete the following steps.

1. Select Monitor > Event Notification > Call Home.

The Call Home dialog box displays.

2. Select the Enable check box of the call home center you want to enable in the Call Home

Centers table.

3. Click OK to close the Call Home dialog box.

Enabling support save

NOTE

Only supported on Fabric OS switches with firmware 5.2 or later.

When you enable Support Save through the call home center, all call home events trigger the

Support Save operation and the Support Save stored location on the FTP server is transmitted with

the call home event.

To enable a support save for a call home center, complete the following steps.

1. Select Monitor > Event Notification > Call Home.

The Call Home dialog box displays.

2. Select the Support Save check box of the call home center for which you want to enable

support save in the Call Home Centers table.

3. Click OK to close the Call Home dialog box.

Testing the call home center connection

Once you add and enable a call home center, you should verify that call home is functional.

To verify call home center functionality, complete the following steps.

1. Select Monitor > Event Notification > Call Home.

2. Click Edit Centers (beneath the Call Home Centers table).

The Configure Call Home Center dialog box displays.

3. Select the center you want to check in the Call Home Centers list.

4. Make sure that the Enabled check box is selected.

NOTE

You must configure the call home center before you test the connection. To configure a call

home center, refer to “Editing a call home center” on page 80.

5. Click Send Test.

A faked event is generated and sent to the selected call home center. You must contact the call

home center to verify that the event was received and in the correct format.