MSP is responsible for providing front-line support for the Cloud Service to its MSP End Users with respect to their use, maintenance, support, training, and technical assistance; provided that MSP may escalate support to Cisco as necessary and in compliance with any support guidelines provided by Cisco. In no event shall Cisco have any obligation to provide support directly to, or respond to support requests from, an MSP End User.
MSP Center support includes online support. Cisco will respond as set forth in the table below and may require information from MSP to resolve service issues. MSP agrees to provide the information requested and understands that a delay in providing the information to Cisco may delay resolution and response time.
MSP will also have access to Cisco.com, which provides helpful technical and general information about Cisco products, as well as access to Cisco's on-line knowledge base and forums. Please note that access restrictions identified by Cisco from time to time may apply.
The below table outlines Cisco’s response objectives based on case severity. Cisco may adjust assigned case severity to align with the severity definitions below.
Software Support Service |
Technical Support Coverage |
Response Time Objective for Case Severity 1 or 2 |
Response Time Objective for Case Severity 3 or 4 |
Secure MSP Center Support |
24x7 via Web and Phone |
Response within 30 minutes of phone call |
Response Next Business Day |
For Severity definitions, see: https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en_us/about/doing_business/legal/service_descriptions/docs/cisco-severity-and-escalation-guidelines.pdf.
The following definitions apply:
Response time means the time between case submission in the case management system (or by phone where noted in the table above) to support engineer contact.
“Business Day” means the generally accepted days of operation per week within the relevant region where the Cloud Services will be performed, excluding local holidays as observed by Cisco.