Configuring Call Home

The Call Home feature provides e-mail-based and web-based notification of critical system events. A versatile range of message formats are available for optimal compatibility with pager services, standard e-mail, or XML-based automated parsing applications. Common uses of this feature may include direct paging of a network support engineer, e-mail notification to a Network Operations Center, XML delivery to a support website, and utilization of Cisco Smart Call Home services for direct case generation with the Cisco Systems Technical Assistance Center (TAC).

This document describes how to configure the Call Home feature on Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers beginning with Cisco IOS XE Release 2.6.

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Prerequisites for Call Home

How you configure Call Home depends on how you intend to use the feature. Consider the following requirements before you configure Call Home:

  • Obtain e-mail, phone, and street address information for the Call Home contact to be configured so that the receiver can determine the origin of messages received.
  • Identify the name or IPv4 address of a primary Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server and any backup servers, if using e-mail message delivery.

  • Verify IP connectivity from the router to the e-mail server(s) or the destination HTTP server.

  • If Cisco Smart Call Home is used, an active service contract covering the device is required to provide full SCH service.

Information About Call Home

Call Home provides e-mail-based and web-based notification of critical system events. A versatile range of message formats are available for optimal compatibility with pager services, standard e-mail, or XML-based automated parsing applications. Common uses of this feature may include direct paging of a network support engineer, e-mail notification to a Network Operations Center, XML delivery to a support website, and utilization of Cisco Smart Call Home services for direct case generation with the Cisco Systems Technical Assistance Center (TAC).

The Call Home feature can deliver alert messages containing information on configuration, environmental conditions, inventory, syslog, 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 Cisco TAC, the service will depend 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.

Benefits of Using Call Home

The Call Home feature offers the following benefits:

  • Multiple message-format options:
    • Short Text—Suitable for pagers or printed reports.
    • Plain Text—Full formatted message information suitable for human reading.
    • XML—Matching 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, environmental conditions, inventory, syslog, and crash events

    and diagnostics.

  • Filtering of messages by severity and pattern matching.
  • Scheduling of periodic message sending.

Obtaining Smart Call Home Services

If you have a service contract directly with Cisco, you can register for the Smart Call Home service. Smart Call Home analyzes Smart Call Home messages and provides background information and recommendations. For critical issues, Automatic Service Requests are generated with the Cisco TAC.

Smart Call Home offers the following features:

  • Continuous device health monitoring and real-time 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.

You need the following items to register for Smart Call Home:

  • SMARTnet contract number for your router.
  • Your e-mail address
  • Your Cisco.com username

For information about how to configure Call Home to work with the Smart Call Home service, see the Smart Call Home.

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 is 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 Cisco Online Privacy Statement


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

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

Smart Licensing

Smart Call Home is required to use the Smart Licensing service.

The Smart Licensing service is an alternative licensing architecture to Cisco Software Licensing (CSL). Smart Call Licensing uses the Cisco Smart Software Manager as a backend tool for managing licenses. You must configure Cisco Smart Call Home before you can use Cisco Smart Licensing. For more information, see the Configuring and Enabling Smart Call Home section.

How to Configure Call Home

Configuring the Management Interface VRF

The Call Home feature on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers requires use of the Gigabit Ethernet Management interface virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance. The Gigabit Ethernet Management interface is automatically part of its own VRF named “Mgmt-intf.”

To configure the Management interface VRF, complete the following steps:

or

ipv6 address {X:X:X:X::X link-local | X:X:X:X::X/prefix [anycast | eui-64] | autoconfig [default]}

SUMMARY STEPS

    1.    configure terminal

    2.    interface GigabitEthernet 0

    3.    vrf forwarding Mgmt-intf

    4.    Do one of the following:

    • ip address ip-address mask [secondary [vrf vrf-name ]]
    • ipv6 address {X:X:X:X::X link-local | X:X:X:X::X/prefix [anycast | eui-64] | autoconfig [default]}


DETAILED STEPS
     Command or ActionPurpose
    Step 1configure terminal


    Example:
    Device# configure terminal
     

    Enters global configuration mode.

     
    Step 2interface GigabitEthernet 0


    Example:
    Router(config)# interface GigabitEthernet0
     

    (Required) Specifies the Gigabit Ethernet Management interface on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router.

     
    Step 3vrf forwarding Mgmt-intf


    Example:
    Router(config-if)# vrf forwarding Mgmt-intf
     

    (Required) Associates the Mgmt-intf VRF with the Gigabit Ethernet Management interface. This command is configured by default.

     
    Step 4Do one of the following:
    • ip address ip-address mask [secondary [vrf vrf-name ]]
    • ipv6 address {X:X:X:X::X link-local | X:X:X:X::X/prefix [anycast | eui-64] | autoconfig [default]}


    Example:
    Router(config-if)# ip address 10.10.10.10 0.0.0.0
     

    (Required) Specifies the IPv4 or IPv6 addressing for the interface.

     

    Configuring Smart Call Home (Single Command)

    To enable all Call Home basic configurations using a single command, perform the following steps:

    SUMMARY STEPS

      1.    configure terminal

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


    DETAILED STEPS
       Command or ActionPurpose
      Step 1configure terminal


      Example:
      Device# configure terminal
       

      Enters global configuration mode.

       
      Step 2call-home reporting {anonymous | contact-email-addr email-address} [http-proxy {ipv4-address | ipv6-address | name} port port number]

      Example:
      Device(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 using the call-home reporting command, an inventory message is sent out. If Call Home is enabled in anonymous mode, an anonymous inventory message is sent out. If Call Home is enabled in full registration mode, a Full Inventory message for full registration mode is sent. For more information about what is sent in these messages, see the “Alert Group Trigger Events and Commands” section.

       

      Configuring and Enabling Smart Call Home

      SUMMARY STEPS

        1.    configure terminal

        2.    call-home

        3.    profile CiscoTAC-1

        4.    destination transport-method http

        5.    active

        6.    exit

        7.    contact-email-addr email-address

        8.    exit

        9.    service call-home

        10.    exit

        11.    copy running-config startup-config


      DETAILED STEPS
         Command or ActionPurpose
        Step 1configure terminal


        Example:
        Device# configure terminal
         

        Enters global configuration mode.

         
        Step 2call-home

        Example:
        Device(config)# call-home
         

        Enters call home configuration mode.

         
        Step 3profile CiscoTAC-1


        Example:
        Device(config-call-home)# profile CiscoTAC-1 
         

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

         
        Step 4destination transport-method http


        Example:
        Device(cfg-call-home-profile)# destination transport-method http
         

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

         
        Step 5active


        Example:
        Device(cfg-call-home-profile)# active
         

        Enables the destination profile.

         
        Step 6exit


        Example:
        Device(cfg-call-home-profile)# exit
         

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

         
        Step 7contact-email-addr email-address


        Example:
        Device(cfg-call-home)# contact-email-addr username@example.com
         

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

         
        Step 8exit


        Example:
        Device(cfg-call-home)# exit
         

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

         
        Step 9 service call-home

        Example:
        Device(config)# service call-home
         

        Enables the Call Home feature.

         
        Step 10exit


        Example:
        Device(config)# exit
         

        Exits global configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

         
        Step 11 copy running-config startup-config

        Example:
        Device# copy running-config startup-config
         

        Saves the configuration to NVRAM.

         

        Enabling and Disabling Call Home

        To enable or disable the Call Home feature, complete the following steps:

        SUMMARY STEPS

          1.    configure terminal

          2.    service call-home

          3.    no service call-home


        DETAILED STEPS
           Command or ActionPurpose
          Step 1configure terminal


          Example:
          Router# configure terminal
           

          Enters global configuration mode.

           
          Step 2service call-home


          Example:
          Router(config)# service call-home
           

          Enables the Call Home feature.

           
          Step 3no service call-home


          Example:
          Router(config)# no service call-home
           

          Disables the Call Home feature.

           

          Configuring Contact Information

          Each router must include a contact e-mail address. You can optionally include a phone number, street address, contract ID, customer ID, and site ID.

          To assign the contact information, complete the following steps:

          SUMMARY STEPS

            1.    configure terminal

            2.    call-home

            3.    contact-email-addr email-address

            4.    phone-number +phone-number

            5.    street-address street-address

            6.    customer-id text

            7.    site-id text

            8.    contract-id text


          DETAILED STEPS
             Command or ActionPurpose
            Step 1configure terminal


            Example:
            Router> configure terminal
             

            Enters global configuration mode.

             
            Step 2call-home


            Example:
            Router(config)# call-home
             

            Enters call home configuration mode.

             
            Step 3contact-email-addr email-address


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

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

             
            Step 4phone-number +phone-number


            Example:
            Router(cfg-call-home)# phone-number +1-222-333-4444
             

            (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 within double quotation marks (“ ”).
             
            Step 5street-address street-address


            Example:
            Router(cfg-call-home)# street-address “1234 Any Street, Any city, Any state, 12345”
             

            (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 within double quotation marks (“ ”).

             
            Step 6customer-id text


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

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

             
            Step 7site-id text


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

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

             
            Step 8contract-id text


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

            (Optional) Identifies the customer’s contract ID for the router. Enter up to 64 characters. If you include spaces, you must enclose your entry within double quotation marks (“ ”).

             

            Example

            The following example shows the configuration of contact information:

            Device# configure terminal
             
            Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
            Device(config)# call-home
            Device(cfg-call-home)# contact-email-addr username@example.com
            Device(cfg-call-home)# phone-number +1-222-333-4444
            Device(cfg-call-home)# street-address “1234 Any Street, Any city, Any state, 12345”
            Device(cfg-call-home)# customer-id Customer1234 
            Device(cfg-call-home)# site-id Site1ManhattanNY
            Device(cfg-call-home)# contract-id Company1234 
            Device(cfg-call-home)# exit

            Configuring a Destination Profile

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

            You can create and define a new destination profile or copy and use another destination profile. If you define a new destination profile, you must assign a profile name. If you define a new destination profile, you must assign a profile name.

            You can control which profile to be used for Smart Licensing by enabling or disabling smart-licensing data of that profile. Only one active profile can have smart-license data enabled. For more information about Smart Licensing, see the “Managing Cisco CSR 1000V Licenses” section.

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


            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.

            Note



            You can configure the following attributes for a destination profile:

            • Profile name—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 e-mail or HTTP (including HTTPS), for delivery of alerts.
              • For user-defined destination profiles, e-mail is the default, and you can enable one or both transport mechanisms. If you disable both methods, e-mail is 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 by which the alert should be sent.

              In Call Home version 3, you can change the destination of the CiscoTAC-1 profile.

            • Message formatting—The message format used for sending the alert. The format options for a user-defined destination profile are long-text, short-text, or XML. The default is XML. For the predefined Cisco TAC profile, only XML is allowed. If you use the Cisco Smart Call Home service, the destination profile must use the XML message format.
            • 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.

            • Reporting method—You can choose which data to report for a profile. You can report Smart Call Home data or Smart Licensing data for a profile. Only one active profile is allowed to report Smart Licensing data at a time.

            • Anonymous reporting—You can choose for your customer identity to remain anonymous, and no identifying information is sent.

            • Subscribing to interesting alert-groups—You can choose to subscribe to alert-groups highlighting your interests.

            This section includes the following tasks:

            Creating a New Destination Profile

            To create and configure a new destination profile, complete the following steps:

            SUMMARY STEPS

              1.    configure terminal

              2.    call-home

              3.    profile name

              4.    destination transport-method email

              5.    destination address email email-address

              6.    destination preferred-msg-format {long-text | short-text | xml}

              7.    destination message-size bytes

              8.    active

              9.    exit

              10.    end


            DETAILED STEPS
               Command or ActionPurpose
              Step 1configure terminal


              Example:
              Device# configure terminal
               

              Enters global configuration mode.

               
              Step 2call-home

              Example:
              Device(config)# call-home
               

              Enters call home configuration mode.

               
              Step 3profile name


              Example:
              Device(config-call-home)# profile profile1 
               

              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 4destination transport-method email


              Example:
              Device(cfg-call-home-profile)# destination transport-method email
               

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

               
              Step 5destination address email email-address


              Example:
              Device(cfg-call-home-profile)# destination address email myaddress@example.com
               

              (Required) Configures the destination e-mail address to which Call Home messages are sent.

               
              Step 6destination preferred-msg-format {long-text | short-text | xml}

              Example:
              Device(cfg-call-home-profile)# destination preferred-msg-format xml
               

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

               
              Step 7destination message-size bytes


              Example:
              Device(cfg-call-home-profile)# destination message-size 3145728
               

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

               
              Step 8active


              Example:
              Device(cfg-call-home-profile)# active
               

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

               
              Step 9exit


              Example:
              Device(cfg-call-home-profile)# exit
               

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

               
              Step 10end


              Example:
              Device(cfg-call-home)# end
               

              Returns to privileged EXEC mode.

               

              Setting Profiles to Anonymous Mode

              To create a new destination profile by copying an existing profile, complete the following steps:

              SUMMARY STEPS

                1.    configure terminal

                2.    call-home

                3.    copy profile source-profile target-profile


              DETAILED STEPS
                 Command or ActionPurpose
                Step 1configure terminal


                Example:
                Device# configure terminal
                 

                Enters global configuration mode.

                 
                Step 2call-home


                Example:
                Device(config)# call-home
                 

                Enters call home configuration mode.

                 
                Step 3copy profile source-profile target-profile


                Example:
                Device(cfg-call-home)# copy profile profile1 profile2
                 

                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.
                 

                Subscribing to Alert Groups

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

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

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

                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.
                Periodic Notification

                When you subscribe a destination profile to either the Configuration or the Inventory alert group, 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.
                Message Severity Threshold

                When you subscribe a destination profile to the Environment or Syslog alert group, you can set a threshold for the sending of alert group messages based on the message’s level of severity. Any message with a severity lower than the specified threshold of the destination profile is not sent to the destination.


                Note


                When syslog level is changed via IOS CLI, the new value is propagated to non-IOS processes as well, with the result that these processes no longer send syslog messages of lower priority to IOS to process, thus "saving" CPU cycles for IOS.

                The table below lists the keywords used to configure the severity, which range 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). However, the default is not recommended due to the number of messages that will be triggered.


                Note


                Call Home severity levels are not the same as system message logging severity levels.
                Table 1 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 Snapshot Command List

                To configure the snapshot command list, perform the following steps:

                SUMMARY STEPS

                  1.    configure terminal

                  2.    call-home

                  3.    [no | default ] alert-group-config snapshot

                  4.    [no | default ] add-command command string

                  5.    end


                DETAILED STEPS
                   Command or ActionPurpose
                  Step 1configure terminal


                  Example:
                  Device# configure terminal
                   

                  Enters global configuration mode.

                   
                  Step 2call-home


                  Example:
                  Device(config)# call-home
                   

                  Enters Call Home configuration mode.

                   
                  Step 3[no | default ] alert-group-config snapshot

                  Example:
                  Device(cfg-call-home)# alert-group-config snapshot
                   

                  Enters snapshot configuration mode.

                  The no or default command will remove all snapshot command.

                   
                  Step 4[no | default ] add-command command string

                  Example:
                  Device(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 5end


                  Example:
                  Device(cfg-call-home-snapshot)# exit
                   

                  Exits and saves the configuration.

                   

                  Configuring General email Options

                  Configuring the Mail Server

                  To use the e-mail message transport, you must configure at least one Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) e-mail server address. You can specify up to four backup e-mail servers, for a maximum of five total mail-server definitions.

                  Consider the following guidelines when configuring the mail server:

                  • Backup e-mail servers can be defined by repeating the mail-server command using different priority numbers.
                  • The mail-server priority number parameter can be configured from 1 to 100. The server with the highest priority (lowest priority number) is tried first.

                  To configure general email options, perform the following steps:

                  SUMMARY STEPS

                    1.    configure terminal

                    2.    call-home

                    3.    mail-server {ipv4-address | name} priority number

                    4.    sender from email-address

                    5.    sender reply-to email-address

                    6.    source-interface interface-name

                    7.    source-ip-address ipv4/ipv6 address

                    8.    vrfvrf-name


                  DETAILED STEPS
                     Command or ActionPurpose
                    Step 1configure terminal


                    Example:
                    Device# configure terminal
                     

                    Enters global configuration mode.

                     
                    Step 2call-home


                    Example:
                    Device(config)# call-home
                     

                    Enters call home configuration mode.

                     
                    Step 3mail-server {ipv4-address | name} priority number

                    Example:
                    Device(cfg-call-home)# mail-server stmp.example.com priority 1
                     

                    Assigns an email server address and its relative priority among configured email servers.

                    Provide either of these:

                    • The email server’s IP address or

                    • The email server’s fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of 64 characters or less.

                    Assign a priority number between 1 (highest priority) and 100 (lowest priority).

                     
                    Step 4sender from email-address


                    Example:
                    Device(cfg-call-home)# sender from username@example.com
                     

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

                     
                    Step 5sender reply-to email-address


                    Example:
                    Device(cfg-call-home)# sender reply-to username@example.com
                     

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

                     
                    Step 6source-interface interface-name


                    Example:
                    Device(cfg-call-home)# source-interface loopback1
                     

                    Assigns the source interface name to send call-home messages.

                    interface-name—Source interface name. Maximum length is 64.

                    Note   

                    For HTTP messages, use the ip http client source-interface interface-name command in global configuration mode to configure the source interface name. This allows all HTTP clients on the device to use the same source interface.

                     
                    Step 7source-ip-address ipv4/ipv6 address


                    Example:
                    Device(cfg-call-home)# ip-address 209.165.200.226
                     

                    Assigns source IP address to send call-home messages.

                    • ipv4/ipv6 address—Source IP (ipv4 or ipv6) address. Maximum length is 64.

                     
                    Step 8vrfvrf-name


                    Example:
                    Device(cfg-call-home)# vrf vpn1 
                     

                    (Optional) Specifies the VRF instance to send call-home email messages. If no vrf is specified, the global routing table is used.

                    Note   

                    For HTTP messages, if the source interface is associated with a VRF, use the ip http client source-interface interface-name command in global configuration mode to specify the VRF instance that will be used for all HTTP clients on the device.

                     
                    Example: General email Options

                    The following example shows general email options:

                    Device# configure terminal
                     
                    Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
                    Device(config)# call-home
                    Device(cfg-call-home)# mail-server smtp.example.com priority 1
                    Device(cfg-call-home)# mail-server 192.168.0.1 priority 2
                    Device(cfg-call-home)# exit
                    Specifying Rate Limit for Sending Call Home Messages

                    To specify the rate limit for sending Call Home messages, perform the following steps:

                    SUMMARY STEPS

                      1.    configure terminal

                      2.    call-home

                      3.    rate-limit number


                    DETAILED STEPS
                       Command or ActionPurpose
                      Step 1configure terminal


                      Example:
                      Device# configure terminal
                       

                      Enters global configuration mode.

                       
                      Step 2call-home


                      Example:
                      Device(config)# call-home
                       

                      Enters call home configuration mode.

                       
                      Step 3rate-limit number


                      Example:
                      Device(cfg-call-home)# rate-limit 40
                       

                      Specifies a limit on the number of messages sent per minute.

                      • number—Range 1 to 60. The default is 20.

                       
                      Specifying HTTP Proxy Server

                      To specify an HTTP proxy server for sending Call Home HTTP(S) messages to a destination, perform the following steps:

                      SUMMARY STEPS

                        1.    configure terminal

                        2.    call-home

                        3.    http-proxy {ipv4-address | ipv6-address name} name


                      DETAILED STEPS
                         Command or ActionPurpose
                        Step 1configure terminal


                        Example:
                        Device# configure terminal
                         

                        Enters global configuration mode.

                         
                        Step 2call-home


                        Example:
                        Device(config)# call-home
                         

                        Enters call home configuration mode.

                         
                        Step 3http-proxy {ipv4-address | ipv6-address name} name

                        Example:
                        Device(config)# http-proxy 1.1.1.1 port 1 
                         

                        Specifies the proxy server for the HTTP request.

                         
                        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 the following steps:

                        SUMMARY STEPS

                          1.    configure terminal

                          2.    call-home

                          3.    aaa-authorization

                          4.    aaa-authorization [username username]


                        DETAILED STEPS
                           Command or ActionPurpose
                          Step 1configure terminal


                          Example:
                          Device# configure terminal
                           

                          Enters global configuration mode.

                           
                          Step 2call-home


                          Example:
                          Device(config)# call-home
                           

                          Enters call home configuration mode.

                           
                          Step 3aaa-authorization


                          Example:
                          Device(cfg-call-home)# aaa-authorization
                           

                          Enables AAA authorization.

                          Note   

                          By default, AAA authorization is disabled for Call Home.

                           
                          Step 4aaa-authorization [username username]

                          Example:
                          Device(cfg-call-home)# aaa-authorization username username
                           

                          Specifies the username for authorization.

                          • username user—Default username is callhome. Maximum length is 64.
                           
                          Configuring Syslog Throttling

                          To enable or disable Call Home syslog message throttling and avoid sending repetitive Call Home syslog messages, perform the following steps:

                          SUMMARY STEPS

                            1.    configure terminal

                            2.    call-home

                            3.    [no] syslog-throttling


                          DETAILED STEPS
                             Command or ActionPurpose
                            Step 1configure terminal


                            Example:
                            Device# configure terminal
                             

                            Enters global configuration mode.

                             
                            Step 2call-home


                            Example:
                            Device(config)# call-home
                             

                            Enters call home configuration mode.

                             
                            Step 3[no] syslog-throttling

                            Example:
                            Device(cfg-call-home)# syslog-throttling
                             

                            Enables or disables Call Home syslog message throttling and avoids sending repetitive Call Home syslog messages. By default, syslog message throttling is enabled.

                             
                            Configuring Call Home Data Privacy

                            The data-privacy command scrubs data, such as IP addresses, from running configuration files to protect the privacy of customers. Enabling the data-privacy command can affect CPU utilization when scrubbing a large amount of data. Currently, show command output is not being scrubbed except for configuration messages in the show running-config all and show startup-config data.

                            SUMMARY STEPS

                              1.    configure terminal

                              2.    call-home

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


                            DETAILED STEPS
                               Command or ActionPurpose
                              Step 1configure terminal


                              Example:
                              Device# configure terminal
                               

                              Enters global configuration mode.

                               
                              Step 2call-home


                              Example:
                              Device(config)# call-home
                               

                              Enters call home configuration mode.

                               
                              Step 3data-privacy {level {normal | high} | hostname}

                              Example:
                              Device(cfg-call-home)# data-privacy level high
                               

                              Scrubs data from running configuration file to protect the privacy of the user. The default data-privacy level is normal.

                              Note   

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

                              • normal—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   

                              Scrubbing the hostname from configuration messages can cause Smart Call Home processing failure on some platforms.

                               

                              Working With Destination Profiles

                              This section describes some of the tasks that you can complete with destination profiles:

                              Activating and Deactivating a Destination Profile

                              Except for the predefined CiscoTAC-1 profile, all Call Home destination profiles are automatically activated once 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, complete the following steps:

                              SUMMARY STEPS

                                1.    configure terminal

                                2.    call-home

                                3.    profile name

                                4.    active

                                5.    no active

                                6.    end


                              DETAILED STEPS
                                 Command or ActionPurpose
                                Step 1configure terminal


                                Example:
                                Router# configure terminal
                                 

                                Enters global configuration mode.

                                 
                                Step 2call-home

                                Example:
                                Router(config)# call-home
                                 

                                Enters call home configuration mode.

                                 
                                Step 3profile name


                                Example:
                                Router(config-call-home)# profile test 
                                 

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

                                 
                                Step 4active


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

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

                                 
                                Step 5 no active

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

                                Disables the destination profile.

                                 
                                Step 6end


                                Example:
                                Router(cfg-call-home)# end
                                 

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

                                 
                                Renaming a Destination Profile

                                To change the name of an existing profile, complete the following steps:

                                SUMMARY STEPS

                                  1.    configure terminal

                                  2.    call-home

                                  3.    rename profile source-profile target-profile


                                DETAILED STEPS
                                   Command or ActionPurpose
                                  Step 1configure terminal


                                  Example:
                                  Router# configure terminal
                                   

                                  Enters global configuration mode.

                                   
                                  Step 2call-home


                                  Example:
                                  Router(config)# call-home
                                   

                                  Enters call home configuration mode.

                                   
                                  Step 3rename profile source-profile target-profile


                                  Example:
                                  Router(cfg-call-home)# rename profile2 testprofile
                                   

                                  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.
                                   
                                  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 e-mail address and HTTPS URL, and default alert groups for communication with the Smart Call Home service. Some of these attributes, such as the destination e-mail 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 How To Configure Call Home to Support the Smart Call Home Service section.

                                  Verifying the Call Home Profile Configuration

                                  To verify the profile configuration for Call Home, use the show call-home profile command. See Displaying Call Home Configuration Information for more information and examples.

                                  Sending Call Home Communications Manually

                                  You can manually send several types of Call Home communications. To send Call Home communications, complete the tasks in this section. This section contains the following subsections:

                                  Sending a Call Home Test Message Manually

                                  You can use the call-home test command to send a user-defined Call Home test message.

                                  SUMMARY STEPS

                                    1.    call-home test [test-message] profile name


                                  DETAILED STEPS
                                     Command or ActionPurpose
                                    Step 1call-home test [test-message] profile name

                                    Example:
                                    Router# call-home test profile profile1
                                     

                                    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 is sent.

                                     

                                    Sending Call Home Alert Group Messages Manually

                                    You can use the call-home send command to manually send a specific alert group message.

                                    Note the following guidelines when manually sending a Call Home alert group message:

                                    • Configuration,

                                      diagnostic

                                      , and inventory alert groups can be sent manually.
                                    • When you manually trigger an alert group message and you specify a destination profile name, a message is sent to the destination profile regardless of the active status, subscription status, or severity setting of the profile.
                                    • 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, a message is sent to all active profiles that have a lower severity subscription than the severity of the diagnostic results of the specified slot.

                                    To manually trigger Call Home alert group messages, complete the following steps:

                                    SUMMARY STEPS

                                      1.    call-home send alert-group configuration [profile name]

                                      2.    call-home send alert-group diagnostic slot R0 [profile name]

                                      3.    call-home send alert-group inventory [profile name]


                                    DETAILED STEPS
                                       Command or ActionPurpose
                                      Step 1call-home send alert-group configuration [profile name]

                                      Example:
                                      Device# call-home send alert-group configuration profile CiscoTAC-1
                                       

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

                                       
                                      Step 2call-home send alert-group diagnostic slot R0 [profile name]

                                      Example:
                                      Device# call-home send alert-group diagnostic slot R0 profile CiscoTAC-1
                                       

                                      Sends a diagnostic alert group message to one destination profile if specified, or to all subscribed destination profiles with a lower severity subscription than the diagnostic result for route processor slot 0.

                                       
                                      Step 3call-home send alert-group inventory [profile name]

                                      Example:
                                      Device# call-home send alert-group inventory
                                       

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

                                       

                                      Submitting Call Home Analysis and Report Requests

                                      You can use the call-home request command to submit information about your system to Cisco Systems to receive helpful analysis and report information specific to your system. You can request a variety of reports, including security alerts, known bugs, best practices, and command references.

                                      Note the following guidelines when manually sending Call Home analysis and report requests:

                                      • If a profile name is specified, the request is sent to the profile. If no profile is specified, the request is 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 e-mail 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 is sent to the e-mail address of the registered user. If no user-id is specified, the response is sent to the contact e-mail address of the device.
                                      • Based on the keyword specifying the type of report requested, the following information is 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.

                                      To submit a request for analysis and report information from the Cisco Output Interpreter tool, complete the following steps:

                                      SUMMARY STEPS

                                        1.    call-home request output-analysis show-command

                                        2.    call-home request {config-sanity | bugs-list | command-reference | product-advisory}


                                      DETAILED STEPS
                                         Command or ActionPurpose
                                        Step 1call-home request output-analysis show-command


                                        Example:
                                        [profile name] [ccoid user-id]


                                        Example:
                                        Device# call-home request output-analysis “show diag” profile TG
                                         

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

                                         
                                        Step 2call-home request {config-sanity | bugs-list | command-reference | product-advisory}

                                        Example:
                                        [profile name] [ccoid user-id]


                                        Example:
                                        Device# call-home request config-sanity profile TG
                                         

                                        Sends the output of a predetermined set of commands, such as the show running-config all and show version commands, for analysis. In addition, the call home request product-advisory subcommand includes all inventory alert group commands. The keyword specified after the call-home request command specifies the type of report requested.

                                         
                                        Example

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

                                        Router# call-home request output-analysis "show diag" profile TG
                                        

                                        Manually Sending Command Output Message for One Command or a Command List

                                        You can use the call-home send command to execute a CLI command and e-mail the command output to Cisco or to an e-mail address that you specify.

                                        Note the following guidelines when sending the output of a command:

                                        • The specified IOS command or list of IOS commands can be any run command, including commands for all modules. The command must be contained in quotes (“”).

                                        • If the email option is selected using the “email” keyword and an email address is specified, the command output is sent to that address. If neither the email nor the HTTP option is specified, the output is sent in long-text format with the specified service request number to the Cisco TAC (attach@cisco.com).

                                        • If neither the “email” nor the “http” keyword is specified, the service request number is required for both long-text and XML message formats and is provided in the subject line of the email.

                                        • If the HTTP option is specified, the CiscoTac-1 profile destination HTTP or HTTPS URL is used as the destination. The destination email address can be specified so that Smart Call Home can forward the message to the email address. The user must specify either the destination email address or an SR number but they can also specify both.

                                        To execute a command and send the command output, complete the following step:

                                        SUMMARY STEPS

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


                                        DETAILED STEPS
                                           Command or ActionPurpose
                                          Step 1call-home send {cli command | cli list} [email email msg-format {long-text | xml} | http {destination-email-addressemail}][tac-service-request SR#

                                          Example:
                                          Router# call-home send “show version;show running-config show inventory” emailsupport@example.com msg-format xml
                                           

                                          Executes the CLI or CLI list and sends output via email or HTTP.

                                          • {cli command | cli 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 (“”).
                                          • email email msg-format {long-text | xml—If the email option is selected, the command output will be sent to the specified email address in long-text or XML format with the service request number in the subject. The email address, the service request number, or both must be specified. The service request number is required if the email address is not specified (default is attach@cisco.com for long-text format and callhome@cisco.com for XML format).
                                          • http {destination-email-addressemail—If the http option is selected, the command output will be sent to Smart Call Home backend server (URL specified in TAC profile) in XML format.

                                            destination-email-addressemail can be specified so that the backend server can forward the message to the email address. The email 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 email address is not specified.
                                           
                                          Example

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

                                          Device# 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:

                                          Device# 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:

                                          Device# call-home send "show diag" email callhome@example.com msg-format xml

                                          Configuring Diagnostic Signatures

                                          The Diagnostic Signatures feature downloads digitally signed signatures to devices. Diagnostic Signatures (DS) files are formatted files that collate knowledge of diagnostic events and provide methods to troubleshoot them without a need to upgrade the Cisco software. The aim of DS is to deliver flexible intelligence that can detect and collect troubleshooting information that can be used to resolve known problems in customer networks.

                                          Prerequisites for Diagnostic Signatures

                                          Before you download and configure diagnostic signatures (DS) on a device, you must ensure that the following conditions are met:

                                          Information About Diagnostic Signatures

                                          Diagnostic Signatures Overview

                                          Diagnostic signatures (DS) subsystem is introduced within the call-home system to provide a flexible framework that allows the defining of new events and corresponding CLIs that can analyze these events without upgrading the Cisco software.

                                          DS provides you the ability to define more types of events and trigger types to perform the required actions than the Call-Home feature. The DS subsystem downloads and processes files on a device as well as handles callbacks for diagnostic signature events.

                                          The Diagnostic signature feature downloads digitally signed signatures that are in the form of files to devices. DS files are formatted files that collate the knowledge of diagnostic events and provide methods to troubleshoot these events.

                                          DS files contain XML data to specify the event description, and these files include a CLI to perform required actions. These files are digitally signed by Cisco or a third party to certify its integrity, reliability, and security.

                                          The structure of a DS file can be one of the following formats:

                                          • Metadata-based simple signature that specifies event type and contains other information that can be used to match the event, perform actions such as collecting information by using the CLI or resetting the line card in the device if there is an event match.

                                          • Embedded Event Manager (EEM) Tool Command Language (Tcl) script-based signature that specifies new events in the event register line and additional action in the Tcl script.

                                          • Combination of both the formats mentioned above.

                                          The following basic information is contained in a DS file:

                                          • ID (unique string)—unique key that represents a DS file that can be used to search a DS.

                                          • Name (ShortDescription)—unique description of the DS file that can be used in lists for selection.

                                          • Description—long description about the signature.

                                          • Revision—version number, which increments when the DS content is updated.

                                          • ProductFamily

                                            • OsVersion (multiple values)—a list of operating system versions for each product family.

                                            • Technology—technology that the DS belongs to.

                                          Diagnostic Signature Downloading

                                          To download the diagnostic signature (DS) file, you require the secure HTTP (HTTPS) protocol. If you have already configured an email transport method to download files on your device, you must change your assigned profile transport method to HTTPS to download and use DS.

                                          Cisco software uses a PKI Trustpool Management feature, which is enabled by default on devices, to create a scheme to provision, store, and manage a pool of certificates from known certification authorities (CAs). The trustpool feature installs the CA certificate automatically. The CA certificate is required for the authentication of the destination HTTPS servers. Therefore, to enable the HTTPS protocol, the firewall is bypassed to access the service call-home (SCH) HTTPS server. The target URLs, which are defined in the SCH HTTPS server, must be one of the Technical Assistance Center (TAC) HTTPS URLs: .

                                          There are two types of DS update requests to download DS files: regular and forced-download.

                                          Regular download requests DS files that were recently updated. You can trigger a regular download request either by using a periodic configuration or by initiating an on-demand CLI. The regular download update happens only when the version of the requested DS is different from the version of the DS on the device. Periodic download is enabled by checking responses to periodic inventory messages. When an inventory message checks for any assigned DS on the device, the device sends a DS update request message that requests for an updated DS. In a DS update request message, the status and revision number of the DS is included such that only a DS with the latest revision number is downloaded.

                                          Forced-download downloads a specific DS or a set of DSes. You can trigger the forced-download update request only by initiating an on-demand CLI. In a force-download update request, the latest version of the DS file is downloaded irrespective of the current DS file version on the device.

                                          Diagnostic Signature Signing

                                          The diagnostic signature (DS) files are digitally signed before they are made available for downloading. The following methods are used for digitally signing DS files:

                                          • Signing algorithm (Rivest Shamir and Adleman [RSA] 2048 bits)

                                          • Request keypairs to Abraxas system, which is the digital signing client

                                          • DS signed via secure socket layer (SSL) through a code signing client, where the signature is embedded using XML tags

                                          • Public keys are embedded in the DS subsystem (Cisco signed, partner signed, third-party signed) in the Cisco software. The digitally signed DS file contains the product name such as Diagnostic_Signatures (Cisco signed), Diagnostic_Signatures_Partner, Diagnostic_Signatures_3rd_Party. The product names are only used to sign the DS files.

                                          The digital signing client can be found at https:/​/​abraxas.cisco.com/​SignEngine/​submit.jsp

                                          These conditions that must be met to verify the digital signature in a DS file:

                                          • Code sign component support must be available in Cisco software.

                                          • Various public keys that verify the different kinds of diagnostic signatures must be included in platforms where DS is supported.

                                          • After parsing and retrieving the DS, the DS must execute the verification application program interface (API) to verify that the DS is valid.

                                          Diagnostic Signature Workflow

                                          The Diagnostic Signature is enabled by default on the Cisco software.

                                          • Use the destination transport-method http command to configure both email and HTTP data transfer methods to download DSes.

                                          • Download all DS files or specific DS files either by using the on-demand or periodic download.

                                          • Store the downloaded DS files on nonremovable disks, such as bootflash or harddisk, so that DS files can be read after a device reload. Syslog messages are displayed if the disk space is not sufficient.

                                          • Use periodic download to verify if the same version of DS is already available on the device. If a different version of DS is available on the device, the older version is uninstalled and the newer version is installed. Service disruption may occur during this time because of the unavailability of the DS.

                                          • Associate the DS on your device with only one profile. Associating a DS with two different profiles may lead to unexpected results.

                                          • Use the severity and pattern of occurrence of events on the device to determine the CLI commands that must be included in the new DS to trigger actions. For events that have already been identified, the metadata of the DS is in a much simpler format.

                                          The DS metadata is parsed and stored in a database for event registration and information collection. When an event occurs, the action specified in the DS is performed.

                                          Diagnostic Signature Events and Actions

                                          Diagnostic signature (DS) events and actions are defined while digitally signing a DS. The DS events and actions data are included after the administrator metadata and operational metadata in the DS.

                                          Diagnostic Signature Event Detection

                                          Event detection in DS is defined in two ways: single event detection and multiple event detection.

                                          Single Event Detection

                                          In single event detection, only one event detector is defined within a DS. The event specification format is one of the following two types:

                                          • DS event specification type—syslog, environment, diagnostic, periodic, configuration, Online Insertion Removal (OIR), immediate, and call-home are the supported event types, where “immediate” indicates that these types of DSes do not contain any event detection part and “call-home” type modifies the existing CLI commands. After the registration of the event types, the DS performs the associated action immediately.

                                          • Embedded Event Manager (EEM) specification type—supports all existing EEM event types. The EEM specification type also supports a new EEM event detector without having to modify the Cisco software.

                                          Other than using EEM to detect events, DS is triggered when a Tool Command Language (Tcl) script is used to specify event detection types.

                                          Multiple Event Detection

                                          Multiple event detection involves defining two or more event detectors, two or more corresponding tracked object states, and a time period for the events to occur. The specification format for multiple event detection can include complex event correlation for tracked event detectors. For example, three event detectors—syslog, OIR, and IPSLA—are defined during the creation of a DS file. The correlation that is specified for these event detectors is that the DS will execute its action if both syslog and OIR events are triggered simultaneously, or if IPSLA is triggered alone.

                                          Diagnostic Signature Actions and Variables

                                          The diagnostic signature (DS) files consists of various actions that must be initiated when an event occurs. The action type indicates the kind of action that will be initiated in response to a certain event.

                                          Variables are elements within a DS file that are used to customize the files.

                                          Action Types

                                          DS actions are categorized into the following four types:

                                          • Call-home

                                          • Command

                                          • Emailto

                                          • Script

                                          DS action types call-home and emailto collect event data and send a message to call-home servers or to the defined email addresses. The message includes the following elements:

                                          • Message type—diagnostic-signature

                                          • Message subtype—ds-id

                                          • Message description—event-id : ds name

                                          The commands defined for the DS action type initiates CLI commands that can change configuration of the device. The DS action type script executes Tcl scripts.

                                          Variables

                                          Variables are referenced within a DS and are used to customize the DS file. All DS variable names have the prefix ds_ to separate them from other variables. In some situations, DS runs a set of commands simultaneously based on the last command result or a set of commands based on the variables defined within a DS. The following are the supported DS variable types:

                                          • System variable—values assigned automatically by the device without any configuration changes. The Diagnostic Signatures feature supports two types of system variables: ds_hostname and ds_signature_id.

                                          • Environment variable—values assigned manually by using the environment variable-name variable-value command in call-home diagnostic-signature configuration mode. Use the show call-home diagnostic-signature command to display the name and value of all DS environment variables.

                                          • Prompt variable—values assigned manually by using the call-home diagnostic-signature install ds-id command in privileged EXEC mode. If you do not set this value, the status of the DS indicates pending.

                                          • Regular expression variable—values assigned from a regular expression pattern match with predefined CLI command outputs.

                                          • Syslog event variable—values assigned during an event detection in the DS file. This variable is valid only for syslog event detection.

                                          How to Configure Diagnostic Signatures

                                          Configuring Service Call-Home for Diagnostic Signatures

                                          Configure the service call-home feature to set attributes such as the contact email address where notifications regarding diagnostic signature (DS) downloads are sent and destination HTTP/secure HTTP (HTTPS) URL to download the DS files from. These attributes are set for the call-home profile user1. For periodic downloads, schedule the time when the diagnostic signature files must be downloaded.

                                          SUMMARY STEPS

                                            1.    enable

                                            2.    configure terminal

                                            3.    service call-home

                                            4.    call-home

                                            5.    contact-email-addr email-address

                                            6.    mail-server {ipv4-addr | name} priority number

                                            7.    profile profile-name

                                            8.    destination transport-method {email | http}

                                            9.    destination address {email address | http url}

                                            10.    subscribe-to-alert-group inventory [periodic {daily hh:mm | monthly day hh:mm | weekly day hh:mm}]

                                            11.    exit


                                          DETAILED STEPS
                                             Command or ActionPurpose
                                            Step 1 enable


                                            Example:

                                            Device> enable
                                             

                                            Enables privileged EXEC mode.

                                            • Enter your password if prompted.

                                             
                                            Step 2configure terminal


                                            Example:

                                            Device# configure terminal
                                             

                                            Enters global configuration mode.

                                             
                                            Step 3 service call-home


                                            Example:

                                            Device(config)# service call-home
                                             

                                            Enables call-home service on a device.

                                             
                                            Step 4 call-home


                                            Example:

                                            Device(config)# call-home
                                             

                                            Enters call-home configuration mode for the configuration of call-home settings.

                                             
                                            Step 5 contact-email-addr email-address


                                            Example:

                                            Device(cfg-call-home)# contact-email-addr userid@example.com
                                             

                                            (Optional) Assigns an email address to be used for call-home customer contact.

                                             
                                            Step 6mail-server {ipv4-addr | name} priority number


                                            Example:

                                            Device(cfg-call-home)# mail-server 10.1.1.1 priority 4
                                             

                                            Configures a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) email server address for call-home.

                                             
                                            Step 7profile profile-name


                                            Example:

                                            Device(cfg-call-home)# profile user1
                                             

                                            Configures a destination profile for call-home and enters call-home profile configuration mode.

                                             
                                            Step 8 destination transport-method {email | http}


                                            Example:

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

                                            Specifies a transport method for a destination profile in the call-home.

                                             
                                            Step 9 destination address {email address | http url}


                                            Example:

                                            Device(cfg-call-home-profile)# destination address http https://tools-stage.cisco.com/its/service/oddce/services/DDCEService
                                             

                                            Configures the address type and location to which call-home messages are sent.

                                             
                                            Step 10subscribe-to-alert-group inventory [periodic {daily hh:mm | monthly day hh:mm | weekly day hh:mm}]


                                            Example:

                                            Device(cfg-call-home-profile)# subscribe-to-alert-group inventory periodic daily 14:30
                                             

                                            Configures a destination profile to receive messages for the Inventory alert group for call-home.

                                            • This command is used only for the periodic downloading of DS files.

                                             
                                            Step 11exit


                                            Example:

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

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

                                             
                                            What to Do Next

                                            Configure DS with profile user1 as described in the “Configuring Diagnostic Signatures” section. The attributes set for the call-home profile user1 apply to DS.

                                            Configuring Diagnostic Signatures

                                            Before You Begin

                                            Configure the Service Call-Home feature to set attributes for the call-home profile user1 as described in the “Configuring Service Call-Home for Diagnostic Signatures” section. When you configure diagnostic signatures (DSes), define the same profile name user1. DS then uses the attributes set for user1.

                                            SUMMARY STEPS

                                              1.    diagnostic-signature

                                              2.    profile ds-profile-name

                                              3.    environment ds_ env-varname ds-env-varvalue

                                              4.    end

                                              5.    call-home diagnostic-signature {{deinstall | download} {ds-id | all} | install ds-id}

                                              6.    show call-home diagnostic-signature [ds-id [actions | events | prerequisite | prompt | variables] | failure | statistics [download]]

                                              7.    debug call-home diagnostic-signature {action | all | api | cli | download | event-registration | parsing}


                                            DETAILED STEPS
                                               Command or ActionPurpose
                                              Step 1diagnostic-signature


                                              Example:

                                              Device(cfg-call-home)# diagnostic-signature
                                               

                                              Enters call-home diagnostic signature mode.

                                               
                                              Step 2profile ds-profile-name


                                              Example:

                                              Device(cfg-call-home-diag-sign)# profile user1
                                               

                                              Specifies the destination profile on a device that DS uses.

                                               
                                              Step 3environment ds_ env-varname ds-env-varvalue


                                              Example:

                                              Device(cfg-call-home-diag-sign)# environment ds_env1 envarval
                                               

                                              Sets the environment variable value for DS on a device.

                                               
                                              Step 4end


                                              Example:

                                              Device(cfg-call-home-diag-sign)# end
                                               

                                              Exits call-home diagnostic signature mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

                                               
                                              Step 5call-home diagnostic-signature {{deinstall | download} {ds-id | all} | install ds-id}


                                              Example:

                                              Device# call-home diagnostic-signature download 6030
                                               

                                              Downloads, installs, and uninstalls diagnostic signature files on a device.

                                               
                                              Step 6show call-home diagnostic-signature [ds-id [actions | events | prerequisite | prompt | variables] | failure | statistics [download]]


                                              Example:

                                              Device# show call-home diagnostic-signature
                                               

                                              Displays the attributes and statistics of a call-home diagnostic signature file on a device.

                                               
                                              Step 7debug call-home diagnostic-signature {action | all | api | cli | download | event-registration | parsing}


                                              Example:

                                              Device# debug call-home diagnostic-signature all
                                               

                                              Displays debugging of one or all of the call-home diagnostic signature flags on a device.

                                               

                                              Configuration Examples for Diagnostic Signatures

                                              Examples: Configuring Diagnostic Signatures

                                              The following example shows how to enable the periodic downloading request for diagnostic signature (DS) files. This configuration will send download requests to the service call-home server daily at 2:30 p.m. to check for updated DS files. The transport method is set to HTTP.

                                              Device> enable
                                              Device# configure terminal
                                              Device(config)# service call-home
                                              Device(config)# call-home
                                              Device(cfg-call-home)# contact-email-addr userid@example.com
                                              Device(cfg-call-home)# mail-server 10.1.1.1 priority 4
                                              Device(cfg-call-home)# profile user-1
                                              Device(cfg-call-home-profile)# destination transport-method http
                                              Device(cfg-call-home-profile)# destination address http https://tools-dev.cisco.com/its/service/oddce/services/DDCEService 
                                              Device(cfg-call-home-profile)# subscribe-to-alert-group inventory periodic daily 14:30
                                              Device(cfg-call-home-profile)# exit
                                              Device(cfg-call-home)# diagnostic-signature
                                              Device(cfg-call-home-diag-sign)# profile user1
                                              Device(cfg-call-home-diag-sign)# environment ds_env1 envarval 
                                              Device(cfg-call-home-diag-sign)# end
                                              

                                              The following is sample output from the show call-home diagnostic-signature command for the configuration displayed above:

                                              Device# show call-home diagnostic-signature
                                              
                                              Current diagnostic-signature settings:
                                              Diagnostic-signature: enabled
                                              Profile: user1 (status: ACTIVE)
                                              Environment variable:
                                              ds_env1: abc
                                              Downloaded DSes:
                                              DS ID    DS Name                         Revision Status     Last Update (GMT+00:00)
                                              -------- ------------------------------- -------- ---------- -------------------
                                              6015     CronInterval                    1.0      registered 2013-01-16 04:49:52
                                              6030     ActCH                           1.0      registered 2013-01-16 06:10:22
                                              6032     MultiEvents                     1.0      registered 2013-01-16 06:10:37
                                              6033     PureTCL                         1.0      registered 2013-01-16 06:11:48
                                              
                                              

                                              Configuring Call Home

                                              The Call Home feature provides e-mail-based and web-based notification of critical system events. A versatile range of message formats are available for optimal compatibility with pager services, standard e-mail, or XML-based automated parsing applications. Common uses of this feature may include direct paging of a network support engineer, e-mail notification to a Network Operations Center, XML delivery to a support website, and utilization of Cisco Smart Call Home services for direct case generation with the Cisco Systems Technical Assistance Center (TAC).

                                              This document describes how to configure the Call Home feature on Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers beginning with Cisco IOS XE Release 2.6.

                                              How To Configure Call Home to Support the Smart Call Home Service

                                              This section provides an overview of the minimum steps required to configure the Call Home feature on a Cisco device, and other required supporting configuration to communicate securely with the Smart Call Home service using HTTPS:

                                              Prerequisites

                                              Before you configure and use the Smart Call Home Service, be sure that you have completed the following 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. In Cisco IOS XE Release 2.6.0, the following shows the latest text for the Cisco Systems server security certificate:
                                              MIIDAjCCAmsCEH3Z/gfPqB63EHln+6eJNMYwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFBQAwgcExCzAJ
                                              BgNVBAYTAlVTMRcwFQYDVQQKEw5WZXJpU2lnbiwgSW5jLjE8MDoGA1UECxMzQ2xh
                                              c3MgMyBQdWJsaWMgUHJpbWFyeSBDZXJ0aWZpY2F0aW9uIEF1dGhvcml0eSAtIEcy
                                              MTowOAYDVQQLEzEoYykgMTk5OCBWZXJpU2lnbiwgSW5jLiAtIEZvciBhdXRob3Jp
                                              emVkIHVzZSBvbmx5MR8wHQYDVQQLExZWZXJpU2lnbiBUcnVzdCBOZXR3b3JrMB4X
                                              DTk4MDUxODAwMDAwMFoXDTI4MDgwMTIzNTk1OVowgcExCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVTMRcw
                                              FQYDVQQKEw5WZXJpU2lnbiwgSW5jLjE8MDoGA1UECxMzQ2xhc3MgMyBQdWJsaWMg
                                              UHJpbWFyeSBDZXJ0aWZpY2F0aW9uIEF1dGhvcml0eSAtIEcyMTowOAYDVQQLEzEo
                                              YykgMTk5OCBWZXJpU2lnbiwgSW5jLiAtIEZvciBhdXRob3JpemVkIHVzZSBvbmx5
                                              MR8wHQYDVQQLExZWZXJpU2lnbiBUcnVzdCBOZXR3b3JrMIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEB
                                              AQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQDMXtERXVxp0KvTuWpMmR9ZmDCOFoUgRm1HP9SFIIThbbP4
                                              pO0M8RcPO/mn+SXXwc+EY/J8Y8+iR/LGWzOOZEAEaMGAuWQcRXfH2G71lSk8UOg0
                                              13gfqLptQ5GVj0VXXn7F+8qkBOvqlzdUMG+7AUcyM83cV5tkaWH4mx0ciU9cZwID
                                              AQABMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAA4GBAFFNzb5cy5gZnBWyATl4Lk0PZ3BwmcYQWpSk
                                              U01UbSuvDV1Ai2TT1+7eVmGSX6bEHRBhNtMsJzzoKQm5EWR0zLVznxxIqbxhAe7i
                                              F6YM40AIOw7n60RzKprxaZLvcRTDOaxxp5EJb+RxBrO6WVcmeQD2+A2iMzAo1KpY
                                              oJ2daZH9
                                              Declare and Authenticate a CA Trustpoint

                                              To establish communication with the Cisco HTTPS server for Smart Call Home service, you must declare and authenticate the Cisco server security certificate.

                                              SUMMARY STEPS

                                                1.    configure terminal

                                                2.    crypto pki trustpoint name

                                                3.    enrollment terminal

                                                4.    exit

                                                5.    crypto pki authenticate name

                                                6.    At the prompt, paste the security certificate text.

                                                7.    quit

                                                8.    yes

                                                9.    end

                                                10.    copy running-config startup-config


                                              DETAILED STEPS
                                                 Command or ActionPurpose
                                                Step 1configure terminal


                                                Example:
                                                Router# configure terminal
                                                 

                                                Enters global configuration mode.

                                                 
                                                Step 2crypto pki trustpoint name


                                                Example:
                                                Router(config)# crypto pki trustpoint cisco
                                                 

                                                Declares a CA trustpoint on your router and enters CA trustpoint configuration mode.

                                                 
                                                Step 3enrollment terminal


                                                Example:
                                                Router(ca-trustpoint)# enrollment terminal
                                                 

                                                Specifies a manual cut-and-paste method of certificate enrollment.

                                                 
                                                Step 4exit


                                                Example:
                                                Router(ca-trustpoint)# exit
                                                 

                                                Exits CA trustpoint configuration mode and returns to global configuration mode.

                                                 
                                                Step 5crypto pki authenticate name


                                                Example:
                                                Router(config)# crypto pki authenticate cisco
                                                 

                                                Authenticates the named CA.

                                                Note    The CA name should match the name specified in the crypto pki trustpoint command.
                                                 
                                                Step 6 At the prompt, paste the security certificate text.

                                                Example:
                                                Enter the base 64 encoded CA certificate.


                                                Example:
                                                End with a blank line or the word "quit" on a line by itself


                                                Example:
                                                <Paste certificate text here>
                                                 

                                                Specifies the security certificate text.

                                                 
                                                Step 7quit


                                                Example:
                                                quit
                                                 

                                                Specifies the end of the security certificate text.

                                                 
                                                Step 8yes


                                                Example:
                                                % Do you accept this certificate? [yes/no]: yes
                                                 

                                                Confirms acceptance of the entered security certificate.

                                                 
                                                Step 9end


                                                Example:
                                                Router# end
                                                 

                                                Exits global configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

                                                 
                                                Step 10 copy running-config startup-config

                                                Example:
                                                Router# copy running-config startup-config
                                                 

                                                Saves the configuration to NVRAM.

                                                 
                                                Examples

                                                The following example shows the configuration for declaring and authenticating the Cisco server security certificate:

                                                Router# configure terminal
                                                Router(config)# crypto pki trustpoint cisco
                                                Router(ca-trustpoint)# enrollment terminal
                                                Router(ca-trustpoint)# exit
                                                Router(config)# crypto pki authenticate cisco
                                                Enter the base 64 encoded CA certificate.
                                                End with a blank line or the word "quit" on a line by itself
                                                MIIDAjCCAmsCEH3Z/gfPqB63EHln+6eJNMYwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFBQAwgcExCzAJ
                                                BgNVBAYTAlVTMRcwFQYDVQQKEw5WZXJpU2lnbiwgSW5jLjE8MDoGA1UECxMzQ2xh
                                                c3MgMyBQdWJsaWMgUHJpbWFyeSBDZXJ0aWZpY2F0aW9uIEF1dGhvcml0eSAtIEcy
                                                MTowOAYDVQQLEzEoYykgMTk5OCBWZXJpU2lnbiwgSW5jLiAtIEZvciBhdXRob3Jp
                                                emVkIHVzZSBvbmx5MR8wHQYDVQQLExZWZXJpU2lnbiBUcnVzdCBOZXR3b3JrMB4X
                                                DTk4MDUxODAwMDAwMFoXDTI4MDgwMTIzNTk1OVowgcExCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVTMRcw
                                                FQYDVQQKEw5WZXJpU2lnbiwgSW5jLjE8MDoGA1UECxMzQ2xhc3MgMyBQdWJsaWMg
                                                UHJpbWFyeSBDZXJ0aWZpY2F0aW9uIEF1dGhvcml0eSAtIEcyMTowOAYDVQQLEzEo
                                                YykgMTk5OCBWZXJpU2lnbiwgSW5jLiAtIEZvciBhdXRob3JpemVkIHVzZSBvbmx5
                                                MR8wHQYDVQQLExZWZXJpU2lnbiBUcnVzdCBOZXR3b3JrMIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEB
                                                AQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQDMXtERXVxp0KvTuWpMmR9ZmDCOFoUgRm1HP9SFIIThbbP4
                                                pO0M8RcPO/mn+SXXwc+EY/J8Y8+iR/LGWzOOZEAEaMGAuWQcRXfH2G71lSk8UOg0
                                                13gfqLptQ5GVj0VXXn7F+8qkBOvqlzdUMG+7AUcyM83cV5tkaWH4mx0ciU9cZwID
                                                AQABMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAA4GBAFFNzb5cy5gZnBWyATl4Lk0PZ3BwmcYQWpSk
                                                U01UbSuvDV1Ai2TT1+7eVmGSX6bEHRBhNtMsJzzoKQm5EWR0zLVznxxIqbxhAe7i
                                                F6YM40AIOw7n60RzKprxaZLvcRTDOaxxp5EJb+RxBrO6WVcmeQD2+A2iMzAo1KpY
                                                oJ2daZH9
                                                quit
                                                Certificate has the following attributes:
                                                       Fingerprint MD5: A2339B4C 747873D4 6CE7C1F3 8DCB5CE9 
                                                      Fingerprint SHA1: 85371CA6 E550143D CE280347 1BDE3A09 E8F8770F 
                                                % Do you accept this certificate? [yes/no]: yes
                                                Trustpoint CA certificate accepted.
                                                % Certificate successfully imported
                                                Router(config)# end
                                                Router# copy running-config startup-config
                                                
                                                Start Smart Call Home Registration

                                                To start the Smart Call Home registration process, manually send an inventory alert-group message to the CiscoTAC-1 profile.

                                                SUMMARY STEPS

                                                  1.    call-home send alert-group inventory profile CiscoTAC-1


                                                DETAILED STEPS
                                                   Command or ActionPurpose
                                                  Step 1call-home send alert-group inventory profile CiscoTAC-1


                                                  Example:
                                                  Device# call-home send alert-group inventory profile CiscoTAC-1
                                                   

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

                                                   
                                                  What To Do Next

                                                  To receive an email from Cisco Systems and follow the instructions to complete the device registration in the Smart Call Home web application:

                                                  • 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 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.

                                                  Displaying Call Home Configuration Information

                                                  You can use variations of the show call-home command to display Call Home configuration information.

                                                  To display the configured Call Home information, use one or more of the following commands:

                                                  SUMMARY STEPS

                                                    1.    show call-home

                                                    2.    show call-home detail

                                                    3.    show call-home alert-group

                                                    4.    show call-home mail-server status

                                                    5.    show call-home profile {all | name}

                                                    6.    show call-home statistics


                                                  DETAILED STEPS
                                                     Command or ActionPurpose
                                                    Step 1show call-home


                                                    Example:
                                                    Device# show call-home
                                                     

                                                    Displays the Call Home configuration in summary.

                                                     
                                                    Step 2show call-home detail


                                                    Example:
                                                    Device# show call-home detail
                                                     

                                                    Displays the Call Home configuration in detail.

                                                     
                                                    Step 3show call-home alert-group


                                                    Example:
                                                    Device# show call-home alert-group
                                                     

                                                    Displays the available alert groups and their status.

                                                     
                                                    Step 4show call-home mail-server status


                                                    Example:
                                                    Device# show call-home mail-server status
                                                     

                                                    Checks and displays the availability of the configured e-mail server(s).

                                                     
                                                    Step 5show call-home profile {all | name}

                                                    Example:
                                                    Device# show call-home profile all
                                                     

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

                                                     
                                                    Step 6show call-home statistics


                                                    Example:
                                                    Device# show call-home statistics
                                                     

                                                    Displays the statistics of Call Home events.

                                                     
                                                    Configuration Examples for Call Home

                                                    The following examples show the sample output when using different options of the show call-home command.

                                                    Example: Call Home Information in Summary

                                                    Device# show call-home
                                                    Current call home settings:
                                                        call home feature : disable
                                                        call home message's from address: username@example.com
                                                        call home message's reply-to address: username@example.com
                                                        vrf for call-home messages: Mgmt-intf
                                                        contact person's email address: username@example.com
                                                        contact person's phone number: +14085551234
                                                        street address: 1234 Any Street Any city Any state 12345
                                                        customer ID: customer@example.com
                                                        contract ID: 123456789
                                                        site ID: example.com
                                                        Mail-server[1]: Address: smtp.example.com Priority: 1
                                                        Mail-server[2]: Address: 192.168.0.1 Priority: 2
                                                        Rate-limit: 20 message(s) per minute
                                                    Available alert groups:
                                                        Keyword                  State   Description
                                                        ------------------------ ------- -------------------------------
                                                        configuration            Enable  configuration info
                                                        diagnostic               Enable  diagnostic info
                                                        environment              Enable  environmental info
                                                        inventory                Enable  inventory info
                                                        syslog                   Enable  syslog info
                                                    Profiles:
                                                        Profile Name: campus-noc
                                                        Profile Name: CiscoTAC-1
                                                    Example: Configured Call Home Information in Detail

                                                    Device# show call-home detail
                                                    Current call home settings:
                                                    			call home feature: enable
                                                    			call home message's from address: router@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 Picaboo Street, Any city, Any state, 12345
                                                    			customer ID: ExampleCorp
                                                    			contract ID: X123456789
                                                    			site ID: SantaClara
                                                    			source ip address: Not yet set up
                                                    			source interface: GigabitEthernet1
                                                    			Mail-server[1]: Address: 192.168.2.1 Priority: 1
                                                    			Mail-server[2]: Address: 223.255.254.254 Priority: 2
                                                    			http proxy: 192.168.1.1:80
                                                    			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 clock
                                                    Available alert groups:
                                                    			Keyword State Description
                                                    			------------------------ ------- -------------------------------
                                                    			configuration Enable configuration info
                                                    			crash Enable crash and traceback info
                                                    			inventory Enable inventory info
                                                    			snapshot Enable snapshot info
                                                    			syslog Enable syslog info
                                                    Profiles:
                                                    			Profile Name: campus-noc
                                                    			Profile status: ACTIVE
                                                    			Preferred Message Format: xml
                                                    			Message Size Limit: 3145728 Bytes
                                                    Transport Method: email
                                                    			Email address(es): noc@example.com
                                                    			HTTP address(es): Not yet set up
                                                    			Alert-group Severity
                                                    			------------------------ ------------
                                                    			configuration 											normal
                                                    			crash 																			normal
                                                    			inventory 															normal
                                                    			Syslog-Pattern 										Severity
                                                    			------------------------ ------------
                                                    			.*CALL_LOOP.* debug
                                                    Profile Name: CiscoTAC-1
                                                    			Profile status: INACTIVE
                                                    			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 14 day of the month at 11:12
                                                    			Periodic inventory info message is scheduled every 14 day of the month at 10:57
                                                    			Alert-group Severity
                                                    			------------------------ ------------
                                                    			crash 																			normal
                                                    			Syslog-Pattern 										Severity
                                                    			------------------------ ------------
                                                    			.*CALL_LOOP.* 											debug
                                                    Example: Available Call Home Alert Groups

                                                    Device# show call-home alert-group
                                                    Available alert groups:
                                                    			Keyword State Description
                                                    			------------------------ ------- -------------------------------
                                                    			configuration Enable configuration info
                                                    			crash Enable crash and traceback info
                                                    			inventory Enable inventory info
                                                    			snapshot Enable snapshot info
                                                    			syslog Enable syslog info
                                                    Example: Email Server Status Information

                                                    Device# show call-home mail-server status
                                                    Please wait. Checking for mail server status ...
                                                    					Mail-server[1]: Address: 192.168.2.1 Priority: 1 [Not Available]
                                                    					Mail-server[2]: Address: 223.255.254.254 Priority: 2 [Available]
                                                    Examples: Information for All Destination Profiles

                                                    Device# show call-home profile all
                                                         Profile Name: campus-noc
                                                         Profile status: ACTIVE
                                                         Preferred Message Format: xml
                                                         Message Size Limit: 3145728 Bytes
                                                         Transport Method: email
                                                         Email address(es): noc@example.com
                                                         HTTP address(es): Not yet set up
                                                         Alert-group Severity
                                                         ------------------------ ------------
                                                         configuration 														normal
                                                         crash 																						normal
                                                         inventory 																		normal
                                                         Syslog-Pattern 													Severity
                                                         ------------------------ ------------
                                                         .*CALL_LOOP.* debug
                                                    Profile Name: CiscoTAC-1
                                                         Profile status: INACTIVE
                                                         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 14 day of the month at 11:12
                                                         
                                                    					Periodic inventory info message is scheduled every 14 day of the month at 10:57
                                                         Alert-group 																Severity
                                                         ------------------------ ------------
                                                         crash 																						normal
                                                         Syslog-Pattern 													Severity
                                                         ------------------------ ------------
                                                         .*CALL_LOOP.* 														debug
                                                    Example: Information for a User-Defined Destination Profile

                                                    Device# show call-home profile campus-noc
                                                    Profile Name: campus-noc
                                                    				Profile status: ACTIVE
                                                    				Preferred Message Format: xml
                                                    				Message Size Limit: 3145728 Bytes
                                                    				Transport Method: email
                                                    				Email address(es): noc@example.com
                                                    				HTTP address(es): Not yet set up
                                                    				Alert-group 															Severity
                                                    				------------------------ ------------
                                                    				configuration 													normal
                                                    				crash 																					normal
                                                    				inventory 																	normal	
                                                    				Syslog-Pattern 												Severity
                                                    				------------------------ ------------
                                                    				.*CALL_LOOP.* 													debug
                                                    Example: Call Home Statistics

                                                    Device# show call-home statistics
                                                    Message Types   Total                Email                HTTP
                                                    -------------   -------------------- -------------------- ------------------
                                                    Total Success   3                    3                    0                    
                                                        Config      3                    3                    0                    
                                                        Diagnostic  0                    0                    0
                                                        Environment 0                    0                    0                    
                                                        Inventory   2                    2                    0                    
                                                        SysLog      0                    0                    0                    
                                                        Test        0                    0                    0                    
                                                        Request     0                    0                    0                    
                                                        Send-CLI    0                    0                    0                    
                                                    Total In-Queue  0                    0                    0                    
                                                        Config      0                    0                    0                    
                                                        Diagnostic  0                    0                    0
                                                        Environment 0                    0                    0                    
                                                        Inventory   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                    
                                                        Diagnostic  0                    0                    0
                                                        Environment 0                    0                    0                    
                                                        Inventory   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                    
                                                        Diagnostic  0                    0                    0
                                                        Environment 0                    0                    0                    
                                                        Inventory   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: 2010-01-11 18:32:32 GMT+00:00
                                                    Default Settings

                                                    Lists of default Call Home settings.

                                                    Parameters

                                                    Default

                                                    Call Home feature status

                                                    Disabled

                                                    User-defined profile status

                                                    Active

                                                    Predefined Cisco TAC profile status

                                                    Inactive

                                                    Transport method

                                                    E-mail

                                                    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

                                                    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. Table 1 lists 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 2 Call Home Alert Groups, Events, and Actions

                                                    Alert Group

                                                    Call Home Trigger Event

                                                    Syslog Event

                                                    Severity

                                                    Description and CLI Commands Executed

                                                    Crash

                                                    SYSTEM_CRASH

                                                    Events related to system crash.

                                                    Commands executed:

                                                    show version show logging show region show stack

                                                    TRACEBACK

                                                    Detects software traceback events.

                                                    Commands executed:

                                                    show version show logging show region show stack

                                                    Configuration

                                                    User-generated request for configuration. (Sent to TAC.)

                                                    CLI commands executed:

                                                    show platform show inventory show running-config all show startup-config show version

                                                    Diagnostic

                                                    CLI commands executed:

                                                    show platform show diagnostic result slot x detail show version show inventory show buffers show logging show diagnostic result slot all show diagnostic events slot all

                                                    Environmental

                                                    Events related to power, fan, and environment sensing elements, such as temperature alarms. (Sent to TAC.)

                                                    CLI commands executed:

                                                    show platform show environment show inventory show logging

                                                    Inventory

                                                    Inventory status should be provided whenever a unit is cold-booted, or when FRUs are inserted or removed. This is considered a noncritical event, and the information is used for status and entitlement. (Sent to TAC.)

                                                    CLI commands executed:

                                                    show diag all eeprom detail | include MAC show license all show platform show platform hardware qfp active infrastructure chipset 0 capabilities show platform software vnic-if interface-mapping show version

                                                    Syslog

                                                    Event logged to syslog.

                                                    CLI commands executed:

                                                    show logging

                                                    Message Contents

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

                                                    • The Format for a Short Text Message table describes the content fields of a short text message.
                                                    • The Common Fields for All Long Text and XML Messages table 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 at a point between the common fields. The insertion point is identified in the table.
                                                    • The Inserted Fields for a Reactive or Proactive Event Message table describes the inserted content fields for reactive messages (system failures that require a TAC case) and proactive messages (issues that might result in degraded system performance).
                                                    • The Inserted Fields for an Inventory Event Message table describes the inserted content fields for an inventory message.

                                                    This section also includes the following subsections that provide sample messages:

                                                    Table 3 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 4 Common Fields for All Long Text and XML Messages

                                                    Data Item (Plain Text and XML)

                                                    Description (Plain Text and XML)

                                                    MML Tag (XML Only)

                                                    Time stamp

                                                    Date and time stamp of event in ISO time notation:

                                                    YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS GMT+HH:MM.

                                                    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, test

                                                    CallHome/Event/SubType

                                                    Message group

                                                    Specifically “reactive”. Optional, because default is “reactive”.

                                                    Not applicable. For long-text message only

                                                    Severity level

                                                    Severity level of message.

                                                    Body/Block/Severity

                                                    Source ID

                                                    Product type for routing through the workflow engine. This is typically the product family name.

                                                    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: ASR1006@C@FOX105101DH

                                                    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 site IDs supplied by Cisco Systems or other data meaningful to alternate support services.

                                                    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: ASR1006@C@FOX105101DH

                                                    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/NameName

                                                    Contact name

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

                                                    CallHome/CustomerData/ SystemInfo/Contact

                                                    Contact e-mail

                                                    E-mail 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 router. 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

                                                    System Object ID that uniquely identifies the system.

                                                    CallHome/Device/Cisco_Chassis/ AdditionalInformation/AD@name= “sysObjectID”

                                                    System description

                                                    System description for the managed element.

                                                    CallHome/Device/Cisco_Chassis/ AdditionalInformation/AD@name= “sysDescr”

                                                    Fields specific to a particular alert group message are inserted here.

                                                    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

                                                    Attachment type. Usually “inline”.

                                                    /aml/Attachments/Attachment@type

                                                    MIME type

                                                    Normally “text” or “plain” or encoding type.

                                                    /aml/Attachments/Attachment/ Data@encoding

                                                    Command output text

                                                    Output of command automatically executed.

                                                    /mml/attachments/attachment/atdata

                                                    Table 5 Inserted Fields for a Reactive or Proactive Event Message

                                                    Data Item (Plain Text and XML)

                                                    Description (Plain Text and XML)

                                                    MML 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

                                                    Table 6 Inserted Fields for an Inventory Event Message

                                                    Data Item (Plain Text and XML)

                                                    Description (Plain Text and XML)

                                                    MML 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/ CiscoCard/HardwareVersion

                                                    FRU software version

                                                    Software version(s) running on FRU.

                                                    CallHome/Device/Cisco_Chassis/ Cisco_Card/SoftwareIdentity/ VersionString

                                                    Sample Syslog Alert Notification in XML Format

                                                    The following example shows a sample syslog alert notification in XML format:

                                                    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
                                                    <soap-env:Envelope xmlns:soap-env="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
                                                    <soap-env:Header>
                                                    <aml-session:Session xmlns:aml-session="http://www.cisco.com/2004/01/aml-session"
                                                    soap-env:mustUnderstand="true"
                                                    soap-env:role="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope/role/next">
                                                    <aml-session:To>http://tools.cisco.com/neddce/services/DDCEService</aml-session:To>
                                                    <aml-session:Path>
                                                    <aml-session:Via>http://www.cisco.com/appliance/uri</aml-session:Via>
                                                    </aml-session:Path>
                                                    <aml-session:From>http://www.cisco.com/appliance/uri</aml-session:From>
                                                    <aml-session:MessageId>M8:9S1NMSF22DW:51AEAC68</aml-session:MessageId>
                                                    </aml-session:Session>
                                                    </soap-env:Header>
                                                    <soap-env:Body>
                                                    <aml-block:Block xmlns:aml-block="http://www.cisco.com/2004/01/aml-block">
                                                    <aml-block:Header>
                                                    <aml-block:Type>http://www.cisco.com/2005/05/callhome/syslog</aml-block:Type>
                                                    <aml-block:CreationDate>2013-06-05 03:11:36 GMT+00:00</aml-block:CreationDate>
                                                    <aml-block:Builder>
                                                    <aml-block:Name>CSR1000v</aml-block:Name>
                                                    <aml-block:Version>2.0</aml-block:Version>
                                                    </aml-block:Builder>
                                                    <aml-block:BlockGroup>
                                                    <aml-block:GroupId>G9:9S1NMSF22DW:51AEAC68</aml-block:GroupId>
                                                    <aml-block:Number>0</aml-block:Number>
                                                    <aml-block:IsLast>true</aml-block:IsLast>
                                                    <aml-block:IsPrimary>true</aml-block:IsPrimary>
                                                    <aml-block:WaitForPrimary>false</aml-block:WaitForPrimary>
                                                    </aml-block:BlockGroup>
                                                    <aml-block:Severity>2</aml-block:Severity>
                                                    </aml-block:Header>
                                                    <aml-block:Content>
                                                    <ch:CallHome xmlns:ch="http://www.cisco.com/2005/05/callhome" version="1.0">
                                                    <ch:EventTime>2013-06-05 03:11:36 GMT+00:00</ch:EventTime> <ch:MessageDescription>*Jun 5
                                                    03:11:36.041: %CLEAR-5-COUNTERS: Clear counter on all interfaces by
                                                    console</ch:MessageDescription> <ch:Event> <ch:Type>syslog</ch:Type>
                                                    <ch:SubType></ch:SubType> <ch:Brand>Cisco Systems</ch:Brand> <ch:Series>CSR1000v Cloud
                                                    Services Router</ch:Series> </ch:Event> <ch:CustomerData> <ch:UserData>
                                                    <ch:Email>weijuhua@cisco.com</ch:Email>
                                                    </ch:UserData>
                                                    <ch:ContractData>
                                                    <ch:CustomerId></ch:CustomerId>
                                                    <ch:SiteId></ch:SiteId>
                                                    <ch:ContractId></ch:ContractId>
                                                    <ch:DeviceId>CSR1000V@C@9S1NMSF22DW</ch:DeviceId>
                                                    </ch:ContractData>
                                                    <ch:SystemInfo>
                                                    <ch:Name>qiang-vm</ch:Name>
                                                    <ch:Contact></ch:Contact>
                                                    <ch:ContactEmail>weijuhua@cisco.com</ch:ContactEmail>
                                                    <ch:ContactPhoneNumber></ch:ContactPhoneNumber>
                                                    <ch:StreetAddress></ch:StreetAddress>
                                                    </ch:SystemInfo>
                                                    <ch:CCOID></ch:CCOID>
                                                    <ch:IdToken></ch:IdToken>
                                                    </ch:CustomerData>
                                                    <ch:Device>
                                                    <rme:Chassis xmlns:rme="http://www.cisco.com/rme/4.0">
                                                    <rme:Model>CSR1000V</rme:Model>
                                                    <rme:HardwareVersion></rme:HardwareVersion>
                                                    <rme:SerialNumber>9S1NMSF22DW</rme:SerialNumber>
                                                    <rme:AdditionalInformation>
                                                    <rme:AD name="PartNumber" value="" />
                                                    <rme:AD name="SoftwareVersion" value="15.4(20130604:093915)" /> <rme:AD
                                                    name="SystemObjectId" value="1.3.6.1.4.1.9.1.1537" /> <rme:AD name="SystemDescription"
                                                    value="Cisco IOS Software, CSR1000V Software (X86_64_LINUX_IOSD-ADVENTERPRISEK9-M),
                                                    Experimental Version 15.4(20130604:093915) [mcp_dev-qiazhou-ultra_ut 100] Copyright (c)
                                                    1986-2013 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
                                                    Compiled Tue 04-Jun-13 02:39 by jsmith" /> <rme:AD name="ServiceNumber" value="" />
                                                    <rme:AD name="ForwardAddress" value="" /> </rme:AdditionalInformation> </rme:Chassis>
                                                    </ch:Device> </ch:CallHome> </aml-block:Content> <aml-block:Attachments>
                                                    <aml-block:Attachment type="inline"> <aml-block:Name>show logging</aml-block:Name>
                                                    <aml-block:Data encoding="plain"> <![CDATA[show logging Syslog logging: enabled (0
                                                    messages dropped, 1 messages rate-limited, 0 flushes, 0 overruns, xml disabled, filtering
                                                    disabled)
                                                    No Active Message Discriminator.
                                                    No Inactive Message Discriminator.
                                                    Console logging: level debugging, 391 messages logged, xml disabled,
                                                    filtering disabled
                                                    Monitor logging: level debugging, 0 messages logged, xml disabled,
                                                    filtering disabled
                                                    Buffer logging: level debugging, 391 messages logged, xml disabled,
                                                    filtering disabled
                                                    Exception Logging: size (4096 bytes)
                                                    Count and timestamp logging messages: disabled
                                                    Persistent logging: disabled
                                                    No active filter modules.
                                                    Trap logging: level informational, 56 message lines logged
                                                    Logging Source-Interface: VRF Name:
                                                    Log Buffer (4096 bytes):
                                                    *Jun 5 03:11:18.295: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by console
                                                    qiang-vm#]]></aml-block:Data> </aml-block:Attachment> </aml-block:Attachments>
                                                    </aml-block:Block> </soap-env:Body> </soap-env:Envelope>
                                                    Sample Smart Licensing Alert Notification in XML Format

                                                    The following example shows a Smart Licensing alert notification in XML format:

                                                    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
                                                    <soap-env:Envelope xmlns:soap-env="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
                                                    <soap-env:Header>
                                                    <aml-session:Session xmlns:aml-session="http://www.cisco.com/2004/01/aml-session"
                                                    soap-env:mustUnderstand="true"
                                                    soap-env:role="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope/role/next">
                                                    <aml-session:To>http://tools.cisco.com/neddce/services/DDCEService</aml-session:To>
                                                    <aml-session:Path>
                                                    <aml-session:Via>http://www.cisco.com/appliance/uri</aml-session:Via>
                                                    </aml-session:Path>
                                                    <aml-session:From>http://www.cisco.com/appliance/uri</aml-session:From>
                                                    <aml-session:MessageId>M2:98I1W09R72W:5136E366</aml-session:MessageId>
                                                    </aml-session:Session>
                                                    </soap-env:Header>
                                                    <soap-env:Body>
                                                    <aml-block:Block xmlns:aml-block="http://www.cisco.com/2004/01/aml-block">
                                                    <aml-block:Header>
                                                    <aml-block:Type>http://www.cisco.com/2005/05/callhome/license</aml-block:Type>
                                                    <aml-block:CreationDate>2013-03-06 06:34:14 GMT+00:00</aml-block:CreationDate>
                                                    <aml-block:Builder>
                                                    <aml-block:Name>CSR1000v</aml-block:Name>
                                                    <aml-block:Version>2.0</aml-block:Version>
                                                    </aml-block:Builder>
                                                    <aml-block:BlockGroup>
                                                    <aml-block:GroupId>G3:98I1W09R72W:5136E366</aml-block:GroupId>
                                                    <aml-block:Number>0</aml-block:Number>
                                                    <aml-block:IsLast>true</aml-block:IsLast>
                                                    <aml-block:IsPrimary>true</aml-block:IsPrimary>
                                                    <aml-block:WaitForPrimary>false</aml-block:WaitForPrimary>
                                                    </aml-block:BlockGroup>
                                                    <aml-block:Severity>1</aml-block:Severity>
                                                    </aml-block:Header>
                                                    <aml-block:Content>
                                                    <ch:CallHome xmlns:ch="http://www.cisco.com/2005/05/callhome" version="1.0">
                                                    <ch:EventTime>2013-04-10 07:47:28 GMT+08:00</ch:EventTime>
                                                    <ch:MessageDescription>Smart Licensing </ch:MessageDescription>
                                                    <ch:Event>
                                                    <ch:Type>License</ch:Type>
                                                    <ch:SubType>Register</ch:SubType> <!maybe other values like certificate_renewal,
                                                    id_certificate_ack, poll_for_data, license_disable, license_usage, entitlement_request>
                                                    <ch:Brand>Cisco Systems</ch:Brand>
                                                    <ch:Series>CSR1000v Cloud Services Router</ch:Series>
                                                    </ch:Event>
                                                    <ch:CustomerData>
                                                    <ch:UserData>
                                                    <ch:Email>test@cisco.com</ch:Email>
                                                    </ch:UserData>
                                                    <ch:ContractData>
                                                    <ch:CustomerId></ch:CustomerId>
                                                    <ch:SiteId></ch:SiteId>
                                                    <ch:ContractId></ch:ContractId>
                                                    <ch:DeviceId>CSR1000V@C@98I1W09R72W</ch:DeviceId>
                                                    </ch:ContractData>
                                                    <ch:SystemInfo>
                                                    <ch:Name>router</ch:Name>
                                                    <ch:Contact></ch:Contact>
                                                    <ch:ContactEmail>test@cisco.com</ch:ContactEmail>
                                                    <ch:ContactPhoneNumber></ch:ContactPhoneNumber>
                                                    <ch:StreetAddress></ch:StreetAddress>
                                                    </ch:SystemInfo>
                                                    <ch-inv:CCOID>xxxx</ch-inv:CCOID>
                                                    <ch:IdToken>yyyy</ch:IdToken> <!either CCOID or IdToken needs to be specified when
                                                    subtype is Register>
                                                    </ch:CustomerData>
                                                    <ch:Device>
                                                    <rme:Chassis xmlns:rme="http://www.cisco.com/rme/4.0">
                                                    <rme:Model>CSR1000V</rme:Model>
                                                    <rme:HardwareVersion>1.4</rme:HardwareVersion>
                                                    <rme:SerialNumber>98I1W09R72W</rme:SerialNumber>
                                                    <rme:AdditionalInformation>
                                                    <rme:AD name="PartNumber" value="68-3376-01" />
                                                    <rme:AD name="SoftwareVersion" value="15.3(20130303:013635)" />
                                                    <rme:AD name="SystemObjectId" value="1.3.6.1.4.1.9.1.1537" />
                                                    <rme:AD name="SystemDescription" value="Cisco IOS Software, IOS-XE Software
                                                    (X86_64_LINUX_IOSD-ADVENTERPRISEK9-M), Experimental Version 15.3(20130303:013635)
                                                    [mcp_dev-BLD-BLD_MCP_DEV_LATEST_20130303_000028-ios 171]
                                                    Copyright (c) 1986-2013 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
                                                    Compiled Sat 02-Mar-13 20:49 by mcpre" />
                                                    <rme:AD name="ServiceNumber" value="" />
                                                    <rme:AD name="ForwardAddress" value="" />
                                                    </rme:AdditionalInformation>
                                                    </rme:Chassis>
                                                    </ch:Device>
                                                    </ch:CallHome>
                                                    </aml-block:Content>
                                                    <aml-block:Attachments>
                                                    <aml-block:Attachment type="inline">
                                                    <aml-block:Name>smart_licensing_data</aml-block:Name>
                                                    <aml-block:Data encoding="plain">
                                                    <![CDATA[…licensing data… ]]></aml-block:Data>
                                                    </aml-block:Attachment>
                                                    </aml-block:Attachments>
                                                    </aml-block:Block>
                                                    </soap-env:Body>
                                                    </soap-env:Envelope>
                                                    <response><![CDATA[{"signature":{"type":"SHA_1","value":"SIG_SIGNED_VALUE"},"response":"{\
                                                    "header\":null,\"status_code\":\"ERROR\",\"status_message\":\"Failed to process the
                                                    request.\",\"response_data\":\"\"}"}]]></response>
                                                    								<email>xxx@yyy.com</email><result xmlns="">succeeded</result>
                                                    				</soapenv:Body>
                                                    </soapenv:Envelope>

                                                    Additional References

                                                    The following sections provide references related to the Call Home feature.

                                                    Related Documents

                                                    Related Topic

                                                    Title

                                                    Cisco IOS XE commands

                                                    Cisco IOS Master Commands List, All Releases

                                                    Explains how the Smart Call Home service offers web-based access to important information on select Cisco devices and offers higher network availability, and increased operational efficiency by providing

                                                    proactive diagnostics and

                                                    real-time alerts.

                                                    Smart Call Home User Guide

                                                    Smart Call Home site page on Cisco.com for access to all related product information.

                                                    Cisco Smart Call Home site

                                                    Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Certificate Authority configuration in Cisco IOS XE software

                                                    Cisco IOS XE Security Configuration Guide: Secure Connectivity

                                                    Standards

                                                    Standard

                                                    Title

                                                    No new or modified standards are supported by this feature, and support for existing standards has not been modified by this feature.

                                                    MIBs

                                                    MIB

                                                    MIBs Link

                                                    CISCO-CALLHOME-MIB

                                                    To locate and download MIBs for selected platforms, Cisco IOS XE software releases, and feature sets, use Cisco MIB Locator found at the following URL:

                                                    http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​go/​mibs

                                                    RFCs

                                                    RFC

                                                    Title

                                                    No new or modified RFCs are supported by this feature, and support for existing RFCs has not been modified by this feature.

                                                    Technical Assistance

                                                    Description

                                                    Link

                                                    The Cisco Support website provides extensive online resources, including documentation and tools for troubleshooting and resolving technical issues with Cisco products and technologies.

                                                    To receive security and technical information about your products, you can subscribe to various services, such as the Product Alert Tool (accessed from Field Notices), the Cisco Technical Services Newsletter, and Really Simple Syndication (RSS) Feeds.

                                                    Access to most tools on the Cisco Support website requires a Cisco.com user ID and password.

                                                    http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​cisco/​web/​support/​index.html

                                                    Feature Information for Call Home

                                                    Use Cisco Feature Navigator to find information about platform support and software image support. Cisco Feature Navigator enables you to determine which Cisco IOS XE software images support a specific software release, feature set, or platform. To access Cisco Feature Navigator, go to http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​go/​cfn . An account on Cisco.com is not required.


                                                    Note


                                                    The Feature Information table below lists only the Cisco IOS XE software release that introduced support for a given feature in a given Cisco IOS XE software release train. Unless noted otherwise, subsequent releases of that Cisco IOS XE software release train also support that feature.
                                                    Table 7 Feature Information for Call Home

                                                    Feature Name

                                                    Releases

                                                    Feature Information

                                                    Call Home

                                                    Cisco IOS XE Release 3.13S

                                                    The Call Home feature provides e-mail-based and web-based notification of critical system events. A versatile range of message formats are available for optimal compatibility with pager services, standard e-mail, or XML-based automated parsing applications.

                                                    In Cisco IOS XE Release 2.6, support was added for the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers.

                                                    The following commands were introduced or modified:

                                                    None

                                                    show diagnostic commands

                                                    Smart Licensing

                                                    Cisco IOS XE Release 3.12S, 3.13S

                                                    The Smart Call Home feature is required to use the Smart Licensing service. The Smart Licensing service is an alternative licensing architecture to Cisco Software Licensing (CSL). Smart Call Licensing uses the Cisco Smart Software Manager as a backend tool for managing licenses.

                                                    Smart Licensing support has been provided on the Cisco CSR 1000V on a controlled-availability basis beginning with Cisco IOS XE Release 3.12S.

                                                    The following commands are new or modified: show diagnostic commands.