Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide (OL-16597-01, July 2009)

Configuration Guidelines and Limitations
Call Home has the following configuration guidelines and limitations:
• If there is no IP connectivity or if the interface in the VRF to the profile destination is down, the switch
cannot send the Call Home message.
• Operates with any SMTP server.
Configuring Call Home
Procedures for Configuring Call Home
Procedure
Step 1
Assign contact information.
Step 2
Configure destination profiles.
Step 3
Associate one or more alert groups to each profile.
Step 4
(Optional) Add additional show commands to the alert groups.
Step 5
Configure transport options.
Step 6
Enable Call Home.
Step 7
(Optional) Test Call Home messages.
Configuring Contact Information
You must configure the e-mail, phone, and street address information for Call Home. You can optionally
configure the contract ID, customer ID, site ID, and switch priority information.
Procedure
PurposeCommand or Action
Enters configuration mode.switch# configuration terminal
Step 1
Configures the SNMP sysContact.switch(config)# snmp-server
contact sys-contact
Step 2
Enters callhome configuration mode.switch(config)# callhome
Step 3
Configures the e-mail address for the primary person
responsible for the switch. Up to 255 alphanumeric
characters are accepted in e-mail address format.
switch(config-callhome)#
email-contact email-address
Step 4
You can use any valid e-mail address. The address
cannot contain spaces.
Note
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Configuring Smart Call Home
Configuration Guidelines and Limitations