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Cisco CSR 1000V Series Cloud Services Router Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter12 Configuring Call Home for the Cisco CSR 1000V
How to Configure Call Home
DETAILED STEPS
Command or Action Purpose
Step1 configure terminal
Example:
Router# configure terminal
Enters global configuration mode.
Step2 call-home reporting {anonymous | contact-email-addr
email-address} [http-proxy {ipv4-address | ipv6-address |
name} port port-number]
Example:
Router(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 on
page 12-44.