Syslog-Based Alerts - HP Cisco MDS 9216 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Chapter 64 Configuring Call Home
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Step 3 Set a message level for each switch using the drop-down menu in the MsgLevel column.
Step 4 Click the Apply Changes icon to save your changes.

Syslog-Based Alerts

You can configure the switch to send certain syslog messages as Call Home messages. The
syslog-group-port alert group selects syslog messages for the port facility. The Call Home application
maps the syslog severity level to the corresponding Call Home severity level (see the
Message Levels" section on page
level, syslog messages at levels 0, 1, and 2 are included in the Call Home log.
Whenever a syslog message is generated, the Call Home application sends a Call Home message
depending on the mapping between the destination profile and the alert group mapping and based on the
severity level of the generated syslog message. To receive a syslog-based Call Home alert, you must
associate a destination profile with the syslog alert groups (currently there is only one syslog alert
group—syslog-group-port) and configure the appropriate message level (see the
Level Feature" section on page
Note Call Home does not change the syslog message level in the message text. The syslog message texts in
the Call Home log appear as they are described in the
To configure the syslog-group-port alert group using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 Select a switch in the Fabric pane.
Step 2 Expand Switches, expand Events, and select Call Home in the Physical Attributes pane.
You see the Call Home information in the Information pane.
Click the Profiles tab.
Step 3
You see the Call Home profiles shown in
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Step 4 Click the Create Row icon.
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Call Home Profiles
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