Enabling Call Home - Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring Call Home
Command
Step 7
Switch(cfg-call-home)# vrf vrf-name
Step 8
Switch(cfg-call-home)#
source-interface interface-name
Step 9
Switch(cfg-call-home)#
source-ip-address ip-address
The following notes apply when configuring general e-mail options:
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This example shows the configuration of general e-mail parameters, including a primary and secondary
e-mail server:
Switch# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line.
Switch(config)# call-home
Switch(cfg-call-home)# mail-server smtp.example.com priority 1
Switch(cfg-call-home)# mail-server 192.168.0.1 priority 2
Switch(cfg-call-home)# sender from username@example.com
Switch(cfg-call-home)# sender reply-to username@example.com
Switch(cfg-call-home)# exit
Switch(config)#

Enabling Call Home

To enable or disable the Call Home feature, perform this task:
Command
Step 1
Switch# configure terminal
Step 2
Switch(config)# service call-home
Testing Call Home Communications
You can test Call Home communications by sending messages manually using two command types.
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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) will be tried first.
To send a user-defined Call Home test message, use the call-home test command.
To send a specific alert group message, use the call-home send command.
Purpose
(Optional) Specifies the VRF instance to send Call Home
e-mail messages. If no VRF is specified, the global
routing table is used.
(Optional) Specifies the source interface name to send
Call Home e-mail messages. If no source interface name
or source ip address is specified, an interface in the
routing table is used.
(Optional) Specifies the source IP address to send Call
Home e-mail messages. If no source IP address or source
interface name is specified, an interface in the routing
table is used.
Note At one time, you can specify the source-interface
name or the source-ip-address, but not both.
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Purpose
Enters configuration mode.
Enables the Call Home feature.
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