Testing call home communications – Cisco ASA 5505 User Manual

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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using the CLI

Chapter 80 Configuring Anonymous Reporting and Smart Call Home

Configuring Anonymous Reporting and Smart Call Home

Testing Call Home Communications

You can test Smart Call Home communications by sending messages manually using two command
types. To send a user-defined Smart Call Home test message, use the call-home test command. To send
a specific alert group message, use the call-home send command.

These sections describe Smart Call Home communication:

Sending a Smart Call Home Test Message Manually, page 80-12

Sending a Smart Call Home Alert Group Message Manually, page 80-12

Sending the Output of a Command, page 80-12

Step 5

subscribe-to-alert-group environment

[severity

{catastrophic | disaster | emergencies | alert |

critical

| errors | warnings | notifications |

informational

| debugging}]

Example:

hostname(cfg-call-home-profile)#

subscribe-to-alert-group examplealertgroupname

severity critical

Subscribes to group events with the specified
severity level. The alert group can be configured to
filter messages based on severity, as described in

Table 80-1

.

Step 6

subscribe-to-alert-group syslog [severity

{catastrophic | disaster | fatal | critical | major

| minor | warning | notification | normal |

debugging} [pattern

string]]

Example:

hostname(cfg-call-home-profile)#

subscribe-to-alert-group syslog severity

notification pattern UPDOWN

Subscribes to syslog events with a severity level or
message ID. The syslog alert group can be
configured to filter messages based on severity, as
described in

Table 80-1

.

Step 7

subscribe-to-alert-group inventory [periodic {daily

hh:mm | monthly date hh:mm | weekly day hh:mm}]

Example:

hostname(cfg-call-home-profile)#

subscribe-to-alert-group inventory periodic daily

06:30

Subscribes to inventory events. The configuration
alert group can be configured for periodic
notification, as described in the

“Subscribing to

Alert Groups” section on page 80-9

.

Step 8

subscribe-to-alert-group

telemetry periodic {hourly

| daily | monthly day | weekly day [hh:mm]}

Example:

hostname(cfg-call-home-profile)#

subscribe-to-alert-group monthly 15

Subscribes to telemetry periodic events. The
configuration alert group can be configured for
periodic notification, as described in the

“Subscribing to Alert Groups” section on page 80-9

.

Step 9

subscribe-to-alert-group snapshot periodic

{interval

minutes

| hourly | daily | monthly day_of_month |

weekly

day_of_week [hh:mm]}

Example:

hostname(cfg-call-home-profile)#

subscribe-to-alert-group snapshot periodic interval

weekly wendesday 23:15

Subscribes to snapshot periodic events. The
configuration alert group can be configured for
periodic notification, as described in the

“Subscribing to Alert Groups” section on page 80-9

.

Command

Purpose

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