FTOS Configuration Guide for the C-Series - Force10 Networks

To configure a policy, you select from one of three test groups to monitor the system. You might select one
test group and then switch to another test group if an issue occurs in that particular issue that warrants
using another other test group.
You then select from one of the three available actions, each of which is comprised of collecting data from
various show commands and emailing (or logging) the results. The action must match the test group that
you selected. This requirement for you to set up a match of tests and actions is designed this way partly in
order to provide more functionality in future FTOS versions.
Note that this event-driven process is separate from the routine timing of the inventory messages described
above in Configuring FTSA on page 655.
Tip: If you open a case with TAC, consider using the case number as the title of the policiy, test group,
and corresponding action that you invoke to monitor the system in response to the case.
Table 63 on page 664 shows the three test groups from which you can choose.
Table 64 on page 664 shows the three action sets from which you can choose. Note that they have been
configured to match the three test groups.
Step Command Syntax Command Mode Purpose
1 policy-test-list word CONFIGURATION
(conf-callhome)
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
default-test CONFIGURATION
(conf-callhome-
testlist-name)
policy-action-list word CONFIGURATION
(conf-callhome)
default-action {hardware |
software | exception}
CONFIGURATION
(conf-callhome-
actionlist-name)
policy word CONFIGURATION
(conf-callhome)
test-list word CONFIGURATION
(conf-callhome-
policy-name)
action-list word CONFIGURATION
(conf-callhome-
policy-name)
case-number word CONFIGURATION
(conf-callhome-
policy-name)
Name a policy test list (up to 20 characters) and
enter the config-callhome-testlist-name mode.
Invoke one of the three system-monitoring test
groups — hardware, software, or exception, as
detailed below in Table 63. Type exit.
Enter a name (up to 20 characters) for a new
policy action list and enter the
config-callhome-actionlist-name mode.
Select the information collection action that
matches the selected test group. The data
collection sets are detailed below in Table 64.
For example, if you selected the hardware test
group, above, you must now select the hardware
action group. Type exit..
Name a policy (up to 20 characters) and enter the
config-callhome-policy-name mode.
Enter the name of the test list that you entered in
Step 1.
Enter the name of the action list that you entered
in Step 3.
(OPTIONAL) Enter a case number to associate
with this set of tests and actions. Type exit.
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