Cisco Cisco IOS Software Release 15.6(2)T
Revised: February 19, 2016,
Configuring Diagnostic Signatures
The Diagnostic Signatures feature downloads digitally signed signatures to devices. Diagnostic Signatures (DS) files are formatted
files that collate knowledge of diagnostic events and provide methods to troubleshoot them without a need to upgrade the Cisco
software. The aim of DS is to deliver flexible intelligence that can detect and collect troubleshooting information that can be used
to resolve known problems in customer networks.
files that collate knowledge of diagnostic events and provide methods to troubleshoot them without a need to upgrade the Cisco
software. The aim of DS is to deliver flexible intelligence that can detect and collect troubleshooting information that can be used
to resolve known problems in customer networks.
Finding Feature Information
Your software release may not support all the features documented in this module. For the latest caveats and feature information, see
and the release notes for your platform and software release. To find information about the features documented in
this module, and to see a list of the releases in which each feature is supported, see the feature information table.
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Prerequisites for Diagnostic Signatures
Before you download and configure diagnostic signatures (DSes) on a device, you must ensure that the following conditions are met:
• You must assign a DS to the device. Refer to the “Diagnostic Signature Downloading” section for more information on how to
assign DSes to devices.
• HTTP/Secure HTTP (HTTPS) transport is required for downloading DS files. You must install the certification authority (CA)
certificate to enable the authentication of the destination HTTPS server.
If you configure the trustpool feature, the CA certificate is not required.
Note
Information About Diagnostic Signatures
Diagnostic Signatures Overview
Diagnostic signatures (DS) for the call-home system provides a flexible framework that allows the defining of new events and
corresponding CLIs that can analyze these events without upgrading the Cisco software.
corresponding CLIs that can analyze these events without upgrading the Cisco software.
DSes provides the ability to define more types of events and trigger types to perform the required actions than the standard Call Home
feature supports. The DS subsystem downloads and processes files on a device as well as handles callbacks for diagnostic signature
events.
feature supports. The DS subsystem downloads and processes files on a device as well as handles callbacks for diagnostic signature
events.
The Diagnostic signature feature downloads digitally signed signatures that are in the form of files to devices. DS files are formatted
files that collate the knowledge of diagnostic events and provide methods to troubleshoot these events.
files that collate the knowledge of diagnostic events and provide methods to troubleshoot these events.
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