1. How to Deploy and Configure the Smart Net Total Care CSPC Collector
October, 2015

2. How to Use This Presentation
Audience: New Smart Net Total Care customers who want to install and use the Cisco CPSC software collector for device information collection
What’s covered in this presentation: Details about self-service deployment of a CSPC software collector, generating the entitlement key, and configuring the collector for data upload to the Smart Net Total Care system.
Purpose: Help the customer automate network discovery, device collection and data upload into the Smart Net Total Care system
Last updated: Oct 28, 2015
If you’re a customer with an NLS1 or Smart Assist (CSAS) contract, you should contact your Service Onboarding Manager
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3. SNTC portal Registration Completed Prepare Devices for SNMP, etc
Quick Reference Card (QRC) - Steps for a First-Time CSPC Registration, Collection & Upload 1 2
SNTC portal Registration Completed
Prepare Devices for SNMP, etc 5a 6a
3a(i) 4
Login to CSPC web GUI 7
Register
New CSPC
vSphere Login & Deploy CSPC image
Download Center -
Download CSPC Image
Login to SNTC portal,
View Dashboard 5b 6b
vSphere
Configure IP addr
CSPC setup manual flow
3a (ii)
Register Confirm 3b
Receive Key
via 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

4. STEPS Complete Smart Net Total Care portal registration Prepare
Ensure SNTC portal registration is completed, through the self-service onboarding process
Prepare
Prepare your environment
Enable SNMP, Telnet and SSH, as CSPC uses SNMP (v1, 2c and 3) read-only (RO) access to poll and collect device details and Telnet and/or SSH (v1.5 and 2.0) to collect device configuration details
Open any firewalls that would block collection

5. STEPS Generate a key to Activate the collector
From the Smart Net Total Care portal:
Select Administration > All Collectors in the left navigation panel
Click the Actions dropdown in the top left corner of the pane
Fill in the required fields, and click Submit
- OR -
From the Cisco tools site (
Select Service Specific Registration, and click Submit
Fill in the required fields. Be sure to select “Service Name” as SNTC, and click Submit
Receive an Entitlement Certificate over
Do not unzip the entitlement file. It will be applied by the software appliance during the first-time login.

6. STEPS Download the CSPC collector software
Browse to: id= &catid=null
Click SNTC Software Collector Appliance
Select the image and download

7. STEPS Deploy the CSPC software appliance Install CSPC in vSphere
From a vSphere client, login to your host server using your host server credentials
Deploy the collector OVA image file (.ovf template) on your virtual machine on the host server
Configure appliance IP address
Connect to VM and login to the collector software appliance using the collector OVA CLI default login/ password: admin/ Admin!23 
At the command prompt enter either:
Static IP Address: conf ip <interface> <IP address> <Netmask> <Default Gateway>
Dynamic IP Address: conf dhcp <interface>
Reboot

8. STEPS Login to the collector interface
In a web browser enter,
Use the default appliance user id/ password: admin/ Admin#123
Import an entitlement certificate (received in after CSPC registration)
Follow the steps below to finish the collector setup
Define the device credentials: Choose Settings > Device Credentials.
Click Add, and manually enter the device IP address ranges/ list.
Select OK.
Set up the discovery: Choose Management > Discover and Manage Devices.
Select Discover devices with known IP addresses. Enter the IP details, Select Next.
Select the management protocol and Start discovery now. Select Finish.
Collect & upload: Choose Applications tab > Data collection > Run Collection Profile,
Select sntc1x_min_cp and Finish,
After process completes, click Export Report, and Close.
Logout of the collector interface

9. STEPS Login to the SNTC portal Additional Resources:
View inventory data summary on SNTC default dashboard.
CSPC Collector self-service onboarding completed.
Additional Resources:
Smart Net Total Care CSPC Getting Started Guide: