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Services Guide

Technical Services

Delivery

Cisco Condential - For Cisco Internal and Partner Use Only

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IntroductionandHowtoUsethisGuide 3

TheCiscoTechnicalServicesOrganization 4

Customer Interaction Network 4

Planning, Design and Implementation Help Desk 5

Technical Assistance Center 6

Cisco Support Website 6

Service Supply Chain Delivery 6

Customer Assurance 7

Product and Supportability Engineering 7

ManagingaServiceRequestfromIssuetoClose 8

Opening a Service Request 8

Verifying Entitlement 8

Assigning a Severity Level 9Initial Contact with a Customer 10

Service Request Escalation 11

Customer or Partner Driven Escalation 11

Communicating Updates to the Customer or Partner 12

Closing the Service Request 12

DeployingPartsandServicesasPartofthe

ServiceRequest 13

The Role of Service Supply Chain Delivery 13

Service Levels Available to the Customer 14

Depot Stocking Process and Parts 14

Fulfilment by Original Equipment Manufacturers 15

Dead on Arrival Process 15

HowCustomersandPartnersCanMakethe

MostoftheCiscoSupportWebsiteforToolsand

Resources 17

Download Software Tool 17

Software Advisor 17

Bug Toolkit 17

Output Interpreter 18

Training 18

Communities 18

Cisco Technical Support Newsletter 18Industry Awards 19

FurtherInformation 20

InThisServicesGuide…Content

Technical Services Delivery

Guide for Partners

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Introduction and

How to Use this GuideThis guide has been designed for Cisco® partners to enhance their knowledge

about the Technical Services organization and how it delivers support, including what

customers can expect when they are sold a Technical Services contract.

This guide is divided into four sections:

• The Cisco Technical Services Organization

• Managing a Service Request from Issue to Close

• Deploying Parts and Services as Part of the Service Request

• How Customers and Partners Can Make the Most of the Cisco Support

Website for Tools and Resources

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The Cisco Technical

Services OrganizationThe Technical Services organization is made up of several teams who work 

transparently together to provide end-to-end support to customers and partners

(Figure 1). In this section we will look at the responsibilities of the individual teams and

the part they play in the wider process.

Customer Interaction Network

The Customer Interaction Network (CIN) is one gateway to Cisco Technical Support .

This function helps Technical Services provide a globally consistent interaction

experience for Cisco “entitled” customers, partners, and employees with effective rst-

contact problem resolution or efcient second-level support.

If the issue is administrative in nature, Customer Interaction Network agents will resolvethe customer’s issue, or forward the issue to the appropriate Cisco team for resolution.

If the issue is technical in nature, agents verify that the customer is entitled (using the

correct Service Contract) to technical support, and will forward a service request to

the Cisco TAC for resolution.

LegendBlue TS Functions visible to

customers and partners

Grey TS Functions with which

customers and partners do

not directly interact

CustomerPaths

CiscoSupportWebsite

CIN

TAC

CustomerAssurance

SSCD(Service

Logistics)

ServiceRequestClosed

PSE

TAC ServiceRequest Tool

CiscoLive

Online TechnicalResources

Live CustomerContact

Live EngineerSupport

Exception orCritical Account

Support

Parts and FieldServices

Business Unitsand/or

Manufacturing

ProductImprovement

Toll freenumbers

[email protected]

Figure1The Technical Services Delivery Process

PDIHelpDesk 

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The Customer Interaction Network is also responsible for the special handling of

customers Cisco has inherited as a result of acquisition. During the acquisition

integration period, the agent will work with the customer to assist in continuance of

service. In some cases, this will involve granting entitlement to technical support.

In addition, the Customer Interaction Network is the rst point of customer interaction

for customers using Cisco Live, web collaboration, and for calls to Cisco main phone

numbers in the US, Canada, Latin America, and Europe. In those locations, agents

help callers navigate through Cisco’s website and organizational structure to nd the

information, people and tools that can best address their needs.

Planning Design and Implementation Help Desk

The Planning, Design and Implementation (PDI) Help Desk addresses the need for

additional support required by Cisco Unied Communications Specialized Partners inthe complex tasks of Planning, Design and Implementation of Unied Communications

and Unied Contact Center solutions.

Qualied Partners have access to a dedicated team of engineers focused on Unied

Communications design and deployment principals and best practices. By working

with partners to address issues in the early stages of Unied Communications

deployments, all parties benet from a smoother project lifecycle, productivity gains

and a reduction of operational issues once the solution is in production. Customers

will receive higher-quality solutions and increased satisfaction from their voice

implementations and designs.

As the program name indicates, the PDI Help Desk should be contacted for pre-

production (Planning, Design or Implementation) issues that are not network or

business impacting. The service is in place to assist Unied Communications

Specialized Partners in bringing customer systems up and into production, so that

customer sign-off can occur. Once customer sign-off is obtained, a Cisco service

contract should be in place and the TAC can then assist with post-production or

operational issues.

Since the support offered by Cisco PDI Help Desk is for pre-production issues and not

operational network outages, 24 x 7 support is not as critical as it is for the Cisco TAC.

PDI Help Desk support is offered during the extended business hours of 7am to 6pm

Monday - Friday in any given time-zone worldwide, and can be obtained by opening a

case online at www.cisco.com/go/pdihelpdesk or calling the CIN.

The PDI Help Desk is a service offering specically for Cisco’s Partners holding a

qualifying Unied Communications or related ‘Technology Specialization’.

Support from the PDI Help Desk requires that partners hold one or more of the

following specializations:

• Advanced Unied Communications

• Express Unied Communications

• SMB Specialization

• ATP CVP

• ATP Unied Contact Center Enterprise

• ATP Rich Media

• ATP Telepresence

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Technical Assistance Center

The Cisco TAC provides customers with access to 24x7 technical expertise by

worldwide teams of highly trained Cisco customer support engineers.

The main responsibilities for TAC engineers are:

• Successful resolution of all customer service requests

• Building and distributing content for the knowledge base to share service

request solutions

• Creating diagnostic tools for customer self help and rapid Customer Interaction

Network agent reference

• Maintaining state of the art TAC Lab facilities worldwide for testing and replication

of issues

• Working closely with business unit Design Engineers to resolve product

defects (bugs)

• Working with Service Supply Chain Delivery (SSCD) on service requests where

replacement parts or on-site service is required, capturing and providing service

request data to the appropriate Business Unit

• Providing technical content for the Cisco Support Website that TAC engineers, and

anyone who has access to Cisco.com, use as a resource to resolve issues.

Cisco Support Website

With a service contract customers and partners are able to use the award-winning

tools and technical resources available at the Cisco Support Website. This Websiteenables customers to resolve their own issues by using some of the same tools and

technical resources as Cisco TAC engineers. The self-service option saves time and

money, allows faster case resolution, and provides lower administrative costs. It also

helps the customer improve productivity by enabling higher network availability and

improving staff competency with technical knowledge transfer. TAC engineers provide

much of the content and use the Cisco Support Website as a resource when providing

phone support.

Depending on the severity level assigned, the CIN might refer customers to the Cisco.

com knowledge base rst. More detail about the Cisco Support Website and how

customers can make the most of the available tools and resources is covered in the

nal section of this guide.

Service Supply Chain Delivery

Service Supply Chain Delivery (also known as SSCD or service logistics) is

responsible for replacing parts and providing onsite eld service for Cisco customers,

services that continually exceed customer expectations for product replacement and

network availability.

SSCD oversees the worldwide supply chain for:

• Service parts

• Field Engineers

• Logistics

• Inventory planning

• Repair

SpotlightonTACEngineers

• Located globally, of

which 450+ are

CCIE® professionals

• Access to 10,000 eld

engineers worldwide

• Supported by3000 development

engineers

• Continuous internal

technical training

and rotation

• Trained in Kepner-

Tregoe analyticaltroubleshooting

methodology

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• Asset recovery

• Vendor-supplier relationships

• And eld engineer training and development

This function also supports Shared Support and SMARTspares service contracts as

well as SMARTnet and SMARTnet Onsite services.

The SSCD delivers exible, responsive parts replacement and onsite eld services

that help to enable maximum network uptime and stability for the customer. It has a

network of more than 900 service depots worldwide and thousands of Field Engineers

on call.

Customer Assurance

The Customer Assurance team supports a customer’s ability to absorb currentproducts and future technologies; providing services that protect customers’

infrastructure investments while positioning them to leverage future industry trends

and direction. The Customer Assurance team helps to ensure that Cisco aims at both

customer satisfaction and industry leadership by ensuring executive level attention,

especially for critical situations. Customer Assurance’s functions are performed

globally and include:

• Crisis response management

• Supporting customer success

• Supporting emerging and advanced technology readiness

• Protecting customer infrastructure through actionable security intelligence andIntrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) Signatures

In addition, the CA Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) manages the

investigation, resolution and public disclosure of security vulnerability information.

Product and Supportability Engineering

The Product and Support Engineering (PSE) team’s primary areas of responsibility

are capturing and analyzing product and customer experience data that is used to

continuously improve Cisco products, and participating in establishing the readiness

of new products. PSE works with the Business Units using customer experience

information from the Cisco TAC, SSCD, and Customer Assurance to enhance Cisco

products. PSE is also responsible for approving rst customer shipment, coordinating

with Customer Assurance on new product special requirements, providing information

for SSCD regarding appropriate stocking requirements and shipping estimates

and driving the Product Supportability Initiative to facilitate continuous product and

solution improvement from symptom to solution.

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Opening a Service Request

In order to receive technical support, a customer or partner must rst open a service

request (Figure 2). Customers or partners registered on the Cisco.com website can

open a service request by email, phone, or through the online Cisco TAC Service

Request Tool on Cisco.com.

After the service request has been opened, the process can begin of engaging the

correct teams to push the case toward nal resolution. The TAC relies on the CIN team

to handle all incoming telephone and e-mail messages and to answer and dispatch

calls. When an e-mail or call is received by the CIN, the agent veries entitlement,

opens a service request, then discusses and sets the priority with the customer or

partner. When appropriate, the CIN dispatches service requests to a series of technical

response teams. Either the CIN transfers the caller live over the phone, or the caller will

receive an e-mail reply or a callback.

Verifying Entitlement

Before the service request is passed on to the TAC, entitlement must be veried.

Entitlement is the set of privileges customers and partners receive when purchasing a

Cisco product or service agreement. These privileges determine the guidelines and

boundaries for the services Cisco will provide, such as:

Managing a Service Request

from Issue to Close

Figure2:Opening a Service Request

CiscoTAC

Service

RequestTool

www.cisco.com/

techsupport/

servicerequest

[email protected]

Phone

www.cisco.com/warp/

public/687/Directory/

DirTAC.shtml

Customer

Interaction

Network(CIN)

• Svc Request Handling

• Service Level Severity

• Tech Description

• Contact Details

Routing,Switching &Architecture

Wireless

Security, NetworkManagement CDN

IP Telephony,Multiservice Voice,Voice - Signalling

BB / AccessOptical / ATM

IBM / SANTechnologies

D ev el    o  pm

 en t  T  e am s

Direct

Live

Handoff

E-mail

Replyor

CallBack

Local TAC Acce ss Number

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• Advanced hardware replacement

• Access to the TAC

• Cisco Support Website access

• Software downloads

The Cisco product warranty is standard with product purchase and provides

entitlement for hardware parts replacement. The Product Security Incident Response

Team (PSIRT) and Field Engineering post notices and information that notify customers

of issues that might require some sort of corrective action. To access the PSIRT

Website, click here.

Verifying entitlement is important because Cisco loses approximately four hundred

dollars for every nonentitled service order that is shipped, and premium-level service

orders can be double that cost. After entitlement is veried by using the Cisco.com IDor contract number, the customer will be handed to a Cisco support engineer to help

resolve the issue.

To help ensure entitlement functionality performs correctly when accessing technical

services online, it is important each Cisco.com user ID is proactively associated with all

of the appropriate service support contracts.

Contact your account team to get the full list of appropriate support contracts. Check

to see which contracts are associated with your prole or request additional contracts

be associated with your prole by clickinghere.

For Shared Support and Collaborative Service Partners, there should be no more thanve contracts associated using the process described above. Select the contracts

with the latest expiration date or the contracts that are most likely to be renewed.

After associating up to ve contracts using the process described above, you will be

able to dynamically associate the rest of your contracts by using the My Colleagues

Aggregate Tool process.

TheMyColleaguesAggregateTool allows your Cisco Account Team to identify a

tool Administrator who is granted access to proactively associate contracts to Cisco.

com Ids via Bill-To Ids. Instead of associating one contract at a time to a prole, all

contracts associated to a single partner Bill-To number are dynamically associated to

your prole. This dynamic process allows quick and accurate contract associations to

partner Cisco.com user ids.

My Colleagues Tool Granular enables direct customers or partners with more than two

Cisco.com users to manage their contracts and control service abuse by unauthorized

users. This web self help tool provides an interface that lists the users by Cisco.com

ID, name, and location that enables administrators to control access to entitled services

by assigning privileges to Cisco.com user ID’s to specic contracts. The administrator

can add or remove contracts from user proles of employees at their company.

Assigning a Severity Level

Before the CIN passes the service request on to the TAC for live support if necessary,

the CIN representative will ask the customer to assign a severity level, which will

indicate the urgency of the issue the customer is experiencing:

Severity1, is used when the customer’s network is “down” or there is a critical

negative effect on their business operations. Because of the serious and urgent nature

of a severity 1 issue, Cisco will commit all necessary resources, around the clock, to

resolve the situation.

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Severity2, is used when the operation of an existing network is severely degraded, or

signicant aspects of the customer’s business operation are negatively affected. In this

case, Cisco will commit full-time resources during normal business hours to resolve

the situation.

Severity3, is used when operational performance of the customer’s network is

impaired while most business operations remain functional. Because the customer’s

business operations are still functional, Cisco will commit resources during normal

business hours to restore service to satisfactory levels.

Severity4, is used when the customer requires information or assistance with Cisco

product capabilities, installation, or conguration. Because there is little or no effect on

the customer’s business operations, Cisco will provide assistance as needed.

The severity of the case will determine how the request is resolved. For example if a

customer only needs troubleshooting information or to download tools, that customer

will be directed to the Cisco Support Website, which contains all of the necessary

information (this subject is covered in detail in the nal section, “HowCustomers

andPartnersCanMaketheMostoftheCiscoSupportWebsiteforToolsand

Resources”).

Initial Contact with a Customer

Upon accepting a service request, the TAC engineer will thoroughly read the service

request notes to help ensure a clear understanding of the customer’s environment,

the nature of the technical issue and the customer’s requested contact method. Each

service request will have one owner from issue to resolution, but the TAC engineer will

be part of a wider team whose priority is to keep the service request moving through

the troubleshooting phase toward nal resolution.

To make sure the customer’s service expectations are being met, it is important that

the TAC engineer noties the customer of any planned absences and arranges for

another TAC engineer to handle the service request in the engineer’s absence.

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Service Request Escalation

To help ensure minimal negative effect on the customer’s business operations, theautomatic escalation process engages the management hierarchy to help ensure that

the appropriate resources are applied to resolve the service request in an accurate

and timely manner.

The diagram in Figure 3 shows a severity 1 case with network down issues; top priority

notication is issued. This starts with the TAC manager within an hour and is escalated

to the highest management level within 48 hours. Severity 2 cases are escalated to the

TAC manager within four hours and to the highest management level within 96 hours, if

necessary.

Customer or Partner Driven Escalation

The process outlined in Figure 3 shows the escalation process when it is automatically

driven by the severity of the service request. However, customers or partners can

also request additional escalation if they feel they are not getting the required level

of attention in response to a problem. To escalate an issue, contact the Duty Manager,

using the phone number for your region. Specify if you need the TAC Duty Manager or

Logistics Duty Manager. The Duty Manager will assess the problem and, if necessary,

engage the TAC Manager or the TAC Engineer who owns the Service Request.

Additional resources might be assigned, or the Service Request might be reassigned

to another engineer if necessary.

Figure3: Service Request Escalation – Automatically Driven

1 Hour TAC Manager

4 Hour TAC Director TAC Manager

24 Hour VP TS (Joe Pinto) TAC Director

48 Hour CEO (John Chambers) VP TS (Joe Pinto)

96 Hour CEO (John Chambers)

Severity1

Network Down

Severity2

Severe Impact

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Communicating Updates to the Customer or Partner

In addition to top quality Technical Services, customers and partners expect timely

communication regarding the progress of their service request. To help ensure

each case originator receives periodic updates, a status is assigned to each service

request. The status can be updated by the TAC engineer or the originator in response

to a change of state or activity. Examples of status include updates to the service

request, working with the design engineer on software defects, and closure of the

service request pending customer or partner approval. The TAC has improved service

request handling and communication by providing periodic service request status

updates that are based on the stated severity level of the service request.

To help ensure accurate communications with the customer or partner, notes on the

service request are necessary, and there are elds to monitor the progress of the

service request, such as:

• Problem description, which provides initial details of the customer environment and

issue

• Action plan, which contains state of the service request

• Handoff notes, which contain a quick summary of updated problem description,

current status, and next steps

• Resolution summary

Accurate service request notes reduce the frequency of service request escalations

as well as provide a consistent framework should escalations or requeues be

necessary. They also provide customers with a time frame to resolution so they canplan for downtime if necessary.

Closing the Service Request

When closing a service request, the TAC engineer must update it in the system and

communicate the closure to the case originator. It is updated by entering a clear

resolution summary in the service request notes and updating the status to “close

pending.”

The TAC engineer will contact the case originator to discuss the intention of closing

the service request and explain that formal closure requires validation. If the originator

agrees that the technical service issues have been resolved and validates closure

of the service request, the TAC engineer updates the status to closed using the TACService Request Tool.

If the TAC engineer is unable to contact the case originator, the engineer attempts to

contact the originator with the intention of closing the service request three times over

ve business days. If there is no response from the case originator, the TAC engineer

will change the status to closed.

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The Role of Service Supply Chain Delivery

Technical Support SSCD, or Service Logistics order management helps ensure the

deployment of parts and eld services within the customer or partner’s contracted

terms. The process begins when the customer or partner seeks technical supportthrough the Cisco TAC. In response to parts replacement or eld service requirements,

the TAC generates a Service Order (formerly known as a RMA) to SSCD requesting

deployment of parts replacement or eld engineer services to the customer or

partner site.

Contractual fulllment for parts and labor begins when the service order is created.

These services are managed by the Technical Support SSCD Order Management

Team. Their role is to help ensure the request is completed by the appropriate

Third-Party Logistics or Third-Party Maintenance vendors and that the services are

delivered within the customer or partner’s contracted terms.

When onsite services have been completed, the customer or partner returns thedefective part to Cisco Asset Recovery team. A service order is required for returning

defective or damaged parts. To help ensure parts are returned, the Cisco Asset

Recovery team sends an e-mail reminder to the customer or partner three days after

the service order is generated, notifying them that the defective or damaged part must

be returned to Cisco. If the defective or damaged product is not returned within 10

business days, the customer or partner is required to pay for that product.

When requiring SSCD or logistics support, the customer can track a service order

using the Statustooland the contact information provided. If it becomes necessary,

the customer can contact the global contact center and request to speak to the SSCD

or the logistics dut y manager. For additional information on how to track your service

order, visit the ManageServiceOrderPage. Service order delivery can be delayed

because of customs or shipment of parts into restricted countries.

Deploying Parts and

Services as Part of theService Request

SpotlightonDepotSupplyChainManagement

• Enables global

hardware replacement

and onsite eld

engineer support

• Depots are locatedworldwide in 120+

countries

• Provide advance part

replacement

• 900+ depots

worldwide

• Deliver 720,000+parts annually

• Manages $6 billion+ of

hardware investment

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Service Levels Available to the CustomerHow quickly a part is dispatched depends on the service levels available from the

service logistics depots. The ServiceAvailabilityMatrix tool can be used to nd out

what service levels are available locally to the customer (Figure 4). There are seven

hardware replacement options from two hour to NBD.

Type Service

24x7x2 Highest level of service; 2-hour delivery around the clock 

24x7x4 4-hour delivery around the clock 

8x5x2 2-hour delivery; hardware request must be submitted during regional normalbusiness hours (09:00-17:00 local time)

8x5x44-hour delivery; hardware request must be submitted during regional normal

business hours (09:00-17:00 local time)

NBD Next Business Day delivery of hardware request submitted before cutoff time

SDS Same-Day Ship of hardware request submitted before local cut-off time

RTF 10/15Return to Factory; Cisco ships part to customer 10/15 days after receiving the

failed part from the customer

Figure4Service Level Options

Depot Stocking Process and Parts

The depot stocking process determines parts allocation required for service

replacement part stocking in Cisco depots. All stocking processes are automated and

driven systematically by contract and usage data, with information refreshed daily, 365

days a year.

In this process, the partner’s equipment listing and site information from their contract

is entered in the Cisco contract system. It is important this contract information is

entered correctly to help ensure proper stocking. Each night, the logistics system

synchronizes with the contract database and analyzes the contract data to determine

stocking requirements. Contract management is provided by the Cisco Service

Contract Center. Service Plans from Product Data Teams support provision when newproducts are rolled out or there are service parts issues. The logistics system then

generates orders for the depot replenishment. The parts are either pulled from stock 

or are requested as new buy. Orders generally ship the day following the receipt of the

request.

Spares are stocked in the depots based on three categories of replacement parts —

eld replaceable units, expendable eld replaceable units, and non-eld replaceable

units.

Field replaceable units, or FRUs, comprise 98% of all replaceable items and refer to

any component or sub-assembly listed in the Master Service Agreement. They’re

subject to size and weight limitations that determine if they can be reasonably

replaced at a customer or partner location. FRUs are replaceable by a single person,

require no special tools or test equipment to install, and have a weight limitation that in

some countries or situations may be as low as 22 kilograms.

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Expendable FRUs are disposable items such as cables, lters, power cords, mountingand installation hardware, and so on, and these are stocked at the Distribution Centers.

Non-eld replaceable units are extra large and heavy weight items, such as chassis

and card cages. These are generally parts that require more than one person to

deliver and replace. Also included in this category are a limited number of rarely

requested parts, such as those with long mean time between failure.

Fullment by Original Equipment Manufacturers

Original Equipment Manufacturer (or OEM) Product Support is specic to Media

Convergence Servers and IP phones.

Cisco works with various OEMs to manufacture and ship Cisco-branded servers andappliances based on the OEM’s standard models. To ensure customer satisfaction,

Cisco works with the OEMs to provide hardware technical support and logistics

delivery for parts and Field Engineers (or FEs.)

When a customer or partner has a technical issue with an OEM part, the Cisco

TAC takes the initial call from the partner and contacts the OEM partner once it’s

determined there is a hardware problem. The OEM partner works with the TAC and/or

the partner to troubleshoot the issue, identify the cause, and determine the appropriate

hardware resolution. Based on a partner’s entitlement with Cisco, the OEM partner will

provide the same type of support for the defective parts. Once the issue is resolved,

the OEM closes the service request with Cisco and the TAC closes the service request

with the customer or partner.

Cisco’s OEM service providers are available to the TAC 24 hours a day, seven days a

week, 365 days a year. They provide next business day, four-hour, onsite, and part-only

support. OEMs provide service rst on products in OEM-supported countries.

It is important to note that:

• Contracts must be correctly updated with correct install locations and serial

numbers.

• The OEM TAC provides Level 1 and 2 support.

• Countries not supported by OEMs are supported entirely by the Cisco TAC and

Cisco logistics.

Dead on Arrival Process

Dead On Arrival (or DOA) refers to the operational state of a Cisco product at the time

it is received by a customer or partner. When a product is received DOA, the customer

must contact Cisco or their partner to request shipment of a new part. This is known as

the fulllment process. It is important to note if the product was purchased through a

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distributor or reseller, the DOA must be processed by the partner. Further information

on the DOA process is located here. There are two fulllment processes for DOA

products.

Dead on Arrival Manufacturing is a Cisco manufacturing fulllment process for newly

purchased equipment that experiences a functional failure during initial power-on,

installation, or self-test.

DOA-Manufacturing replacement has the following requirements:

• A TAC service request must be opened in order to generate and track a DOA-

Manufacturing request.

• TAC was able to troubleshoot the issue with the customer or partner, and their

diagnosis requires that a part (or parts) needs to be replaced.

• TAC must be able to conrm that the functional failure of the hardware occurred

during the rst power-on, initial use, or boot-up of the equipment. This determines

whether or not the unit is a DOA.

• The customer or partner must provide the original sales purchase order or serial

number of the part (or parts) in question.

• If the product was purchased through a distributor or reseller, the DOA must be

processed by the distributor or reseller.

Dead On Arrival Service is applicable when a service replacement part is sent to a

customer or partner via a Return Material Authorization, but that par t is not working

properly (for example, it will not boot, is missing a heat-sink, etc.) In this case, the part is

replaced with another service replacement part.

DOA-Service replacement has the following requirements:

• Service parts must have recently been shipped and not worked upon install.

• A TAC service request must be opened.

• If the previous service request number has not been closed, there is no need to

open another service request.

• TAC diagnosis requires parts replacement.

• TAC conrms functional failure occurred during rst power-on, initial use, or boot up.

• Customer or partner must provide the serial number of the defective part.

There are a number of situations that do not qualify for DOA fulllment.

• Items delivered to the customer or partner with damaged packaging

• Items that are opened and have visual defects such as scratches, dents, and cracks

• Under shipments where a customer or partner received less than the number of

products ordered or required

• Mis-shipments, where the customer or partner didn’t receive the product they

ordered.

• Products purchased from a reseller or distributor when the customer or partner

expected “New” product must be processed through the distributor or reseller.

• Upgrades and trade-ins must be handled through proper channels.

• Field notices and recalls have separate processes

• Swap outs and exchanges are not replaced with like-for-like parts, and therefore are

not DOA issues.

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The Cisco Support Website offers a variety of features and tools that drive problem

resolution available to customers with a service contract. The knowledge library and

technical documentation offer over 90,000 documents and 13 core tools and utilities

to help solve technical problems. Users can navigate by product or they can use

advanced search tools to locate the information they need.

Users can select and download software, and they can use the available support tools

including the Software Advisor, Bug Toolkit, and Output Interpreter, among others.

Personalized support is available through My Tech Support, and the Small Medium

Business Support Assistant. Users can even open and track the status of service

requests using the Service Request Tool. The Cisco Support Website also provides

access to online communities and training 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Download Software Tool

Customers or partners can search to nd the exact software update, patch or x

based on their system specications. After they locate the correct software, they can

download and install it on their system using detailed instructions provided by the

Download Software tool. Entitlement to theDownloadSoftwaretool is determined

through the contracts that are associated to the customer’s Cisco.com ID. (See User

Access to Cisco Services section above for more information.)

Software Advisor

The SoftwareAdvisor determines compatibility and feature information for CiscoIOS® Software and Cisco Catalyst® operating system software to help customers and

partners determine which software is right for their Cisco hardware. Given a hardware

platform, the Software Advisor can help you identify compatible operating system

software that offers the functionality you need. You can also match your hardware

with the available Cisco software and compare releases to help you select the right

operating system software. After you identify compatible software, you can compare

releases and determine the amount of memory required for the download.

Bug Toolkit

The BugToolkithelps customers and partners troubleshoot a problem or review

known bugs in a software release. The customers or partners can search for bugs

when they know the bug ID, by Cisco IOS Software release version, or for bugs in otherCisco hardware and software.

How Customers and Partners

Can Make the Most of theCisco Support Website for

Tools and Resources

SpotlightonCisco

SupportWebsite

• 80 percent of all

customer issues are

solved online

• 226,000 customerissues solved online

every month

• 2+ million unique

visitors per month

• 24 million page views

per month

• 2.8 million softwaredownloads per month

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Output Interpreter

TheOutputInterpreter is a useful tool to help analyze the output from commandsto determine what to do next. They can analyze output from show commands, errors,

warnings, and status information. The Output Interpreter includes helpful references

to other sources of information. It analyzes Cisco IOS Software and Cisco Catalyst

switch and secure PIX® rewall software error messages and provides explanations,

recommended actions, and related resources.

Training

Through the Cisco Support Website customers can access training materials

including TechnicalSupportTrainingResourcesand Cisco career certications

and paths. With the Technical Support Training Resources, customers and

partners can learn how to use the Cisco Support Website to nd critical technical

documentation and online tools to help troubleshoot issues, enhance networking skills

and support their networks. By following the Cisco career certications and paths,

customers and partners will learn how the widely-respected Cisco career certications

can bring valuable, measurable rewards to network professionals, their managers, and

the organizations that employ them.

Communities

TheNetworkingProfessionalsConnection(or NetPro) allows customers and

partners to share questions, suggestions and information about networking solutions,

products and technologies in discussion forums, tech talks and “ask-the-expert”

forums.

Cisco Technical Support Newsletter

By subscribing to the Cisco Technical Services Newsletter, see gure 5, customers

and partners receive the latest technical information and tool updates.

Subscribe at: www.cisco.com/techsupport/newsletter

Figure5:Cisco Technical Services Newsletter (April 2007 Edition)

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Industry Awards

Cisco has won a number of industry awards for excellence and best practice in thedelivery of technical services to our customers. Here are some of the recent awards:

 

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Further InformationFor further information about any of the topics covered in this guide please visit

TechnicalServices on the Cisco Support Website .

There is also a Technical Services Delivery Quick Reference Guide and E-Learning

Program to accompany this guide, which can be accessed through the

PartnerEducationConnection (PEC).

Cisco has more than 200 offices worldwide. Addresses, phone numbers, and fax numbers are listed on the Cisco Website at www.cisco.com/go/offices.

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