System

This chapter contains the following sections:

Privacy Settings

Some of the features of Cisco Business Dashboard Lite require the use of online services hosted by Cisco and result in the sharing of certain information with Cisco. These services include:

  • Lifecycle Reporting—This feature includes the generation of the Lifecycle Report, End of Life Report and Maintenance Report in Cisco Business Dashboard Lite. Lifecycle Reporting is enabled by default.

  • Product Improvement—This feature allows Cisco Business Dashboard Lite to send information about hardware and software usage in the network for the purpose of further developing the Cisco product portfolio. Product Improvement is enabled by default.

  • Software Updates— Notification of the availability of software updates for network devices, and the ability to have those updates automatically applied. Software Updates are enabled by default.

All of these features are subject to the Cisco Privacy Policy and you may enable or disable them at any time. The Privacy Settings page is displayed during the initial setup of the Dashboard, allowing you to disable any of the default enabled features prior to any network data being collected. More detail for each of these features and the information shared may be found below.

Lifecycle Reporting

Cisco Business Dashboard Lite provides information on the lifecycle state of each of the Cisco devices in the network. In order to do this, the Dashboard must provide Cisco with the product ID, serial number and hardware and software versions for each Cisco device. The IP address of the Dashboard may also be recorded. No personal or sensitive information will be intentionally collected during this process.

To disable the generation of lifecycle reports, follow the steps below.

  1. Navigate to System>Privacy Settings.

  2. Un-check the check boxes for the reports you wish to disable.

  3. Click Save.

Product Improvement

By enabling this feature, Cisco Business Dashboard Lite periodically sends hardware and software product usage information to Cisco. The IP address of the Dashboard may also be recorded. No personal or sensitive information will be intentionally collected during this process.

To see an example of what information is sent, follow the steps below.

  1. Navigate to System > Privacy Settings.

  2. Click the View a Sample link next to the Send product improvement data to Cisco checkbox. An example of an upload with sample data will be displayed.

To disable the generation of product improvement data, do the following:

  1. Navigate to System > Privacy Settings.

  2. Uncheck the Send product improvement data to Cisco checkbox.

  3. Click Save.

Software Updates

Use of this feature requires Cisco Business Dashboard Lite to send the product ID and hardware and software version information for each device to Cisco. Your local IP address may also be recorded. No personal or sensitive information will be intentionally collected during this process.

To disable the use of automatic software updates, do the following:

  1. Navigate to System>Privacy Settings.

  2. Un-check the check boxes for both device firmware checks and Cisco Business Dashboard Lite application checks.

  3. Click Save.

Log Settings

The Log Settings page allows you to control the amount of detail included in log files. The default logging level is Info, but you can reduce the number of messages logged by selecting Warn or Error, or view more detail by selecting Debug.

To change the log levels for the Dashboard, follow the steps below.

  1. Navigate to System > Log Settings.

  2. Use the radio buttons to select the desired logging level.

  3. Click Save.

The log files for the Dashboard can be found in the directory %LOCALAPPDATA%\CiscoBusiness\DashboardLite/logs on the local file-system. You may click Download Log File to download an archive of the contents of this directory. It may take several minutes to collect all the data.