Lifecycle Advantage UCS Central Campaign Objectives

Primary objective: Make sure our customers are USING and REALIZING VALUE from their UCS Central purchase.

This digital journey will help us:

Increase license and account activations

Accelerate enablement

Establish value for the customer

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Target Customers

NEW UCS Central customers:

Customers that have not activated their license(s) within 3 weeks of their last license activation date

Customers that have not activated their license(s) within 3 weeks of their order being shipped to them

EXISTING UCS Central customers:

Customers that have inactivated license(s) more than 3 weeks old from their last license activation date

Customers that have inactivated license(s) more than 3 weeks old from the original ship date

Partners can supply preferred contact(s) in LCA. If they don’t, this journey uses the Best Contact Model, which identifies the top 6 contacts at an account who are most likely to open an email.

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Partner Customization Options

Frequency: Data loaded monthly (if opportunity is available)

Co-branded: Yes

Partner value statement: No

Digital Journey

Desired Customer Action: To have customers activate their product authorization key (PAK) or Smart License and show customers how to get UCS Central connected to their UCS infrastructure.

Please click through the buttons below to explore the Digital Journey.

Welcome

If PAK is activated, the Welcome email is sent 3 weeks from activation date.

Everything you need to get the most out of Cisco UCS Central
Welcome to Cisco UCS Central
Hi Professional,
We can’t wait to help you enable the management scalability that your organization needs to be more efficient and effective. We’ve put together four tips to help guide you through a successful deployment.
Let’s get started.
With Cisco UCS Central, you can build on and enhance the capabilities of Cisco UCS Manager with a single point of management for as many as 10,000 servers. Manage servers in multiple data centers and remote locations as easily as you can manage one.
Want to learn more?
Check out the UCS Central resource center. 		Reminder
Enjoy being the ruler of all your domains.
Your Cisco UCS Central Team
Contact us
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Onboarding

For NOT Activated customers only. Onboarding email is sent 1 week after the Welcome email. If the customer still has not activated after 1 week, an activation reminder email will be sent.

Follow these four easy steps for success with Cisco UCS Central
Cisco UCS Central
Hi Professional,
If you have already activated your license, check out this four-step guide to success.
Still haven’t activated? You’re so close to being able to manage your data centers at scale. Activate now, either by entering your PAK or with Smart Licensing.
Activate your PAK
Learn about Smart Licensing.
We’ve also created these helpful deployment resources.
Enjoy being the ruler of all your domains.
Your Cisco UCS Central Team
Contact us
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Feature Education

For Activated customers only. The first Adopt email is sent 1 week after the Welcome email. The second Adopt email is sent a week after the first.

Get to know your Cisco UCS Central dashboard
Cisco UCS Central:
Custom Dashboards
Now that you’ve deployed Cisco UCS Central, you’re well on your way to managing all of your Cisco UCS domains from a single location. Let’s take a look at customizing the dashboard to match your operational requirements.
UCS Central Adopt video
Meet your dashboard
The video also introduces you to the new Cisco UCS Central 1.5 user interface. You’ll see how to navigate your domain groups and access important admin functions.
Want to learn more? Check out the UCS Central resource center.
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Backup Reminder

For Activated customers only. The Backup Reminder email is sent 2 weeks after the second Adopt email.

Log in to your cisco.com Cisco UCS Central page for
training resources, contract details, and more.
Cisco UCS Central:
Custom Dashboards
Make sure that you are able to recover Cisco UCS Central and the registered Cisco UCS domains by scheduling a backup and restore policy.
Learn how
Although you can always perform an on-demand backup, creating a scheduled backup is simple and it won’t interrupt or affect any server or network traffic.
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