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8.7 Incident Management

8.7.1 Incident Classification

Priority Definition Response Resolution
P1 - Critical Service outage affecting >50 users 15 min 4 hours
P2 - High Feature outage or >10 users affected 30 min 8 hours
P3 - Medium Single user or non-critical feature 2 hours 24 hours
P4 - Low Minor issue, workaround exists 4 hours 72 hours

8.7.2 P1 Incident Procedure

Procedure: Critical Incident Response

Step Action Owner Timeline
1 Acknowledge alert/report Help Desk 0 min
2 Verify scope of impact Help Desk 5 min
3 Classify as P1 if criteria met Help Desk 10 min
4 Page Voice Engineering Lead Help Desk 10 min
5 Open bridge call Voice Eng 15 min
6 Check Webex status page Voice Eng 15 min
7 If Webex issue: Open Cisco TAC case (Sev 1) Voice Eng 20 min
8 If local issue: Begin troubleshooting Voice Eng 20 min
9 Notify stakeholders Voice Eng Lead 30 min
10 Provide hourly updates Voice Eng Ongoing
11 Document resolution Voice Eng Post-incident
12 Conduct post-incident review Voice Eng Lead Within 5 days

8.7.3 Cisco TAC Escalation

Procedure: Open TAC Case

Step Action Notes
1 Navigate to support.cisco.com Cisco support portal
2 Login with CCO ID Linked to contract
3 Click "Open a Case" New case
4 Select Technology: Collaboration Webex Calling
5 Select Sub-technology: Webex Calling Specific product
6 Set Severity:
- Severity 1: Network down P1
- Severity 2: Severe impact P2
- Severity 3: Moderate impact P3/P4
7 Enter problem description Be specific
8 Include:
- Org ID
- Affected users/devices
- Timeline of issue
- Troubleshooting done
9 Attach logs if requested Control Hub exports
10 Note case number Reference for follow-up

TAC Contact Numbers:

Region Phone
Americas +1-800-553-2447
EMEA +32-2-704-5555
APAC +61-2-8446-7411
India 1800-103-5312

8.7.4 Incident Documentation Template

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|  INCIDENT REPORT                                                 |
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|                                                                 |
|  Incident ID: INC-XXXXXXX                                      |
|  Priority: P1 / P2 / P3 / P4                                   |
|  Status: Open / In Progress / Resolved / Closed                |
|                                                                 |
|  TIMELINE:                                                     |
|  Reported:    YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM                                 |
|  Acknowledged: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM                                |
|  Resolved:    YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM                                 |
|                                                                 |
|  IMPACT:                                                       |
|  Users Affected: ___                                           |
|  Locations:     ___                                            |
|  Services:      ___                                            |
|                                                                 |
|  DESCRIPTION:                                                  |
|  _______________________________________________               |
|                                                                 |
|  ROOT CAUSE:                                                   |
|  _______________________________________________               |
|                                                                 |
|  RESOLUTION:                                                   |
|  _______________________________________________               |
|                                                                 |
|  PREVENTION:                                                   |
|  _______________________________________________               |
|                                                                 |
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