Field Notice: FN - 70540 - Limited Releases of Cisco Field Network Director Affected by Adobe Flash End-of-Life Announcement - Software Upgrade Recommended

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Updated:April 17, 2020

Document ID:FN70540

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Revision History

Revision	Publish Date	Comments
1.0	16-Apr-20	Initial Release

Products Affected

Affected OS Type	Affected Software Product	Affected Release	Affected Release Number	Comments
NON-IOS	Field Network Director for Bare Metal Installation	4	4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3	FND for both, Bare Metal and Virtual Machine is affected FND 2.X is affected FND 3.X is affected FND 4.0, 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3 is affected

Defect Information

Defect ID	Headline
CSCvt54875	End of life for Flash Player affects FND

Problem Description

On 2020-12-31, Adobe Systems will officially no longer distribute and update Adobe Flash. This announcement affects customers who use Cisco's Field Network Director (FND) Release 4.1 and earlier. Refer to the Affected Release Number and Comments in the Products Affected section for specific product information.

Background

Adobe Systems announced that it will no longer officially distribute or update Adobe Flash after 2020-12-31. Mozilla has already discontinued support for Adobe Flash while Internet Explorer and Chrome will stop Adobe Flash on 2020-12-31.

See the End-Of-Life (EoL) Announcement from Adobe for more information.

This announcement affects limited releases of Cisco's FND. See the Affected Release Numbers and Comments in the Products Affected section.

Cisco FND Release 4.2 and later do NOT use Adobe flash and are NOT impacted by this field notice.

Problem Symptom

Cisco's FND releases, as listed in the Affected Release Numbers and Comments in the Products Affected section, that require Adobe Flash for displays such as charts and device statistics will NOT be visible after the Flash EOL date.

Workaround/Solution

There is no workaround.

Since Cisco FND Release 4.2 and 4.3 are End-of-Sale (EoS), customers are advised to upgrade to Cisco FND Release 4.4 or later.

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