Contents

• Cisco Active Advisor for APIC-EM Release Notes
• What's New in Cisco Active Advisor for APIC-EM
• Installing Active Advisor for APIC-EM
• Limitations and Restrictions
• Troubleshooting and Opening a Service Request
• Related Documentation
• Notices
• Trademarks

First Published: April 13, 2017

Cisco Active Advisor for APIC-EM Release Notes

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What's New in Cisco Active Advisor for APIC-EM

Active Advisor provides information about the devices in your Cisco APIC-EM inventory that have hardware End-of-Life warnings and vulnerabilities that have been identified by the Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT).

Installing Active Advisor for APIC-EM

From the Application Management Update page in APIC-EM, drag and drop the Active Advisor image (apic-em-caa-application-1.4.0.142.application file) to the appropriate spot. For a detailed explanation with screen shots, go here: https:/​/​help.ciscoactiveadvisor.com/​solution/​articles/​13000029387-how-do-i-install-active-advisor-for-apic-em-

Limitations and Restrictions

Active Advisor has the following limitations and restrictions:

• Active Advisor requires an outbound connection to the internet and a DNS configuration that enables your APIC-EM controller to reach the following two sites:

  • https:/​/​op2-prd1-dprox.cisco.com

  • https:/​/​ciscoactiveadvisor.com

  You can test your controller internet connectivity using the procedure in the following article:

  https:/​/​help.ciscoactiveadvisor.com/​solution/​articles/​13000030655-how-do-i-check-to-see-if-my-apic-em-controller-has-access-to-the-necessary-web-services-to-function-p

• The APIC-EM Telemetry collection service must be enabled. See the following article for information about how to check that it's enabled:

  https:/​/​help.ciscoactiveadvisor.com/​solution/​articles/​13000030658-how-do-i-ensure-that-telemetry-collection-is-turned-on-on-my-apic-em-controller-

Troubleshooting and Opening a Service Request

For troubleshooting FAQs and procedures for Active Advisor, see our knowledge base at the following URL:

https:/​/​help.ciscoactiveadvisor.com/​solution/​folders/​13000006583

If you can’t find what you are looking for, click New support ticket and open a ticket. One of our developers will get back to you.

Related Documentation

The Active Advisor application is one of a suite of applications that runs on the APIC-EM controller. For knowledge articles about Active Advisor, see the Active Advisor knowledge base at the following URL:

https:/​/​help.ciscoactiveadvisor.com/​support/​solutions/​13000001875

For documentation about the APIC-EM controller and its additional applications, see the following URL:

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​c/​en/​us/​support/​cloud-systems-management/​one-enterprise-network-controller/​tsd-products-support-series-home.html

Notices

Trademarks

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