First Published: October 23, 2017

Cisco Network Visibility Application for APIC-EM Release Notes, Release 1.6.0.x

This document describes the features, limitations, and bugs in Cisco Network Visibility applications (Discovery, Inventory, and Host), Release 1.6.0.x.

Along with Cisco Path Trace, Cisco APIC-EM supports the following additional applications:

  • Cisco Path Trace

  • Cisco EasyQoS

  • Cisco Active Advisor

  • Cisco Integrity Verification

  • Cisco Remote Troubleshooter

  • Cisco Wide Area Bonjour

  • Cisco IWAN

  • Cisco Network PnP

For information about the Cisco APIC-EM controller infrastructure (system requirements, security, licensing, supported multi-host configurations, and so on) and the other Cisco APIC-EM applications, see their corresponding release notes at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/cloud-systems-management/one-enterprise-network-controller/products-release-notes-list.html

What’s New in Network Visibility

The Cisco APIC-EM software release provides the following new network visibility applications (Discovery, Inventory, Host) features and functionality:

  • Support for Cisco 4221 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR).

  • Support for Cisco 1100 Series Integrated Service Routers (ISR).

Supported Platforms and Software Requirements

For information about the network devices and software versions that Network Visibility supports, see Cisco Network Visibility Application for APIC-EM Supported Platforms.

Installing or Upgrading Network Visibility

The Network Visibility image is built into the APIC-EM controller image. When you install or upgrade to APIC-EM 1.5.0.x, the Network Visibility Release 1.5.0.x is installed or upgraded as well.

After installing or upgrading the APIC-EM software, you can begin to use Network Visibility immediately. For any of the following information, see these sources:

Table 1. Information Sources for Installing or Upgrading Network Visibility

Information

Source

Installing APIC-EM or Network Visibility

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module Installation Guide

Upgrading APIC-EM or Network Visibility

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module Upgrade Guide

Obtaining bug information about APIC-EM

 Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module Release Notes

Caveats

Open Caveats

The following table lists the open caveats for this release.

Caveat ID Number

Headline

CSCve74778

When logged in as a user with both policy admin and observer roles for different groups, there is no Discovery displayed. Discovery does not even display for the devices that have a policy admin role.

Workaround:

There is no workaround at this time.

CSCve41984

IP Device Tracking (IPDT) does not work with certain specific Cisco Integrated Service Routers (C898EAG-LTE-GA-K9).

Workaround:

There is no workaround at this time.

CSCuy41584

VRF filters in Topology and Inventory will not work for Nexus platforms.

Workaround:

There is no workaround at this time.

CSCvc93928

The Command Runner application may not be able to retrieve the command output file if the it is too large as a result of having too much command output data.

Commands with large amounts of data:

  • show tech-support

  • show subsys

  • show logging

  • show spanning-tree

  • show processes

  • show memory

  • show msglog

  • show memory history

  • show traplog

  • show queueinfo

Workaround:

For each request, run only one of these commands on one device at a time.

CSCvd09216

IPDT fails if IPDT is performed during discovery when a device is in a Managed state but the device role has not yet been determined (device in Unknown state).

Workaround:

Start a new discovery only when devices of all previously started discoveries are in a Managed state.

CSCvd12902

Inventory should not add an IP address learned using IP Device Tracking (IPDT) to the host inventory if it is also the IP address of a discovered device's interface.

Workaround:

There is no workaround at this time.

Using the Bug Search Tool

Use the Bug Search tool to search for a specific bug or to search for all bugs in this release.

Procedure

Step 1

Go to http://tools.cisco.com/bugsearch.

Step 2

At the Log In screen, enter your registered Cisco.com username and password; then, click Log In. The Bug Search page opens.

Note 

If you do not have a Cisco.com username and password, you can register for them at http://tools.cisco.com/RPF/register/register.do.

Step 3

To search for a specific bug, enter the bug ID in the Search For field and press Return.

Step 4

To search for bugs in the current release:

  1. In the Search For field, enter APIC-EM and press Return. (Leave the other fields empty.)

  2. When the search results are displayed, use the filter tools to find the types of bugs you are looking for. You can search for bugs by modified date, status, severity, and so forth.

    Note 
    To export the results to a spreadsheet, click the Export Results to Excel link.

Limitations and Restrictions

The Network Visibility application has the following limitations and restrictions.


Note

Refer to the other Cisco APIC-EM application release notes or Cisco APIC-EM controller release notes for information about any other application or infrastructure-specific issues.

  • When performing a Cisco APIC-EM discovery using an IP range, the ping sweep protocol (ICMP ping) is required. If ICMP ping is not enabled in your network, then use either the CDP discovery option for a discovery or directly add devices to the Cisco APIC-EM Device Inventory using the controller's GUI.

  • HTTP and HTTPS are not supported for device discovery for this release.

  • There is a 255 character limit when entering a multi-range IP address for a Discovery job. The Discovery job will fail if you enter more than 255 characters for a multi-range IP address.

  • The IP Device Tracking (IPDT) controllability feature is provided as a static configuration that is pushed to devices within your network during a discovery. The IPDT controllability feature overwrites the current state of IPDT configurations on the devices. If you do not want the existing IPDT configurations on the devices to be disturbed, you need to disable the IPDT controllability feature in the APIC-EM Settings. To do this, from the Global toolbar, click admin (shown as admin with the gear icon) > Settings > Device Controllability. In the Device Controllability window, turn off IPDT autoconfiguration by selecting No for IPDT Autoconfig.

Service and Support

Troubleshooting

See the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module Troubleshooting Guide, for troubleshooting procedures.

Related Documentation

The following publications are available for the Cisco APIC-EM:

Cisco APIC-EM Controller Documentation

For this type of information...

See this document...

Release information, including new features, system requirements, and open and resolved caveats.

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module Release Notes

Installation and configuration of the controller, including post-installation tasks.

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module Installation Guide

Introduction to the Cisco APIC-EM GUI and its applications.

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module Quick Start Guide 1

Configuration of user accounts, RBAC scope, security certificates, authentication and password policies, and global discovery settings.

Monitoring and managing Cisco APIC-EM services.

Backup and restore.

Cisco APIC-EM APIs.

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module Administrator Guide

Troubleshooting the controller, including the installation, services, and passwords.

Developer console.

How to contact the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC).

Cisco Application Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module Troubleshooting Guide

Tasks to perform before updating the controller to the latest version.

Software update instructions.

Tasks to perform after an update.

Cisco Application Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module Upgrade Guide

1 Available from the APIC-EM controller System Info window.

Cisco Active Advisor Application Documentation

For this type of information...

See this document...

Release information, including open and resolved caveats for the Cisco Active Advisor application.

Cisco Active Advisor for APIC-EM Release Notes

Cisco EasyQoS Application Documentation

For this type of information...

See this document...

Release information, including open and resolved caveats for the Cisco EasyQoS application.

Cisco EasyQoS Application for APIC-EM Release Notes

Supported platforms and software releases.

Cisco EasyQoS Application for APIC-EM Supported Platforms

Installation of the application. (This application is installed as part of the Cisco APIC-EM controller software.)

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module Installation Guide

Configuration of quality of service policies on the network devices in your network.

Cisco EasyQoS Application for APIC-EM User Guide

Cisco Integrity Verification Application Documentation

For this type of information...

See this document...

Release information, including open and resolved caveats for the Cisco Integrity Verification application.

Cisco Integrity Verification Application (Beta) on APIC-EM Release Notes

Using the Cisco Integrity Verification application.

Cisco Integrity Verification Application (Beta) on APIC-EM User Guide

Cisco IWAN Application Documentation

For this type of information...

See this document...

Release information, including open and resolved caveats for the Cisco IWAN application.

Cisco IWAN Application on APIC-EM Release Notes

Using the Cisco IWAN application.

Cisco IWAN Application on APIC-EM User Guide

Cisco Network Plug and Play Application Documentation

For this type of information...

See this document...

Release information, including open and resolved caveats for the Cisco Plug and Play application.

Supported Cisco devices for Cisco Network Plug and Play.

Release Notes for Cisco Network Plug and Play

Configuration of devices using Cisco Network Plug and Play.

Configuration Guide for Cisco Network Plug and Play on Cisco APIC-EM

Cisco Network Plug and Play Agent Configuration Guide or Cisco Open Plug-n-Play Agent Configuration Guide (depending on the Cisco IOS XE release)

Cisco Network Plug and Play solution overview.

Main workflows used with the Cisco Network Plug and Play solution.

Deployment of the Cisco Network Plug and Play solution.

Tasks for using proxies with the Cisco Network Plug and Play solution.

Configuration of a DHCP server for APIC-EM controller auto-discovery.

Troubleshooting procedures for the Cisco Network Plug and Play solution.

Solution Guide for Cisco Network Plug and Play

Information about using the Cisco Plug and Play Mobile App.

Mobile Application User Guide for Cisco Network Plug and Play (also accessible in the app through Help)

Cisco Network Visibility Application Documentation

For this type of information...

See this document...

Release information, including open and resolved caveats for the Cisco Network Visibility application.

Cisco Network Visibility Application for APIC-EM Release Notes

Supported platforms and software releases.

Cisco Network Visibility Application for APIC-EM Supported Platforms

Installation of the application. (This application is installed as part of the Cisco APIC-EM controller software.)

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module Installation Guide

Network discovery, device and host management, topology maps.

Cisco Network Visibility Application for APIC-EM User Guide

Cisco Path Trace Application Documentation

For this type of information...

See this document...

Release information, including open and resolved caveats for the Path Trace application.

Cisco Path Trace Application for APIC-EM Release Notes

Supported platforms and software releases.

Cisco Path Trace Application for APIC-EM Supported Platforms

Installation of the application. (This application is installed as part of the Cisco APIC-EM controller software.)

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module Installation Guide

Procedures for performing path traces and information about how to understand the path trace results.

Cisco Path Trace Application for APIC-EM User Guide

Cisco Remote Troubleshooter Application Documentation

For this type of information...

See this document...

Release information, including open and resolved caveats for the Cisco Remote Troubleshooter application.

Cisco Remote Troubleshooter Application on APIC-EM Release Notes

Using the Cisco Remote Troubleshooter application.

Cisco Remote Troubleshooter Application on APIC-EM User Guide

Cisco Wide Area Bonjour Application Documentation

For this type of information...

See this document...

Release information, including open and resolved caveats for the Cisco Wide Area Bonjour application.

Cisco Wide Area Bonjour Application for APIC-EM Release Notes

Installation, configuration, troubleshooting, and usage of the application.

Cisco Wide Area Bonjour Application for APIC-EM User Guide

Cisco APIC-EM Developer Documentation

The Cisco APIC-EM developer website is located on the Cisco DevNet website

For this type of information...

See this document...

API functions, parameters, and responses.

APIC-EM API Reference Guide

Tutorial introduction to controller GUI, DevNet sandboxes and APIC-EM NB REST API.

Getting Started with Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module (APIC-EM)

Hands-on coding experience calling APIC-EM NB REST API from Python.

APIC-EM Learning Labs

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