Table Of Contents
Cisco Prime for IP NGN 1.1 Release Notes
Contents
Introduction
New Features and Enhancements
Prime for IP NGN Bugs
Open Bugs
Using the Bug Toolkit
Related Documentation
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Cisco Prime for IP NGN 1.1 Release Notes
October 23, 2012
These release notes provide an overview of Cisco Prime for IP NGN 1.1, an architecture supported by the Cisco Prime Carrier Management suite. These release notes also describe how to access bugs for this product.
Note 
You can access the most current Prime for IP NGN documentation, including these release notes, on Cisco.com at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps12290/tsd_products_support_series_home.html.
Contents
These release notes contain the following sections:
•Introduction
•New Features and Enhancements
•Prime for IP NGN Bugs
•Related Documentation
•Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Introduction
The Cisco Prime Carrier Management suite for service providers supports integrated lifecycle management of next-generation networks and services based on a business-centric framework. This comprehensive suite supports major Cisco architectures, including IP NGN, next-generation mobile internet, and cloud intelligent networks.
As shown in Figure 1, Prime Carrier Management includes the following suite components, which are accessible through the Cisco Prime Central portal.
Note Cisco might have released patches to the required component versions after this document was last published online. Contact your Cisco account representative for the latest component patch that is compatible with Prime Carrier Management.
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Suite Component Version
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Description
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Cisco Prime Central 1.1 |
Plays the role of the presentation tier for the entire suite. The portal provides a single point of access (single sign-on) to the Prime Central domain managers, plus central access to the experience lifecycle tasks. |
Cisco Prime Network 3.9 |
Provides management of packet networks, including access, aggregation, edge, and MPLS core. Formerly Cisco Active Network Abstraction. |
Cisco Prime Optical 9.6 |
Provides efficient and productive optical infrastructure management for fault, configuration, performance, and security. Formerly Cisco Transport Manager. |
Cisco Prime Performance Manager 1.2 |
Provides performance statistics and reports for service provider and large enterprise networks, including access, edge, distribution, core, mobile backhaul, Carrier Ethernet, and core MPLS networks. |
Cisco Prime Provisioning 6.3 |
Provides automated resource management and rapid profile-based provisioning capabilities for Carrier Ethernet, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), and Packet Transport technologies. Formerly Cisco IP Solution Center and Cisco Prime Fulfillment. |
Figure 1 Prime Carrier Management Suite Components
New Features and Enhancements
Prime Carrier Management includes the following features and enhancements for next-generation network support:
•Accelerated service deployment—Significantly reduce the time to deploy services through automated network configuration and point-and-click provisioning capabilities.
•Lower capital expenditures (CapEx)—Maximize the value of the existing investment in network infrastructure through efficient management of network resources and assets.
•Reduce operating expenses (OpEx)—Lower operational costs through a central point of access to enable efficient execution of the service lifecycle management tasks, including design, fulfillment, assurance, and analysis.
•Improved quality of service (QoS)—Enhance customer experience and meet stringent service-level agreements (SLAs) through rapid fault isolation and repair of network issues that cause service degradations or interruptions.
•Optimized operational efficiencies—Promote consistencies in delivery and management of services through seamless integration between domain managers and service lifecycle management applications.
An integral part of the Prime Carrier Management suite, Prime Central 1.1 provides a single point of access (single sign-on) to the suite components, as well as cross-launch to Cisco InTracer. Prime Central includes the following features:
•Support for LDAP, TACACS+, and RADIUS authentication plug-ins.
•Virtualization on VMware configurations.
•Common user management with role-based access control (RBAC).
•Grouping-to-suite component mapping.
•Common adopted installation framework.
•Database and application monitoring.
•Common physical inventory management, including 3GPP for inventory file transfer.
•Common cross-domain alarm management:
–Aggregation, correlation, and deduplication of alarms.
–Portlets with customized views and filters.
–Full alarm lifecycle support.
–Seamless cross-launch of the source domain manager.
–Seamless access from alarms to common inventory.
–Pregenerated reports for active and historical alarms.
–SNMP forwarding (OSS integration).
Prime for IP NGN Bugs
For more information on a specific bug or to search all Prime for IP NGN bugs in the Prime Carrier Management suite, see Using the Bug Toolkit.
This section contains the following information:
•Open Bugs
•Using the Bug Toolkit
Open Bugs
Table 1 lists open bugs in the Prime Carrier Management suite. To view more details and possible workaround information for a particular bug, see Using the Bug Toolkit.
Table 1 Open Bugs in the Prime Carrier Management Suite
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Bug ID
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Description
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CSCua92532 |
The Prime Central Common Inventory portlet does not model cluster devices correctly. For example, if you add any cluster (such as a Cisco ASR 9000 cluster) to Prime Network, the physical modeling contains multiple chassis for the cluster device. However, the Prime Central Common Inventory portlet shows inventory information for only one chassis, yet the device cluster contains multiple chassis. To work around this problem, cross-launch Prime Network from the Common Inventory portlet to see the device details. |
CSCub50221 |
When you configure Prime Optical as a suite component to integrate with Prime Central, the DMIntegrator.sh script fails during integration and displays the following error: Exception in thread "main" com.cisco.prime.dminventory.model.SubsystemInventoryException: Subsystem type=opt with comURI=opt://opt:<id> already exists. Remove it before insertion. This problem occurs when you upgrade the Prime Carrier Management suite (Prime Optical and Prime Central) from an earlier release. To work around this problem, before upgrading Prime Optical, make a copy of the Prime-Optical-installation-directory/prime_integrator/dmid.xml file. After upgrading Prime Optical, but before running the DMIntegrator.sh script, place the copied dmid.xml file in the same location as the upgraded Prime Optical server. |
CSCub33078 |
When you configure Prime Provisioning as a suite component to integrate with Prime Central, the DMIntegrator.sh script fails during integration and displays the following errors: Error: Exception in thread "main" com.cisco.prime.dminventory.model.SubsystemInventoryException: Subsystem type=ful with comURI=ful://ful:38 already exists. Remove it before insertion. @@@@ Aborting Due to : Error inserting DM data into Suite DB. Check DMIntegrator.log for more details. Exiting @@@@@@@ This problem occurs when you upgrade the Prime suite (Prime Provisioning and Prime Central) from an earlier release. As a workaround, before upgrading Prime Provisioning, make a copy of the Prime-Provisioning-installation-directory/prime_integrator/dmid.xml file. After upgrading Prime Provisioning, but before running the DMIntegrator.sh script, place the copied dmid.xml file in the same location as the upgraded Prime Provisioning server. |
Using the Bug Toolkit
To search for bugs in the Prime Carrier Management suite, you must look up bugs for each domain manager component (Prime Central, Prime Network, Prime Optical, Prime Performance Manager, and Prime Provisioning).
To search for bugs:
Step 1 Go to http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit.
Step 2 At the Log In window, enter your registered Cisco.com username and password; then, click Log In. The Bug Toolkit 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, click the Search Bugs tab, enter the bug ID in the Search for Bug ID field, and click Go.
Step 4 To search for bugs in the current release, click the Search Bugs tab and specify the following criteria:
•Select Product Category—Network Management and Automation.
•Select Products—Choose any of the following:
–Cisco Prime Central.
–Cisco Active Network Abstraction (the former name for Cisco Prime Network).
–Cisco Prime Fulfillment (the former name for Cisco Prime Provisioning).
–Cisco Prime Performance Manager.
–Cisco Transport Manager (the former name for Cisco Prime Optical).
•Software Version—Choose any of the following:
–For Cisco Prime Central, choose 1.1.
–For Cisco Prime Network (formerly Cisco Active Network Abstraction), choose 3.9.
–For Cisco Prime Optical (formerly Cisco Transport Manager), choose 9.6.
–For Cisco Prime Performance Manager, choose 1.2.
–For Cisco Prime Provisioning (formerly Cisco Prime Fulfillment), choose 6.3.
•Search for Keyword(s)—Separate search phrases with boolean expressions (AND, NOT, OR) to search within the bug title and details.
•Advanced Options—You can either perform a search using the default search criteria or define custom criteria for an advanced search. To customize the advanced search, click Use custom settings for severity, status, and others and specify the following information:
–Severity—Choose the severity level.
–Status—Choose Terminated, Open, or Fixed.
Choose Terminated to view terminated bugs. To filter terminated bugs, uncheck the Terminated check box and select the appropriate suboption (Closed, Junked, or Unreproducible) that appears below the Terminated check box. Select multiple options as required.
Choose Open to view all open bugs. To filter the open bugs, uncheck the Open check box and select the appropriate suboptions that appear below the Open check box.
Choose Fixed to view fixed bugs. To filter fixed bugs, uncheck the Fixed check box and select the appropriate suboption (Resolved or Verified) that appears below the Fixed check box.
–Advanced—Check the Show only bugs containing bug details check box to view only those bugs that contain detailed information, such as symptoms and workarounds.
–Modified Date—Choose this option to filter bugs based on the date when the bugs were last modified.
–Results Displayed Per Page—Specify the number of bugs to display per page.
Step 5 Click Search. The Bug Toolkit displays the list of bugs based on the specified search criteria.
Tip To export the results to a spreadsheet, click Export All to Spreadsheet.
Related Documentation
See the Cisco Prime for IP NGN 1.1 Documentation Overview for a list of related guides.
Note We sometimes update the documentation after original publication. Therefore, you should review the documentation on Cisco.com for any updates.
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
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