First Published: November 26, 2021

Last Updated: March 26, 2024

About Cisco Enterprise NFVIS


Note
To achieve simplification and consistency, the Cisco SD-WAN solution has been rebranded as Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN. In addition, from Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Release 17.12.1a and Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Release 20.12.1, the following component changes are applicable: Cisco vManage to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, Cisco vAnalytics to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Analytics, Cisco vBond to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Validator, Cisco vSmart to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller, and Cisco Controllers to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Control Components. See the latest Release Notes for a comprehensive list of all the component brand name changes. While we transition to the new names, some inconsistencies might be present in the documentation set because of a phased approach to the user interface updates of the software product.

Find all the information you need about this release—new features, known behavior, resolved and open bugs, and related information.

What's New

New and Enhanced Features for Cisco Enterprise NFVIS Release 4.7.1

Feature

Description

Where Documented

Granular Role Based Access Control

This feature introduces a new resource group policy that manages the VM and VNF. You can now assign users to a group to control VNF access, during VNF deployment.

Granular Role Based Access Control

Enforce Setting of BIOS and CIMC Passwords

This feature enforces the user to change the default password for CIMC and BIOS.

Enforce Setting of BIOS and CIMC Passwords

Support for 40G Dual Port and Quad-Split NICs in Cisco Cloud Services Platforms

Starting from this release, the 40G network interface card (NIC) supports dual port modes on Cisco Cloud Services Platform (CSP).

Support for 40G Dual Port and Quad-Split NICs in Cisco Cloud Services Platforms

Resolved and Open Bugs

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Resolved Bugs for Cisco Enterprise NFVIS Release 4.7.1

Bug ID

Description

CSCvz09517

Out of memory (oom-killer): Stopping strobe of WDT monitoring BMC. Reset coming

CSCwa18012

VM remain shut post upgrade to 4.7 EFT

CSCwa04732

Portal Packaging UI: OIB when create VM package, show "Unknown" status and no further notification

CSCwa04530

Portal Packaging UI does not allow to specify mount point for bootstrap file

CSCwa04779

Portal OIB: when click Download Tech Support button, no further progress/status info. Kind of stuck.

CSCwa06000

Portal Packaging UI: "invalid value for: custom-property-key" error is seen when create VM package

Open Bugs for Cisco Enterprise NFVIS Release 4.7.1

Bug ID

Description

CSCwa25328

CSP port channel failure

CSCwa22991

Tabei: 4.6 to 4.7.0-78 cause error: "could not open network device int-CELL-1-0 (No such device)

CSCvz61055

SFP insertion/removal syslog request

CSCwa23058

switch ports and lan interface on ENCS failed to comeup after NFVIS upgrade.

CSCwa48902

The order to add remote user to resource group when local system having same user name

Important Notes

  • In NFVIS 4.6.1, backup with GE0-1-SRIOV-3 cannot be restored on ENCS 5400. For more details, see CSCvz82738.

  • NFVIS 4.7.1 is the last release in which the system settings dns-server command is supported. We recommend that you use the system settings name-server command (supported from NFVIS 4.4.1) instead of system settings dns-server, starting from NFVIS 4.8.1 and later releases.

  • NFVIS 4.7.1 is the last release in which the route-distribute command is supported. We recommend that you use the router bgp command, instead of route-distribute, starting from NFVIS 4.8.1 and later releases. For more information on the router bgp command, see Configure BGP on NFVIS.

  • Starting from NFVIS 4.7.1 and later releases, we recommend that you use the .iso file upgrade method to upgrade NFVIS.

System Requirements

The following resources are required for a standalone Cisco Enterprise NFVIS:

  • For a system that has 16 or less CPU cores, one CPU core is reserved for NFVIS. For a system that has more than 16 CPU cores, 2 CPU cores are reserved for NFVIS.

  • For a system that has 32 GB or less of RAM, 3 GB is reserved for NFVIS. For a system that has more than 32 GB of RAM, 4 GB is reserved for NFVIS.

  • 20 GB storage.

  • For NFVIS portal, the minimum supported version of browsers are:

    • Mozilla Firefox 66

    • Google Chrome 71

    • Windows 10 Edge

    • MacOS 10.15 Safari


Note

More memory and disk space are required to be added to the system, depending on VM deployments.

Supported Programs and Platforms

Supported Platforms and Firmware

The following table lists the only supported platforms and firmware for Cisco ENFV

Platform

Firmware

Version

ENCS 5406, ENCS 5408, and ENCS 5412

BIOS

ENCS54_BIOS_3.04.SPA

CIMC

CIMC_3.2.13.8

WAN Port Driver

5.4.0-5-k CISCO

LAN Port Driver

1.4.22.7-11-ciscocsx

ENCS 5104

BIOS

V010

MCU

1.1

WAN Port Driver

5.4.0-1-k, 0x80000f76

UCS-E160S-M3/K9

BIOS

UCSEM3_2.10

CIMC

3.2(8.20190624114303)

UCS-E140S-M2/K9

BIOS

UCSES_1.5.0.8

CIMC

3.2(8.20190624114303)

UCS-E160D-M2/K9

BIOS

UCSED_3.5.0.1

CIMC

3.2(8.20190624114303)

UCS-E180D-M2/K9

BIOS

UCSED_3.5.0.1

CIMC

3.2(8.20190624114303)

UCS-E180D-M3/K9

BIOS

UCSEDM3_2.10

CIMC

3.2.11.5

UCS-E1120D-M3/K9

BIOS

UCSEDM3_2.10

CIMC

3.2.11.5

UCSC-C220-M4S

BIOS

Use HUU 4.1(2f)

CIMC

Use HUU 4.1(3d)

UCSC-C220-M5SX

BIOS

Use HUU 4.1(3b)

CIMC

Use HUU 4.1(3b)

CSP-5216

BIOS

Use HUU 4.1(3d)

CIMC

Use HUU 4.1(3d)

CSP-5228

BIOS

Use HUU 4.1(3d)

CIMC

Use HUU 4.1(3d)

CSP-5436, CSP-5456, and CSP-5444

BIOS

Use HUU 4.1(3d)

CIMC

Use HUU 4.1(3d)

C8200-UCPE-1N8

BIOS

C8200-UCPE_1.04.103020201614

MCU

240.52

Guest VNFs

This section provides support statements for different guest Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) that you can run on Cisco Routing virtual platforms enabled by the NFVIS 4.7.1 release.

Cisco Router VNFs


Note

  • Cisco provides support for deployment and configuration of the VNF versions listed below, when deployed on Cisco Routing virtual platforms, enabled by this release of NFVIS.

  • Cisco provides support on a case-by-case basis for unlisted combinations of NFVIS release + VNF version.

Product homepage

Software download

Cisco Catalyst 8000V Edge Software

17.6.1a

17.5.1

17.4.1b

Cisco ISRv

17.3.3

17.3.2

17.3.1a

17.2.1r

16.12.4

Cisco vEdge

20.6.1

20.4.1

19.2.3

Other Cisco Owned VNFs


Note

  • Limited testing is done to ensure you can create a guest VM instance using the software download image for these versions, as posted on Cisco Software download page.

  • For full-support statement see the individual product release documentation.

Product homepage

Software download

Security VNFs

Cisco NGFW (FTDv)

6.6.1-91

6.6.0-90

Cisco ASAv

9.14.2

9.14.1

WAN Optimization VNFs

Cisco vWAAS

6.4.5a-b-50

6.4.5-b-75

6.4.3c-b-42

Non-Cisco Vendor Owned VNFs

You can run VNFs owned by various vendors on Cisco’s NFV platforms enabled by NFVIS . Formal support for these VNFs requires a joint effort between Cisco and the VNF vendor.

Cisco offers VNF vendors a "for-fee" NFVIS 3rd-party certification program to test and certify their VNFs on Cisco’s virtualized platforms. After testing and certification is complete, the results are published on this page- Cisco Enterprise NFV Open Ecosystem and Qualified VNF Vendors.

For more specific support details about VNF versions and test compatibility matrix with NFVIS releases, see the VNF release documentation on the vendor support site.

As a NFVIS customer, if you need a unique combination of NFVIS release and a specific VNF version, you may submit your certification request to Cisco at nfv-ecosystem@cisco.com or reach out to the VNF vendor support team asking them to initiate a certification on the Cisco platform.

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