About Cisco NFV SD-Branch Support in Cisco vManage


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Cisco Network Function Virtualization Software-Defined Branch (NFV SD-Branch) features in Cisco vManage are a collection of capabilities that allow you to use Cisco vManage as a single centralized orchestrator to manage both the Cisco NFV hardware platforms powered by Cisco NFVIS hypervisor software, and the virtualized network function (VNF) based network services that run as guest virtual machines (VMs). SD-Branch in Cisco vManage provides a three-step user experience of design, deploy and monitor that enables you to deploy networking services efficiently across all sites within your enterprise network infrastructure.

The Cisco vManage portal supports:

  1. Design - A network architect can graphically create a parameterized network design template that captures the enterprise networking standards and best practices including WAN circuits and VNF service chains.
  2. Deploy - A network operator can use the pre-defined network design templates to deploy and configure network devices and services in multiple locations in an automated and secure manner without making any design decisions.
  3. Monitor - A network auditor can monitor and manage both the hardware platforms and the virtualized network services VMs that are running on them, without the fear of making accidental configuration changes.

Note

Cisco NFV SD-Branch features in Cisco vManage are only supported for greenfield deployments of the ENCS 5400 Series and the C8200-uCPE platforms.


Open Bugs

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Open Bugs for NFVIS SD-Branch Release 4.4.1

Caveat ID Number

Description

CSCvu68261

vBranch: Unable to delete circuits after deleting device profile

CSCvv80904

Cannot enable DPDK when configuring on 1st push alongwith VM deployment from vManage

CSCvv84763

ENCS with 16G mem : VM fail to come up remain shut when 4.2.1 to 4.4.1 upgrade

CSCvv96700

vManage DNS setting may cause control connection down issue when use hostname/FQDN for vBond

CSCvv97225

vManage show NFVIS upgrade success (4.2.1-FC3 to 4.4.1-64) before CIMC and BIOS upgrade

CSCvw09399

PnP Cloud Connect: C8000V Software Devices stay in "Pending for publish" and end up in Error state

CSCvw28645

OIB: without change any ND global parameters, vManage automatically push template to all sites again

CSCvw29677

vManage config preview shows switch configuration for Tabei platform

CSCvw31738

ZTP vBranch Solution: Tabei PIM LTE fail on PnP redirect when wan-br/wan2-br get DHCP IP and gateway

CSCvw48027

Fail to delete C8000V and CSRNG PID devices in PnP Cloud Virtual Account

CSCvw56471

Upgrade 20.3->20.4, ND Profile->LAN page does not show global vlan, spanning-tree and native-vlan

CSCvw60860

VNF Install fail when use "Remote Server - vManage" for uploading VNF package

CSCvw83838

PnP redirect fail due to PnP Server Error 3101 and message: Internal Error when vbond config changed

Software Upgrade


Note

NFVIS 4.1.1 release or later on ENCS 5400 devices are supported on Cisco SD-Branch solution.


For more details on the NFVIS software upgrade, see Upgrade Cisco NFVIS.

For more details on vManage software upgrade, see vManage Software Upgrade.

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.

  • 20 GB storage


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_2.11

CIMC

3.2(10.4)

WAN Port Driver

1.4.22.7-10-ciscocsx

LAN Port Driver

5.4.0-3-k CISCO