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Release Notes for Cisco Physical Access Control Release 1.3.1
Obtaining Software, Documentation and Related Information
Obtaining Software Images and Other Tools
Data Sheets and Other Information
Submitting a Service Request and Additional Information
Release Notes for Cisco Physical Access Control Release 1.3.1
Last Revised: July 1, 2011, OL-24503-02Contents
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Obtaining Software, Documentation and Related Information
Introduction
This document describes important information for Release 1.3.1 of Cisco Physical Access Control.
Release 1.3.1 resolves a number of caveats and does not include any new major features or functions. For descriptions of the new features in Release 1.3.0, see the release notes at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9688/prod_release_notes_list.html
New Features
No new features are introduced in Release 1.3.1.
System Requirements
Table 1 describes the minimum requirements for a Cisco PAM appliance, workstation, and Gateway module.
Table 1 Cisco PAM Release 1.3.1 Requirements
Workstation software requirements
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Cisco PAM appliance software requirements
Release 1.3.1
Cisco PAM appliance hardware requirements
See the Cisco Physical Security Multiservices Platform Series User Guide. The Specifications section includes details on general features and power supplies.
Cisco Physical Access Gateway Firmware Requirements
Firmware Release 1.3.1 is required on all Gateway modules.
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Obtaining Software, Documentation and Related Information
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Obtaining Software Images and Other Tools
To access the self-service portal and obtain software, documents, and tools, do the following:
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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/ps9688/tsd_products_support_series_home.html2.
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Related Documentation
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For example: Install and Upgrade Guides or End-User Guides.
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Data Sheets and Other Information
To obtain data sheets and other important information about the Cisco Physical Access Gateway, Cisco Physical Access Manager and other optional modules, do the following:
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Submitting a Service Request and Additional Information
For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html
Subscribe to the What's New in Cisco Product Documentation as a Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed and set content to be delivered directly to your desktop using a reader application. The RSS feeds are a free service and Cisco currently supports RSS version 2.0.
Caveats
Using the Bug Toolkit
You can search for problems by using the Cisco Software Bug Toolkit. To access the Bug Toolkit, you need the following items:
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To use the Software Bug Toolkit, follow these steps:
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Resolved Caveats
Table 2 lists issues that were resolved in Cisco PAM Release 1.3.1. Click the link to view additional descriptions, status or workaround information for each issue.
Table 2 Resolved Caveats for Cisco Physical Access Control Release 1.3.1
Resolves an issue in the Cisco Access Control Gateway module that prevented configuration changes from being saved. This issue affected new modules running firmware release 1.0.0 through 1.3.0, or modules that were been reset to the factory defaults (hard reset).
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Resolves various issues including database memory leaks when using the Profile module and Global I/O device filter performance.
Serviceability enhancements for visibility to system data, DB optimization for event storage:
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Resolves an issue that could cause the Cisco PAM client to hang during large system backups.
Resolves an issue that could cause an SFTP session to remain open with some Windows SFTP servers after remote copy of a backup file.
Updates the copyright date on the splash and start screens to 2011 (the year of the 1.3.0 release).
Resolves an out-of-memory condition on CPAM in the periodic processing of credential distribution to the Gateways.
Resolved an issue that caused changes to the schedule configuration to fail.
Provides a workaround for an issue that caused photos to be removed when personnel records were updated from an Active Directory database using the EDI module. This occurs if an Active Directory field is not mapped to the Cisco PAM photo field.
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Option 1: Add the personnel photos to the Active Directory entries, and then update the AD EDI project to map the AD photo field to the Cisco PAM personnel photo field.
Option 2: Enable the following system setting:
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Resolved a Gateway module addressing issue that occurred after upgrading from Release 1.2.0 to 1.3.0 and caused a loss of communication between the Gateway modules and the Cisco PAM appliance.
Implements a diagnostic change that allows Cisco PAM to dump a copy of the memory heap if an out-of-memory condition occurs on the server.
Open Caveats
Table 2 lists known issues and limitations with Cisco PAM Release 1.3.1. Click the link to view the workaround for each issue.
This document is to be used in conjunction with the documents listed in the "Related Documentation" section.
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