Supported Platforms for Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module, Release 1.3.0.x

Supported Platforms and Software Requirements

Supported Cisco Switches

Supported Cisco Routers

Supported Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers

Supported Cisco Service Modules

Supported Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA)

Supported Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switches

Performance Monitoring Support by Platform

Performance Monitoring Support for Cisco Switches

Performance Monitoring Support for Cisco Routers

Performance Monitoring Support for Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers

EasyQoS Support and Limitations

EasyQoS Feature Support by Platform

EasyQoS Supported Line Cards

EasyQoS Supported Queues and Line Cards

EasyQoS Limitations

Unsupported EasyQoS Applicationsâ€”Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers

Path Trace Support and Limitations

Protocol Support by Platform

Path Trace VRF Support

Path Trace ACL Support

Wireless AP Support by Platform

Wireless Mode Support by Platform

Path Trace Supported Scenarios

Troubleshooting

Related Documentation

Cisco APIC-EM Documentation

Cisco IWAN Documentation

Cisco Network Plug and Play Documentation

APIC-EM Developer Documentation

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

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Supported Platforms for the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module, Release 1.3.0.x

First Published: October 25, 2016

Supported Platforms for Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module, Release 1.3.0.x

This document describes the supported platforms for the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module, Release 1.3.0.x.

Supported Platforms and Software Requirements

The following tables list the supported devices and modules, with their software requirements for the Cisco APIC-EM.

Note

For information about supported platforms and software requirements for the Cisco IWAN and Cisco Network PnP applications, refer to the separate application release notes found at Click Here .

Supported Cisco Switches

The following table lists the supported Cisco switches for this Cisco APIC-EM release.

Supported Cisco Switches

Supported Switches

Minimum Software Version

[1]

Recommended Software Version

Base Apps

Support

Path Trace

Support

EasyQoS

Support

Path Stats Interface

Path Stats QoS

Catalyst 2960-S Series switches, including stacks

>=12.1

Cisco IOS 15.2(1)E1, 12.2(58)SE2

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Catalyst 2960-X/XR Series switches

>=12.1

Cisco IOS 15.2(4)E, 15.0.2-EX5

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Catalyst 3560CG Series switches

>=12.2

Cisco IOS

15.0(2)SE5

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Catalyst 3560CX Series switches

15.2(3)E1

Cisco IOS

15.2(3)E1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Catalyst 3560-X Series switches

>=12.2

Cisco IOS 15.2(4)E, 12.2(58)SE2

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Catalyst 3650 Series switches

All versions

Cisco IOS 3.6.2aE,16.X

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Catalyst 3750-X Series switches, including stacks

>=12.2

Cisco IOS 15.2(4)E, 12.2(55)SE8

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Catalyst 3850 Series switches, including stacks

[2]

All versions

Cisco IOS 3.6.2aE, 16.X

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Catalyst

4500(Sup7E)

Series switches

All versions

Cisco IOS 3.5(2)E, 3.2(8)SG

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Catalyst

4500E

(Sup8E)

Series switches

All versions

Cisco 3.3.2XO, 3.6.1E

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Catalyst

4500-X

Series switches

All versions

Cisco 3.3.2SG, 3.6.5E

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Catalyst 6500 (Supervisor Engine 720-3C/B) Series switches

[3]

>=12.2

Cisco 15.1(2)SY2

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Catalyst 6500(Sup-2T) Series switches

>=12.2

Cisco IOS 15.1(2)SY4a, 15.0(1)SY6

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Catalyst 6800 Series switches

>=12.2

Cisco IOS 15.1(2)SY4a

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL Switch

>=12.2

Cisco IOS 15.2(1)SY1a

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco Catalyst 6840-X Switch

>=12.2

Cisco IOS 15.2.2-SY

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Switch

>=12.2

Cisco IOS 15.1(2)SY4a

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches

All versions

NX-OS version 7.2(2) D1(1) and 7.3(0) N1(1)

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series switches

[4]

All versions

NX-OS version 7.2(2) D1(1)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

[1] The minimum software version is applicable only for Discovery and Inventory. For Path Trace and EasyQoS, be sure to use the recommended software version.

[2]
EasyQoS requires IOS XE 3.6.2 and higher. In versions below IOS XE 3.6.2, class-maps with empty actions cannot be configured, and therefore EasyQoS will generate an error.

[3]
EasyQoS only supports the Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine 720-10GE-3C/3CXL. EasyQoS does not support the Supervisor Engine 720-3B/3BXL.

[4]
Current minimum version supported by EasyQoS is NX -OS version 6.2.2 and higher. EasyQoS uses ingress DSCP-to-queue mapping which is supported from NX-OS version 6.2.2 and higher.

Supported Cisco Routers

The following table lists the supported Cisco routers for this Cisco APIC-EM release.

Supported Cisco Routers

Supported Routers

Minimum Software Version

Recommended Software Version

Base Apps

Support

Path Trace

Support

EasyQoS

Support

Path Stats Interface

Path Stats QoS

Cisco Integrated Services Routers (ISR) G2

>=15.0(1)M

Cisco IOS 15.2(4)M9

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco Integrated Service Router (ISR) 800 Series

>=15.2(4)M

Cisco IOS 15.2(4)M9

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco Integrated Service Router (ISR) 4000 Series

>=3.8.0S

Cisco IOS XE 3.12.0S, 16.3.1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000v Series

Cisco 15.2(4)M9

Cisco 15.2(4)M9

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Router

>=3.8.0S

Cisco IOS XE 3.12.0S, 16.3.1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router

[1]

>=3.9

Cisco IOS XR 5.1.3

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

[1]
You must enable NETCONF for the Cisco ASR 9000 router or for any other Cisco device that requires NETCONF support in their device pack. See the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module Configuration Guide, Appendix A, "Required Device Configuration" for information about this requirement.

Supported Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers

The following table lists the supported Cisco wireless LAN controllers for this Cisco APIC-EM release.

Supported Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers

Supported Wireless LAN Controllers[1]

Minimum Software Version

Recommended Software Version [2]

Base Apps

Support

Path Trace

Support

EasyQoS

Support

Path Stats Interface

Path Stats QoS

Cisco 2500 Series Wireless Controller

All versions

Cisco AireOS 8.1.131.0

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller

All versions

Cisco AireOS 8.1.131.0

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco 5520 Series Wireless Controller

All versions

Cisco AireOS 8.1.131.0

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco 5760 Series Wireless LAN Controller

All versions

Cisco IOS XE 3.3.3SE

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Cisco 8500 Series Wireless Controller

All versions

Cisco AireOS 8.1.131.0

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco 8540 Series Wireless Controller

All versions

Cisco AireOS 8.1.131.0

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco Wireless Services Module 2 (WiSM2)

8.1.131.0

Cisco AireOS 8.1.131.0

Yes

No

No

No

No

[1]
On certain WLCs, you need to configure SNMP traps. See the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module Configuration Guide, Appendix A, "Required Device Configuration" for additional information about this configuration requirement.

[2]
AireOS controllers (2500, 5500, 5520, 8500, 8540, and WiSM2) require AireOS 8.2.100 and higher for the DSCP-to-UP mapping used by EasyQoS.

Supported Cisco Service Modules

The following table lists the supported Cisco service modules for this Cisco APIC-EM release.

Supported Cisco Service Modules in Cisco ISR G2

Supported Service Modules in Cisco ISR G2

Minimum Software Version

Recommended Software Version

Base Apps

Support

Path Trace

Support

EasyQoS

Support

Path Stats Interface

Path Stats QoS

Cisco 2900

(SM-ES2-16-P, SM-ES2-24-P, SM-D-ES2-48)

>=12.2

Cisco IOS 15.0(2)SE8, 12.2(55)SE10

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco 3900

(SM-ES3-16-P, SM-ES3-24-P, SM-D-ES3-48-P)

>=12.2

Cisco IOS 15.0(2)SE8, 12.2(55)SE10

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Supported Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA)

The following tables list the supported Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) for this Network Visibility release.

Note

Cisco ASA support is at a basic service level for this release, including Discovery and Inventory. There is no support for Cisco ASA in Path Trace and Topology, since Cisco ASA does not support CDP and it is not currently possible to identify link and path through the Cisco ASA appliance.

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA)

Device Type

Software Version

Cisco Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance (ASAv)

All versions

The following table lists the supported Cisco ASA-5500 Series ASAs.

Cisco ASA-5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances

Device Type

Software Version

Cisco ASA-5505 Adaptive Security Appliance

All versions

Cisco ASA-5510 Adaptive Security Appliance

All versions

Cisco ASA-5510 Adaptive Security Appliance Security Context

All versions

Cisco ASA-5520 Adaptive Security Appliance

All versions

Cisco ASA-5520 Adaptive Security Appliance Security Context

All versions

Cisco ASA-5540 Adaptive Security Appliance

All versions

Cisco ASA-5540 Adaptive Security Appliance Security Context

All versions

Cisco ASA-5550 Adaptive Security Appliance

All versions

Cisco ASA-5550 Adaptive Security Appliance Security Context

All versions

Cisco ASA-5560 Adaptive Security Appliance

All versions

Cisco ASA-5580 Adaptive Security Appliance

All versions

Cisco ASA-5580 Adaptive Security Appliance Security Context

All versions

Cisco ASA-5585 Adaptive Security Appliance

All versions

Cisco ASA-5585 Adaptive Security Appliance Security Context

All versions

The following table lists the supported Cisco ASA 5500-X Series Next-Generation Firewalls.

Cisco ASA 5500-X Series Next-Generation Firewalls

Device Type

Software Version

Cisco ASA 5512-X Adaptive Security Appliance

All versions

Cisco ASA 5512-X Adaptive Security Appliance with No Payload Encryption

All versions

Cisco ASA 5515-X Adaptive Security Appliance

All versions

Cisco ASA 5515-X Adaptive Security Appliance with No Payload Encryption

All versions

Cisco ASA 5525-X Adaptive Security Appliance

All versions

Cisco ASA 5525-X Adaptive Security Appliance with No Payload Encryption

All versions

Cisco ASA 5545-X Adaptive Security Appliance

All versions

Cisco ASA 5545-X Adaptive Security Appliance with No Payload Encryption

All versions

Cisco ASA 5555-X Adaptive Security Appliance

All versions

Cisco ASA 5555-X Adaptive Security Appliance with No Payload Encryption

All versions

Supported Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switches

The following tables lists the supported Cisco industrial Ethernet switches for this Cisco APIC-EM release.

Supported Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switches

Supported Industrial Ethernet Switches

Minimum Software Version

Recommended Software Version

Base Apps

Path Trace

EasyQoS

Cisco Industrial Ethernet 2000 Series Switches

>=12.2

15.0.2-EA1

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco Industrial Ethernet 3000 Series Switches

>=12.2

15.0.2-EA1

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco Industrial Ethernet 4000 Series Switches

>=12.2

15.2.5E

Yes

Yes

No

Performance Monitoring Support by Platform

The following tables describe Cisco APIC-EM performance monitoring (PerfMon) support by platform.

Note

For additional information about supported images and versions, use the Cisco Feature Navigator tool by clicking: Click Here .

Performance Monitoring Support for Cisco Switches

The following table describes Cisco APIC-EM performance monitoring (PerfMon) support for Cisco switches.

Cisco Switch

Minimum Operating System

Cisco Catalyst 2960S

Not Supported

Cisco Catalyst 2960S-Stack

Not Supported

Cisco Catalyst 2960XR

Not Supported

Cisco Catalyst 2900 (SM-ES2-16-P, SM-ES2-24-P, SM-D-ES2-48)

Not Supported

Cisco Catalyst 3750

Cisco IOS 12.2(58)SE, 15.0(1)SE2

Cisco Catalyst 3750-Stack

Cisco IOS 12.2(58)SE, 15.0(1)SE2

Cisco Catalyst 3850

Cisco IOS 03.06.0 E

Cisco Catalyst 3850-Stack

Cisco IOS 03.06.0 E

Cisco Catalyst 3650

Cisco IOS 03.06.0 E

Cisco Catalyst 3650-Stack

Cisco IOS 03.06.0 E

Cisco Catalyst 3560CG

Cisco IOS 15.0(1)SE2

Cisco Catalyst Cisco 3900 (SM-ES3-16-P, SM-ES3-24-P, SM-D-ES3-48-P)

Cisco IOS 12.2(58)SE, 15.0(1)SE

Cisco Catalyst 3560-X

Cisco IOS 12.2(58)SE, 15.0(1)SE2

Cisco Catalyst 4507R+E

Cisco IOS 03.06.0E

Cisco Catalyst 4500-X

Cisco IOS 03.06.0E

Cisco Catalyst 6880-X

Cisco IOS 15.1(2)SY1

Cisco Catalyst 6500 (Sup-2T)

Cisco IOS 15.0(1)SY1

Cisco Catalyst 6500 (Sup720)

Cisco IOS 15.1(2)SY

Cisco Nexus 5000

Not Supported

Cisco Nexus 7000 and 7700

Not Supported

Performance Monitoring Support for Cisco Routers

The following table describes Cisco APIC-EM performance monitoring (PerfMon) support for Cisco routers.

Cisco Routers

Minimum Operating System

Cisco ASR1000 Series

Cisco IOS XE 3.5.0S

Cisco ASR1002-X Router

Cisco IOS XE3.7.0S

Cisco ASR1001-X Router

Cisco IOS XE 3.13.0S

Cisco 43xx Series Integrated Services Routers

Cisco IOS XE 3.13.0S

Cisco 44xx Series Integrated Services Routers

Cisco IOS XE 3.8.0S

Cisco Integrated Services Routers G2 Series

Cisco IOS 15.1(4)M3

Cisco 800 Series Integrated Services Routers

Cisco IOS 15.2(4)M2

Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series

3.13.0S

Performance Monitoring Support for Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers

The following table describes Cisco APIC-EM performance monitoring (PerfMon) support for Cisco wireless LAN controllers.

Cisco WLC

Minimum Operating System

Cisco 2500 Series Wireless LAN Controller

Not Supported

Cisco 5500 Series Wireless LAN Controller

Not Supported

Cisco 8500 Series Wireless LAN Controller

Not Supported

EasyQoS Support and Limitations

EasyQoS Feature Support by Platform

The Cisco APIC-EM EasyQoS features are supported on the following platforms.

Cisco Catalyst Switches

The following switches support the EasyQoS functionality listed directly below:

- Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series

- Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series (stack)

- Cisco Catalyst 2960-X Series

- Cisco Catalyst 2960-XR Series

- Cisco Catalyst 3560CG Series

- Cisco Catalyst 3560-CX Series

- Cisco Catalyst 3560-X Series

- Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series

- Cisco Catalyst 3750-X Series

- Cisco Catalyst 3750-X Series (stack)

- Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series

- Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series (stack)

- Cisco Catalyst 4500 Sup7E Series

- Cisco Catalyst 4500 Sup8E Series

- Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series

- Cisco Catalyst 6500 (Sup-2T) Series

- Cisco Catalyst 6500-E (Sup-720) Series

- Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL (Sup-2T) Series

- Cisco Catalyst 6840 Series

- Cisco Catalyst 6880 Series

- Cisco Nexus 7000 Series

- Cisco Nexus 7700 Series

The following EasyQoS functionality is supported by the above switches:

- Marking (reading and writing to the device configuration)

- Queuing (reading and writing to the device configuration)

- Dynamic QoS

Note

Whether queuing and marking or just queuing policies are written to a particular switch platform by the controller depends upon the following:

- The role the device plays in the network (access-layer, distribution-layer, or core-layer).

- Whether queuing and marking or just queuing policies is supported in the network.

Cisco Routers

The following routers support the EasyQoS functionality listed directly below:

- Cisco 2900 Series ISR

- Cisco 3900 Series ISR

- Cisco 800 Series ISR ([866VAE-K9, 867VAE with PP1.0], [881-K9, 881V-K9,897-VAW, 891-24X-K9 with PP14.0)

- Cisco 4000 Series ISR

- Cisco ASR 1000 Series

The following EasyQoS functionality is supported by the above routers:

- Marking (reading and writing to the device configuration)

- Queuing (reading and writing to the device configuration)

- Shaping (reading and writing to the device configuration)

Dynamic QoS is not supported.

Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers

The following wireless LAN controllers support the EasyQoS functionality listed directly below:

- Cisco 2500 Series Wireless LAN Controller

- Cisco 5500 Series Wireless LAN Controller

- Cisco 8500 Series Wireless LAN Controller

The following EasyQoS functionality is supported by the above wireless LAN controllers:

- Marking (reading and writing to the device configuration)

- WLAN

Dynamic QoS is not supported.

Cisco Enhanced Ethernet Modules

The following Cisco enhanced Ethernet modules support the EasyQoS functionality listed directly below:

- Cisco 2900(SM-ES2-16-P, SM-ES2-24-P, SM-D-ES2-48)

The following EasyQoS functionality is supported by the above enhance Ethernet modules:

- Marking (reading and writing to the device configuration)

- Queuing (reading and writing to the device configuration)

- Dynamic QoS

EasyQoS Supported Line Cards

The following table lists the Catalyst 6000 Series line cards that support EasyQoS.

EasyQoS Supported Line Cards

Catalyst 6500 and 6807-XL Series Switch Line Cards

Catalyst 6880-X Series Switch Line Cards

VS-S2T-10G-XL and VS-S2T-10G with Gigabit Ethernet ports disabled

C6816-X-LE

WS-X6748-GE-TX with CFC

C6832-X-LE

WS-X6748-GE-TX with a DFC4 or DFC4XL upgrade

(WS-F6k-DFC4-A, WS-F6k-DFC4-AXL)

C6824-X-LE-40G

WS-X6748-SFP with CFC

C6840-X-LE-40G

WS-X6724-SFP with CFC

C6880-X-LE-16P10G

WS-X6724-SFP with DFC4/DFC4XL upgrade

(WS-F6k-DFC4-A, WS-F6k-DFC4-AXL)

C6880-X-16P10G

WS-X6908-10G-2T

WS-X6908-10G-2TXL

WS-X6704-10GE with CFC

WS-X6704-10GE with a DFC4/DFC4XL upgrade

(WS-F6k-DFC4-A, WS-F6k-DFC4-AXL)

C6800-8P10G

C6800-8P10G-XL

C6800-16P10G

C6800-16P10G-XL

C6800-32P10G

C6800-32P10G-XL

C6800-48P-SFP

C6800-48P-SFP-XL

C6800-48P-TX

C6800-48P-TX-XL

EasyQoS Supported Queues and Line Cards

The following tables lists queues and line cards that are supported by the controller for queuing policies in the Catalyst 6500-E Series and Catalyst 6807-XL with the Catalyst Supervisor Engine 2T.

EasyQoS Supported Queues and Line Cards (with Catalyst Supervisor Engine 2T)

Queues

Line Cards

1Q8T (One standard queue with eight configurable tail-drop thresholds)

- WS-X6724-SFP with CFC

- WS-X6748-SFP with CFC

- WS-X6748-GE-TX with CFC

- WS-X6704-10GE with CFC

2Q4T (Two standard queues with four configurable tail-drop thresholds)

- VS-S2T-10G with Gigabit Ethernet ports enabled

- VS-S2T-10G-XL with Gigabit Ethernet ports enabled

2Q8T ingress queuing (Two standard queues, each with eight configurable tail-drop thresholds)

- C6800-48P-SFP

- C6800-48P-SFP-XL

- C6800-48P-TX

- C6800-48P-TX-XL

- WS-X6724-SFP

- WS-X6748-SFP

- WS-X6748-GE-TX

Note:
The WS-X6724-SFP, WS-X6848-SFP, and WS-X6748-GE-TX line cards are only supported with a DFC4 or DFC4XL upgrade (WS-F6k-DFC4-A or WS-F6k-DFC4-AXL).

8Q4T ingress queuing (Eight standard queues, each with four thresholds, each configurable as either WRED-drop or tail-drop)

- VS-S2T-10G, VS-S2T-10G-XL with Gigabit Ethernet ports disabled

- WS-X6908-10G-2T, WS-X6908-10G-2TXL

8Q8T ingress queuing (Eight standard queues, each with eight thresholds, each configurable as either WRED-drop or tail-drop)

- WS-X6704-10GE

Note:
The WS-X6704-10GE line cards are only supported with a DFC4 or DFC4XL upgrade (WS-F6k-DFC4-A, WS-F6k-DFC4-AXL).

1P3Q4T (One strict-priority queue, three standard queues, four thresholds, each configurable as either WRED-drop or tail-drop)

- VS-S2T-10G with Gigabit Ethernet ports enabled

- VS-S2T-10G-XL with Gigabit Ethernet ports enabled

1P3Q8T egress queuing (One strict-priority queue, three standard queues, eight thresholds, each configurable as either WRED-drop or tail-drop)

- WS-X6724-SFP

- WS-X6748-SFP

- WS-X6748-GE-TX

- C6800-48P-SFP

- C6800-48P-SFP-XL

- C6800-48P-TX

- C6800-48P-TX-XL

Note:
The above line cards are only supported under the following conditions:

- Line card WS-X6724-SFP with CFC, or with a DFC4 or DFC4XL upgrade (WS-F6k-DFC4-A, WS-F6k-DFC4-AXL).

- Line card WS-X6748-SFP with CFC, or with a DFC4 or DFC4XL upgrade (WS-F6k-DFC4-A, WS-F6k-DFC4-AXL).

- Line card WS-X6748GE-TX with CFC, or with a DFC4 or DFC4XL upgrade (WS-F6k-DFC4-A, WS-F6k-DFC4-AXL).

1P7Q4T egress queuing (One strict-priority queue, seven standard queues, four thresholds, each configurable as either WRED-drop or tail-drop)

- VS-S2T-10G with Gigabit Ethernet ports disabled

- VS-S2T-10G-XL with Gigabit Ethernet ports disabled

1P7Q4T egress queuing (One strict-priority queue, seven standard queues, four thresholds, each configurable as either WRED-drop or tail-drop)

- WS-X6816-10G-2T, WS-X6816-10G-2TXL in performance or oversubscription mode

1P7Q8T (One strict-priority queue, seven standard queues, eight thresholds, each configurable as either WRED-drop or tail-drop)

- WS-X6704-10GE

Note:
Line card WS-X6704-10GE is only supported with CFC, or with a DFC4 or DFC4XL upgrade (WS-F6k-DFC4-A, WS-F6k-DFC4-AXL).

2P6Q4T ingress and egress queuing (Two strict-priority queues, six standard queues, four thresholds, each configurable as either WRED-drop or tail-drop)

- C6800-32P10G

- C6800-32P10G-XL

- C6800-16P10G

- C6800-16P10G-XL

- C6800-8P10G

- C6800-8P10G-XL

The following tables lists queues and line cards that are supported by the controller for queuing policies in the Catalyst 6500-E Series and Catalyst 6807-XL with the Catalyst Supervisor Engine 720.

EasyQoS Supported Queuing Structure and Line Cards (with Catalyst Supervisor Engine 720)

Queuing Structure

Line Cards

1Q8T Ingress queuing structure

- WS-X6724-SFP

- WS-X6748-SFP

- WS-X6748-GE-TX

- WS-X6704-10GE

With CFC forwarding card.

2Q4T Ingress queuing structure

- VS-S720-10G

- VS-S720-10G-XL

- VS-S720-10G-3C

- VS-S720-10G-3CXL

With Giga Ethernet ports is 'ENABLED'.

2Q8T Ingress queuing structure

- WS-X6724-SFP

- WS-X6748-SFP

- WS-X6748-GE-TX

With WS-F6700-DFC3C or WS-F6700-DFC3CX.

8Q4T Ingress queuing structure

- WS-X6708-10G-3C

- WS-X6708-10G-3CXL

- WS-X6708-10G

- WS-X6708-10GE

With WS-F6700-DFC3C or WS-F6700-DFC3CX or CFC.

- VS-S720-10G-3C

- VS-S720-10G

With Giga Ethernet ports is 'DISABLED'.

- WS-X6716-10G

- WS-X6716-10GE

- WS-X6716-10T

With WS-F6700-DFC3C or WS-F6700-DFC3CX or CFC and Oversubscription Mode is set as 'PERFORMANCE'.

8Q8T Ingress queuing structure

- WS-X6704-10GE

With WS-F6700-DFC3C or WS-F6700-DFC3CX.

1P7Q2T Ingress queuing structure

- WS-X6716-10G

- WS-X6716-10GE

- WS-X6716-10T

With WS-F6700-DFC3C or WS-F6700-DFC3CX or CFC and Oversubscription Mode is set as 'OVERSUBSCRIPTION' .

1P3Q8T egress queuing structure

- WS-X6724-SFP

- WS-X6748-SFP

- WS-X6748-GE-TX

With WS-F6700-DFC3C or WS-F6700-DFC3CX or CFC.

1P3Q4T egress queuing structure

- VS-S720-10G-3C

- VS-S720-10G-3CXL

- VS-S720-10G

- VS-S720-10G-XL

With Giga Ethernet ports is 'ENABLED'.

1P7Q4T egress queuing structure

- WS-X6708-10G-3C

- WS-X6708-10G-3CXL

- WS-X6708-10G

- WS-X6708-10GE

With WS-F6700-DFC3C or WS-F6700-DFC3CX or CFC

- WS-X6716-10G

- WS-X6716-10GE

- WS-X6716-10T

- With WS-F6700-DFC3C or WS-F6700-DFC3CX or CFC and Oversubscription Mode is set as 'OVERSUBSCRIPTION OR PERFORMANCE'.

- VS-S720-10G-3C

- VS-S720-10G-3CXL

- VS-S720-10G

- VS-S720-10G-XL

With Giga Ethernet ports is 'DISABLED'.

1P7Q8T egress queuing structure

- WS-X6704-10GE

With WS-F6700-DFC3C or WS-F6700-DFC3CX or CFC

EasyQoS Limitations

The following table describes the EasyQoS limitations for this release.

Cisco APIC-EM EasyQoS Release Limitations

Platform

Description

Affected Software Versions

Switches

All Catalyst Switch platforms

EasyQoS for this release does not remove the AutoQoS command/configuration from switch platforms. EasyQoS does not make use of conditional trust, which is the basis of the current AutoQoS implementation. If AutoQOS is applied on a switch, it will fail and notify the customer of the reason for it's failure. It is recommended to manually remove all AutoQoS configurations from switches before implementing EasyQoS policy to switches, or to deploy EasyQoS in environments where AutoQoS is not deployed.

All supported software versions for these platforms.

Catalyst 2960-S Series Switches

Catalyst 2960S-24TS-S and 2960S-48TS-S switch models are not supported. These switches only support the LAN Lite feature set which does not support class and policy maps.

All IOS software versions for these models.

Catalyst 2960-SF Series Switches

Catalyst 2960S-F24TS-S and 2960S-F48TS-S switch models are not supported. These switches only support the LAN Lite feature set which does not support class and policy maps.

All IOS software versions for these models.

The following switches:

- Catalyst 2960-S Series Switches

- Catalyst 2960-X Series Switches

- Catalyst 2960-XR Series Switches

- Catalyst 3560-C Series Switches

- Catalyst 3560-X Series Switches

- Catalyst 3750-X Series Switches

Catalyst 2960-S Series, Catalyst 2960-X Series, Catalyst 2960-XR Series, Catalyst 3560-C Series Switches, Catalyst 3560-X Series, and Catalyst 3750-X Series switches are supported in the role of access switches. These switch platforms will not be supported in the role of distribution or core switches.

All IOS software versions for these models.

Catalyst 3650 and 3850 Series Switches

A policy-map which contains a class-map which consists of an empty action cannot be applied to an interface prior to IOS XE release 3.6.2.

Catalyst 3850 and 3650 IOS XE software releases prior to 3.6.2.

Catalyst 6000 Series Switches with Sup-720 or Sup-2T Supervisors

Catalyst 6000 Series switches with the Sup-720 or the Sup-2T support two Ten Gigabit Ethernet and three Gigabit Ethernet interfaces on the supervisor line card. The three Gigabit Ethernet interfaces can be disabled / enabled via the “mls qos 10g-only / no mls qos 10g-only” (Sup-720) or "platform qos 10g-only / no platform qos 10g-only" (Sup-2T) global configuration commands. The default is for the Gigabit Ethernet interfaces to be active.

EasyQoS does not configure this command currently, since the decision as to whether the Gigabit Ethernet interfaces are active or inactive is generally based on the need for these interfaces, and outside the scope of QoS configuration. The network administrator should ensure this command is configured appropriately for the requirements of the network before deploying an EasyQoS policy to Catalyst 6000 switches with Sup-720 or Sup-2T supervisors.

The ingress and egress queuing model supported by the Supervisor interfaces is dependent upon whether the Gigabit Ethernet interfaces are active or inactive. When the Gigabit Ethernet interfaces are active, all interfaces on the Supervisor support a 2Q4T ingress queuing model and a 1P3Q4T egress queuing model, both with CoS-to-queue mapping and CoS-based tail-drop for congestion avoidance. When the Gigabit Ethernet interfaces are inactive, all interfaces on the Supervisor support an 8Q4T ingress queuing model and a 1P7Q4T egress queuing model, both with DSCP-to-queue mapping and DSCP-based WRED for congestion avoidance

If the network administrator changes the setting of the “mls qos 10g-only” (Sup-720) or "platform qos 10g-only" (Sup-2T)command on a Catalyst 6000 switch after deploying an EasyQoS policy, the network administrator should re-deploy the policy to the switch after Cisco APIC-EM has re-inventoried the switch and updated its internal database regarding the manual change.

All supported software versions for these platforms.

Catalyst 6500 Series Switches with Sup2T

CSCup61257 - Error message not printing if unsupported QoS is applied via SSH/Telnet. The Cisco APIC-EM may have trouble identifying when a QoS policy it has applied has failed due to this bug.

- 15.1(02)SY03,

s2t54-adventerprisek9-mz.SPA

- 151-2.SY3.bin,

s2t54-adventerprisek9-mz.SPA

- 150-1.SY6.bin,

s2t54-adventerprisek9-mz.SPA

- 150-1.SY6.bin listed in the DDTS

Note:
This issue may affect other software versions.

Catalyst 6500 Series Switches with Sup2T

Ingress queuing of all ports on the Sup2T differs when the Gigabit Ethernet interfaces are enabled or disabled. Hence, when Cisco APIC-EM pushes ingress marking policies to ports on the Sup2T, the policy may fail.

All Catalyst 6500 software versions which support the Sup2T - 12.2(50)SY and higher.

The following switches:

- Catalyst 6500 Series with Sup2T

- Catalyst 6880 Series

- Catalyst 4000 Series

- Catalyst 3850 Series

- Catalyst 3650 Series

The Catalyst 6500 Series with Sup2T, Catalyst 6880 Series, Catalyst 4000 Series, Catalyst 3850 Series, and Catalyst 3650 Series switches will only be supported as an access-layer switch or as a distribution-layer switch. Support of a single switch as both a distribution-layer switch and an access-layer switch simultaneously is not supported. Multiple switch platforms of the same model can of course individually be either distribution layer switches or access-layer switches within a single deployment.

All supported software versions of the Catalyst 6500 Series with Sup2T, Catalyst 6880 Series, Catalyst 4000 Series, Catalyst 3850 Series, and Catalyst 3650 Series switches.

Routers

Cisco ASR 1000 Router Platforms

EasyQoS supports ASR 1000 platforms with IOS XE 3.8.0(S) / IOS 15.3(1)S and higher. However, the ingress marking policy pushed by EasyQoS varies based upon the IOS XE version as well as the NBAR2 protocol pack version. EasyQoS will push an ingress marking policy to ASR 1000 platforms based on the following criteria:

1. If the device is running IOS XE 03.16.04/ IOS 15.3(1)S or later and has Advanced Protocol Pack 22 or later, EasyQoS will push a policy-map which includes the business-relevance attribute for marking. This is because the business-relevant attribute requires a minimum version of IOS XE 03.16.04 and Advanced Protocol Pack 22. ASR 1000 platforms require an Advanced Enterprise Services (AES) or Advanced IP Services (AIS) license for NBAR2 Advanced Protocol Pack.

2. Otherwise, if the device is running IOS XE3.16, 3.15 and 3.14, or has a Standard Protocol Pack installed, or runs a older protocol pack which does not support metadata information, EasyQoS will not push any ingress marking policy.

3. Otherwise, EasyQoS will push a policy-map which includes “match protocol” commands, with the subset of the protocols that exist on the protocol pack on that device.

EasyQoS will always push a queuing policy to the device.

Software versions noted within the Description.

Cisco ISR 4000 Series Router Platforms

EasyQoS supports the ISR 4321, 4331, 4351, and 4431 platforms with IOS XE 3.13.2(S) / IOS 15.4(3)S and higher (minimum releases supported by the platforms). EasyQoS supports the ISR 4451-X platforms with IOS XE 3.10.0(S) / IOS 15.3(3)S and higher (minimum releases supported by the platforms).

However, the ingress marking policy pushed by EasyQoS varies based upon the IOS XE version as well as the NBAR2 protocol pack version. EasyQoS will push an ingress marking policy to ISR 4000 Series platforms based on the following criteria:

1. If the device is running IOS XE 3.16.1S or later and has Advanced Protocol Pack 14.0.0 or later, EasyQoS will push a policy-map which includes the business-relevance attribute for marking. This is because the business-relevant attribute requires a minimum version of IOS XE 3.16.1S and Advanced Protocol Pack 14.0.0. ISR 4000 Series platforms require an Application Experience (AppX) license for NBAR2 Advanced Protocol Pack.

2. Otherwise, if the device is running IOS XE3.16, 3.15 and 3.14, or has a Standard Protocol Pack installed, or runs a older protocol pack which does not support metadata information, EasyQoS will not push any ingress marking policy.

3. Otherwise, EasyQoS will push a policy-map which includes “match protocol” commands, with the subset of the protocols that exist on the protocol pack on that device.

EasyQoS will always push a queuing policy to the device.

Software versions noted within the Description .

Cisco ISR G2 Series Router Platforms

EasyQoS supports the ISR G2 platforms with IOS 15.2(4)M and NBAR2 Protocol Pack 2.1.0 and higher.

However the ingress marking policy pushed by EasyQoS varies based upon the IOS version as well as the NBAR2 protocol pack version. EasyQoS will push an ingress marking policy to ISR G2 Series platforms based on the following criteria:

1. If the device is running IOS 15.5(3)M1 or later and has Advanced Protocol Pack 14.0.0 or later, EasyQoS will push a policy-map which includes the business-relevance attribute for marking. This is because the business-relevant attribute requires a minimum version of IOS 15.5(3)M1 and Advanced Protocol Pack 14.0.0. ISR G2 Series platforms require a Data license for NBAR2 Advanced Protocol Pack.

2. Otherwise, if the device has a Standard Protocol Pack installed, or runs a older protocol pack which does not support metadata information, EasyQoS will not push any ingress marking policy.

3. Otherwise, EasyQoS will push a policy-map which includes “match protocol” commands, with the subset of the protocols that exist on the protocol pack on that device.

EasyQoS will always push a queuing policy to the device.

Software versions noted within the Description.

Cisco ISR 800 Series Routers

EasyQos for this release pushes AVC/NBAR-based ingress classification and marking policies to all Ethernet interfaces on Cisco ISR 800 Series routers - including Layer 2 switch ports built into the platform. Although the policy is applied to the switch-port interfaces, the policy has no function.

All supported software versions for these platforms.

Nexus Platforms

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Platforms

EasyQoS for this Cisco APIC-EM 1.3.x release supports the Nexus 7000 Series switches in the role of a campus core switch. Nexus 7000 Series switches with F2 and F2e modules, or Nexus 7000 Series switches with M2 modules are supported. For the APIC-EM 1.2 release EasyQoS will push a 8Q2T ingress queuing policy and a 1P7Q4T egress queuing policy to M2 modules.

Cisco best-practice recommendations for these modules have changed to a 4 ingress and 4 egress queue model. In some scenarios, undeterministic queuing behavior may result from the 8 ingress and 8 egress model, due to the internal switch fabric supporting 4 queues, resulting in bandwidth allocations not being accurately reflected in actual traffic output. The new queuing best practices are designed to provide more deterministic queuing behavior.

The new queuing best practices are targeted to be implemented in the APIC-EM 1.3 release. Customers who implement EasyQoS with the APIC-EM 1.2 release should be aware that the queuing structures deployed to these modules will change, and will need to be re-deployed with the next release. For the APIC-EM 1.2 release, EasyQoS will push a 4Q1T ingress queuing policy and a 1P3Q1T egress queuing policy to F2 and F2e modules. Since this policy is already a 4 ingress and 4 egress queuing policy, in alignment with the new best practice recommendations, no changes to the queuing policy will occur for these modules with the APIC-EM 1.3 release.

All supported software versions for these modules.

Cisco Nexus 7700 Series Platforms

EasyQoS for this Cisco APIC-EM 1.3.x release will support the Nexus 7700 Series switches in the role of a campus core switch. Nexus 7700 Series switches with F2e and F3 modules, or Nexus 7700 Series switches with M3 modules are supported. For the APIC-EM 1.2 release, EasyQoS will push a 4Q1T ingress queuing policy and a 1P7Q1T egress queuing policy to F2e, F3, and M3 modules.

Cisco best-practice recommendations for these modules have changed to a 4 ingress and 4 egress queue model. In some scenarios, undeterministic queuing behavior may result from transitioning from 4 ingress queues to 8 egress queues, resulting in bandwidth allocations not being accurately reflected in actual traffic output. The new queuing best practices are designed to provide more deterministic queuing behavior.

The new queuing best practices are targeted to be implemented in the APIC-EM 1.3 release. Customers who implement EasyQoS with the APIC-EM 1.2 release should be aware that the queuing structures deployed to these modules will change, and will need to be re-deployed with the next release

All supported software versions for these modules.

Cisco Nexus 7000 and 7700 Series Platforms

EasyQoS for this Cisco APIC-EM 1.3.x release only supports Nexus 7000 and 7700 Series platforms with a single default VDC, and with no admin VDC. The names of the class-maps for ingress and egress queues are system defined and cannot be modified. Changing the mapping of CoS and/or DSCP values per class-map (queue) are system wide, meaning the mapping applies to all VDCs. Modification of these values requires Cisco APIC-EM to be logged into the default VDC. Policy-map definitions, however, are VDC specific. APIC-EM 1.2 only logs into a single default VDC to modify CoS and/or DSCP mappings within the system-defined class-maps, and to create and apply policy-map definitions.

All supported software versions for these platforms.

Unsupported EasyQoS Applications—Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers

The following EasyQoS applications are not supported when applying a policy for the Cisco Wireless Controllers:

- t-mobile-web-services

- 4chan

- nate-com

- the-atlantic

- ted

- xbox-web-portal

- swagbucks

- tagged-com

- foursquare

- blaze-news

- cnbc

- the-daily-beast

- monster-com

- cbs

- sky-news

- liveperson

- asus

- yellowpages-us

- european-union-web-portal

- tinyurl

- major-league-baseball-com

- unite-airlines

- dangdang

- usbank

- hollywood-reporter

- entertainment-weekly

- foodnetwork

- indiegogo

- investopedia

- mint-com

- whitepages

- patch-com

- disney-web-portal

- buffer-com

- playstation-web-portal

- livestrong-com

- letv-com

- pbs-web-portal

- pocket

- publishers-clearing-house

- usaa

- worldstarhiphop

- backpage

- sfgate

Path Trace Support and Limitations

The following tables describe the Cisco APIC-EM Path Trace support and limitations.

Protocol Support by Platform

The following table describes protocol support by platform (switch, router, or wireless LAN controller) for a path trace.

Platform

HSRP[1]

Physical Interface

Sub-

Interface

SVI[2]

PVST[3]

Ether

Channel

(L2)

ECMP[4]

Ether

Channel

(L3)

Routing Protocols (L3)[5]

Net[6]

Flow

Perf[7]

Mon

Trace Route

Catalyst

2960-S

Yes

N/A

N/A

N/A

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

N/A

Yes

N/A

Catalyst

2960-S (stack)

Yes

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Yes

No

No

Yes

N/A

Yes

N/A

Catalyst

2960-

X/XR

with stack option

Yes

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Yes

No

No

Yes

N/A

Yes

N/A

Catalyst

3560-X

Yes

Yes

N/A

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

N/A

Yes

Yes

Catalyst

3560CG

Yes

Yes

N/A

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

N/A

Yes

N/A

Catalyst

3560CX

Yes

Yes

N/A

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

N/A

Yes

N/A

Catalyst

3650

Yes

Yes

N/A

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

N/A

Yes

Yes

Catalyst

3750-X

Yes

Yes

N/A

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

N/A

Yes

Yes

Catalyst

3750-X (stack)

Yes

Yes

N/A

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

N/A

Yes

Yes

Catalyst

3850

Yes

Yes

N/A

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

N/A

Yes

Yes

Catalyst

3850 (stack)

Yes

Yes

N/A

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

N/A

Yes

Yes

Catalyst

4500E (Sup7E)

Yes

Yes

N/A

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

N/A

Yes

Yes

Catalyst

4500E (Sup8E)

Yes

Yes

N/A

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

N/A

Yes

Yes

Catalyst

4500-X

Yes

Yes

N/A

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

N/A

Yes

Yes

Catalyst

6500 (Sup720-

3C/B)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

N/A

Yes

Yes

Catalyst

6500(2T)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

N/A

Yes

Yes

Catalyst

6800

Yes

Yes

N/A

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

N/A

Yes

Yes

Cisco

WLC 2504

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Yes

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Cisco

WLC 5500

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Yes

N/A

N/A

Yes

N/A

N/A

N/A

Cisco

WLC 5760

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Yes

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Cisco

WLC 8500

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Yes

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Cisco

ASR

1000

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco

ASR

9000

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Cisco

ISR-G2

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco

ISR-4451

-X

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco

Nexus 5000

Yes

Yes

N/A

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

N/A

No

Yes

Cisco

Nexus 7000

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

N/A

No

Yes

[1] Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP).

[2] Switch Virtual Interface (SVI)

[3] Per VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol (PVST)

[4] Equal Cost Multipath (ECMP)

[5] Supported Layer 3 routing protocols include: static, OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS, and BGP. The following Layer 3 protocol is not supported: PBR.

[6] NetFlow needs to be enabled on the supported device. The controller pulls cached NetFlow records from the device.

[7] Automatic Configuration

Path Trace VRF Support

The following table describes VRF support by platform for a path trace.

Path Trace VRF (VRf Lite) Support

Platform

SVI

Physical

Port Channel

Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series Switches

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series Switches (stack)

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR (with stack option)

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco Catalyst 3560-X Series Switches

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco Catalyst 3560CG Series Switches

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco Catalyst 3560-CX Series Switches

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco Catalyst 3750-X Series Switches

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco Catalyst 3750-X Series Switches (stack)

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches (stack)

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Sup7E Series

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Sup8E Series

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco Catalyst 4500-X

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco Catalyst 6500 (Sup720- 3C/B) Series Switches

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco Catalyst 6500 (Sup-2T) Series Switches

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco 2504 Series Wireless LAN Controller

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Cisco 5500 Series Wireless LAN Controller

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Cisco 5760 Series Wireless LAN Controller

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Cisco 8500 Series Wireless LAN Controller

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco ISR-G2 Series Routers

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco ISR-4451 -X Series Routers

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches

Yes

Yes

No

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches

Yes

Yes

No

Path Trace ACL Support

The following table describes ACL trace support by platform for a path trace.

Path Trace ACL Support

Platform

Standard ACLs

Extended ACLs

IP Name ACLs

Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series Switches

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series Switches (stack)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR (with stack option)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco Catalyst 3560-X Series Switches

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco Catalyst 3560CG Series Switches

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco Catalyst 3560-CX Series Switches

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco Catalyst 3750-X Series Switches

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco Catalyst 3750-X Series Switches (stack)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches(stack)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Sup7E Series

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Sup8E Series

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco Catalyst 6500 (Sup720- 3C/B) Series Switches

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco Catalyst 6500 (Sup-2T) Series Switches

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco 2504 Series Wireless LAN Controller

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Cisco 5500 Series Wireless LAN Controller

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Yes

Cisco 5760 Series Wireless LAN Controller

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Yes

Cisco 8500 Series Wireless LAN Controller

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Yes

Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers

No

No

Yes

Cisco ISR-G2 Series Routers

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco ISR-4451 -X Series Routers

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches

Yes

Yes

Yes

Wireless AP Support by Platform

The following table describes wireless application point (AP) support by platform for a path trace.

Wireless AP Support by Platform

Platform

AP Manager

LAG[1]

Physical

Cisco 2504 Series Wireless LAN Controller

Yes

Yes

Cisco 5500 Series Wireless LAN Controller

Yes

Yes

Cisco 5540 Series Wireless LAN Controller

Yes

Yes

Cisco 5760 Series Wireless LAN Controller

Yes

Yes

Cisco 8500 Series Wireless LAN Controller

Yes

Yes

Cisco 8540 Series Wireless LAN Controller

Yes

Yes

[1] Link Aggregation Group (LAG)

Wireless Mode Support by Platform

The following table describes wireless mode support (deployment and mobility) by platform for a path trace.

Platform[1]

Wireless Deployment Mode

Wireless Mobility Mode

Centralized[2]

Flex

Converged

Centralized

Converged

Hybrid[3]

Cisco 2504 Series Wireless LAN Controller

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

No

Cisco 5500 Series Wireless LAN Controller

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

No

Cisco 5760 Series Wireless LAN Controller

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

No

Cisco 8500 Series Wireless LAN Controller

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

No

[1] WLC redundancy and high availability is not supported.

[2] Catalyst 3850 switch and stack do not support converged wireless deployment mode for a path trace.

[3] Catalyst 3850 switch and stack do not support hybrid wireless mobility mode for a path trace.

Path Trace Supported Scenarios

The following table describes the supported scenarios for a path trace.

Scenario

Protocol

Feature List

Configuration

Supported

Gateway Load Balancing

HSRP

Interface and Media Support

Physical Interface

Yes

SVI

Yes

BVI

No

Sub Interface

No

Load sharing on same link

Same interface part of more than one HSRP group

No

Load sharing across links

—

Yes

Wireless Deployment Modes

Centralized

Interface support

Management Interface

Yes

AP Mgr Interface

Yes

Dynamic Interface

No

AP Load Balancing

AP load balance across single port channel

Yes

Single AP Manager Interface Configuration

Yes

Multiple AP Manager Interface Configuration and load balance it on different physical interface

Yes

Interface Group

Yes

WLAN

Dynamic Interfaces per WLAN mapped to physical interface

Yes

Dynamic Interfaces per WLAN Over LAG

Yes

Management Interface configuration

Untagged

No

Tagged with a VLAN

Yes

Wireless Mobility Modes

Centralized

Auto-Anchor Mobility

—

Yes

Symmetric Mobility Tunneling

—

Yes

Asymmetric Mobility Tunneling

—

No

Layer 2 and Layer 3 Roaming

Roaming across L2 and L3 networks

Yes

Layer 2 Load Balancing

STP

PVST

—

Yes

EtherChannel

Port channel

Spanning Tree on PO

Yes

Display Member Link derived after load balancing

No

Static port channels

Mode On

Yes

Dynamic port channels

LACP

Yes

Multi Chassis redundancy

M-LACP

No

Layer 3 Load Balancing

ECMP

Only Layer 3 data forwarding interfaces.

—

Yes

ECMP over Physical interface

—

Yes

ECMP over SVI

Load balance within SVIs or SVI + port channel

No

OSPF / BGP / EIGRP / ISIS / Static Route

—

Yes

EtherChannel

Port channel

IPV4 address

No

Display Member Link derived after load balancing

No

Static port channels

Mode on

No

Dynamic port channels

LACP / PAGP

No

Multi Chassis redundancy

M-LACP

No

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 Documentation

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- Learning about the latest features.

- Learning about the controller system requirements.

- Reviewing open and resolved caveats about the controller.

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module Release Notes

- Learning about supported platforms.

- Learning about required configurations on certain specific platforms.

- Learning about application-specific limitations on certain specific platforms.

Supported Platforms for the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module.

- Installing and deploying the controller.

- Configuring credentials for device discovery.

- Importing a certificate or trustpool.

- Using service logs.

- Configuring authentication timeout and password policies.

- Monitoring and managing Cisco APIC-EM services.

- Backing up and restoring the controller.

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module Deployment Guide

- Navigating the Cisco APIC-EM GUI.

- Getting familiar with the Cisco APIC-EM features.

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module Quick Start Guide

- Creating user accounts.

- Discovering devices in your network and populating your inventory.

- Displaying discovered devices in various topological views.

- Configuring quality of service on the devices in your network.

- Performing path traces.

- Using the topology map.

- Accessing the Cisco APIC-EM APIs.

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module Configuration Guide

- Troubleshooting the controller.

- Troubleshooting services.

- Troubleshooting passwords.

- Working with the developer console.

- Contacting the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC).

Cisco Application Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module Troubleshooting Guide

- Tasks to perform before beginning an update.

- Updating the controller to the latest version.

- Tasks to perform after an update.

Cisco Application Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module Upgrade Guide

Cisco IWAN Documentation

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Configuring the Cisco IWAN network.

Cisco IWAN on Cisco APIC-EM Configuration Guide[1]

Software Configuration Guide for Cisco IWAN on APIC-EM

Reviewing open and resolved caveats about the Cisco IWAN application.

Release Notes for Cisco Intelligent Wide Area Network Application (Cisco IWAN App)

[1] This is an updated and renamed version of the previous document, Software Configuration Guide for Cisco IWAN on APIC-EM.

Cisco Network Plug and Play Documentation

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- Reviewing open and resolved caveats about Cisco Network Plug and Play.

- Viewing the list of supported Cisco devices for Cisco Network Plug and Play.

Release Notes for Cisco Network Plug and Play

- Configuring Cisco Network Plug and Play.

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

Cisco Open Plug-n-Play Agent Configuration Guide

- Learning about the Cisco Network Plug and Play solution.

- Understanding the main workflows used with the Cisco Network Plug and Play solution.

- Deploying the Cisco Network Plug and Play solution.

- Using proxies with the Cisco Network Plug and Play solution.

- Configuring a DHCP server for APIC-EM controller auto-discovery.

- Troubleshooting the Cisco Network Plug and Play solution.

Solution Guide for Cisco Network Plug and Play

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)

APIC-EM Developer Documentation

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

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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

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

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