First Published: October 28, 2022

Introduction

These release notes describe the recommended practices and known issues that apply to software version 2.5.1 of Cisco Business Dashboard.

What's New in Cisco Business Dashboard Release 2.5.1

Cisco Business Dashboard release 2.5.1 with a build date of December 2nd 2022 resolves a problem where an upgrade to 2.5.1 may fail. This issue was reported as CSCwd79604.

Cisco Business Dashboard release 2.5.1 introduces the following new features and changes:

  • Support has been added for centralized Guest Portals hosted by the dashboard. Configuration of Guest Portals is only supported for CBWxxx access points.

  • Due to the recent end of life of the Cisco Active Advisor service, the CAA integration and product improvement features have been removed from the dashboard.

  • The language used for messages and text notes in third-party integrations may now be selected from the list of languages supported by the GUI.

  • The web user interface supports the following languages:

    • Simplified Chinese

    • French

    • German

    • Japanese

    • Spanish

Caveats

The following table lists the open caveats for Cisco Business Dashboard version 2.5.1.

Table 1. Open Caveats

Caveat ID Number

Headline

CSCvc04204

Getting the duplicated entry in the credentials table for switch stack after power off the master.

Workaround

When the stack is stable, reboot Probe.

CSCvf49309

CBD displays an outside WAN IP instead of the device IP on Network Plug and Play - Unclaimed Devices page.

Workaround

None

CSCvf49332

CBD responses are slow when the display is over 300 hosts on the topology page.

Workaround

Don't display the hosts when there are that many.

CSCvq25771

Cisco Business Dashboard does not sync time from VirtualBox.

Workaround

Install VirtualBox Guest Additions in the virtual machine with the command 'sudo apt-get install -y virtualbox-guest-utils' and reboot the virtual machine.

Note 
The presence of VirtualBox Guest Additions in the virtual machine will prevent timesyncd from running and NTP will not function. VirtualBox Guest Additions must be removed to sync time using NTP.

CSCvq25807

Stack switch unit configuration is missing after master recovery from offline.

Workaround

Manually read and accept current config or wait for the daily schedule job.

CSCvq25817

VLAN settings not shown for members of a LAG.

Workaround

Review the VLAN configuration for the LAG on the device administration GUI.

CSCvv18280

CBD doesn't support "same SSID name" case for CBW.

Workaround

Ensure SSID names on a single CBW access point cluster are unique.

CSCwa46056

The Delete devices automation ticket should only allow immediate execution.

Workaround

None.

The following table lists the resolved caveats for version 2.5.1

Table 2. Resolved Caveats

Caveat ID Number

Headline

CSCwd28277

CBD Probe attempts connection to Dashboard on TCP port 443 instead of specified custom port .

CSCwd79604

CBD upgrade to 2.5.1 may fail.

CSCwd02453

CBD 2.5 issue with port description modification.

System Requirements for Cisco Dashboard and Probe

For information on updates to the System Requirements for the Dashboard and Probe refer to the Installation Guides listed below.

Cisco Supported Devices

Cisco Business Dashboard supports Cisco Business and Cisco Small Business 100 to 500 series products. For a detailed list of devices and features supported, please refer to the Cisco Business Dashboard - Device Support List.

License Requirements

Cisco Business Dashboard is a licensed application. Device licenses are required for each Cisco Business and Cisco Small Business product being managed. For more information, please refer to the Cisco Business Dashboard Datasheet.

Limitations and Restrictions

The Cisco Business Dashboard limitations and restrictions are described in the following sections:

General Limitations

  • The web interface on Cisco Business Dashboard takes a few minutes to become operational after the application is started.

  • Depending on the size of the network, it may take the Probe several minutes to discover all devices and calculate the network topology.

  • Up to 50 network devices can be managed by a single virtual machine or Raspberry Pi Probe instance. Refer to the documentation for the product in question to identify the maximum number of devices supported by an embedded probe running on a Cisco Business network device.

  • Up to 2500 devices can be managed by a single Dashboard instance.

  • SNMPv3 authentication keys and privacy keys must be at least 8 characters in length

  • When using Safari, ensure that the certificate presented by the Cisco Business Dashboard Probe is set to Always Trust.

  • When you deploy Cisco Business Dashboard as a Microsoft Azure virtual machine, if you select the Availability options to enable infrastructure redundancy, the Dashboard will not be able to automatically populate the external IP addresses in the System Variables. The external IP system variables need to be set manually.


    Note

    Depending on the way the system has been configured, it may be necessary to regenerate the Dashboard certificate to reference the correct address.

System Backup and Restore

  • When performing a system backup or restore, Cisco Business Dashboard will prevent you from doing any further configuration actions.

  • Prior to beginning a system backup or restore, the idle timeout value in Administration > Users > User Settings should be set to at least 30 minutes (default is 60 minutes).

Where to Find Support

For current support information, visit the following URLs:

Table 3. Where to Find Support

Support

Cisco Business Dashboard Support Forums

http://www.cisco.com/go/cbd-support

Cisco Business Phone Support

http://www.cisco.com/go/cbphone

Product Documentation

Cisco Business Dashboard Support and Documentation Resources

https://cisco.com/go/cbd-docs

Cisco Business

Cisco Business Home

http://www.cisco.com/go/ciscobusiness

Cisco Business Support Community

http://www.cisco.com/go/cbcommunity