Cisco Network Insights Advisor for the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Release Notes, Release 1.0.2
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Cisco Network Insights Advisor Application for the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Release Notes, Release 1.0.2
Cisco Network Insights Advisor (NIA) application consist of a monitoring utility that can be added to the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC).
This document describes the features, caveats, and limitations for Cisco NIA on the Cisco APIC.
Table 1 shows the online change history for this document.
Table 1: Online History Change
| Date |
Description |
| Aug 13, 2019 |
Release 1.0.2 became available. |
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About Cisco Network Insights Advisor Application
New and Changed Information
The following table lists the new software features in this release:
Table 2: New Features for this Release
| Feature |
Description |
| Support for Cisco Application Services Engine |
Cisco NIA is supported on the Cisco Application Services Engine. |
About Cisco Network Insights Advisor Application
Cisco NIA monitors a data center network and pinpoints known issues that can be addressed to maintain availability and reduce surprise outages. Cisco NIA constantly scans the customer’s network and provides proactive advice with a focus on maintaining availability and alerting customers about potential issues that can impact uptime.
Cisco NIA consists of the following components:
■ Advisories
o Software Upgrades
o Cisco Recommendations
■ Cisco Notices
o EoL/EoS Dates
o Field Notices
■ Issues
o Bug/PSIRT Reports
■ TAC Assist
o Log Collection
Hardware Requirements
This section describes the hardware requirements for Cisco NIA.
■ The Cisco Application Services Engine cluster SE-NODE-G2.
■ Pods on your network must have between 1 and 120 switches.
Pods with no switches will not appear in the list.
If you select a Pod with more than 120 switches, the initial setup will not complete and you will be prompted to select Pods with 120 or fewer number of switches.
Compatibility Information
This section lists the compatibility information for Cisco NIA.
■ Cisco APIC Release: 4.1(2m)
■ Cisco Application Services Engine: 1.1.0a
■ Devices Supported: Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switches
Verified Scalability Limits
This section lists the verified scalability limits for Cisco NIA.
■ Number of fabrics supported for Cisco NIA on Cisco Application Services Engine: 1
■ Number of fabric nodes supported for Cisco NIA on Cisco Application Services Engine: 120
■ Number of fabric nodes supported for 1 Bug Scan: 90
Caveats
This section contains lists of open and resolved caveats.
Open Caveats
This section lists the open caveats. Click the bug ID to access the Bug Search tool and see additional information about the caveat. The "Exists In" column of the table specifies the releases in which the caveat exists.
The following table lists the open caveats in this release.
Table 5: Open Caveats in this Release
| Bug ID |
Description |
Exists in |
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Tech support and log files are not deleted when you delete the Cisco NIA app. |
1.0.2 |
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Delay in opening the Cisco NIA app during the reboot of one of the service nodes. |
1.0.2 |
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Advisories should be updated based on new metadata, if the recommendation is different. |
1.0.2 |
Resolved Caveats
There are no resolved caveats in this release.
Related Documentation
Cisco NIA documentation can be accessed from the following website:
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/data-center-analytics/network-insights-advisor/model.html
The documentation includes installation, upgrade, configuration, programming, and troubleshooting guides, technical references, and release notes, as well as other documentation.
Table 3: Cisco Network Insights Advisor Application for Cisco APIC documentation
| Document |
Description |
| Cisco Network Insights Advisor Application for APIC Release Notes |
This document. |
| Cisco Network Insights Advisor Application for APIC User Guide |
Describes how to download, install, and set up Cisco NIA in Cisco APIC. |
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