Cisco Network Insights Advisor Application for the Cisco DCNM Release Notes, Release 1.0.2

Cisco Network Insights Advisor (NIA) application consists of a monitoring utility that are added to the Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM).

This document describes the features, issues, and limitations for Cisco Network Insights Advisor on the Cisco DCNM.

For more information, see Related Content.

Date

Description

May 28, 2020

Usage guidelines and limitations.

Aug 13, 2019

Release 1.0.2 became available.

Contents

■       New Software Features

■       About Cisco Network Insights Advisor Application

■       Open Issues

■       Resolved Issues

■       Hardware Requirements

■       Compatibility Information

■       Verified Scalability Limits

■       Usage Guidelines and Limitations

■       Related Content

■       Documentation Feedaback

■       Legal Information

New Software Features

Feature

Description

Bug Scan Support

Cisco NIA provides support to schedule a bug scan on the network.

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 your network and provides proactive advice with a focus on maintaining availability and alerting you about potential issues that can impact uptime.

Cisco NIA consists of the following components :

■         Advisories

■         Software Upgrades

■         Cisco Recommendations

■         Cisco Notices

■         Eol/Eos Dates

■         Field Notices

■         Issues

■         Bug/PSIRT Reports

■         Baseline Best Practices (Compliance)

■         TAC Assist

■         Log Collection

■         Serviceability

■         Schedule Driven (Compliance, BugScan)

■         On Demand

Open Issues

This section lists the open issues in this release. Click the bug ID to access the Bug Search tool and see additional information about the issue. The “Exists In” column of the table specifies the releases in which the issue exists.

Bug ID

Description

Exists In

CSCvq02398

NIA App reports a Bug Scan or TAC Assist job partial failures, if tac - pac collection in progress. A failure could occur if switch has a tac  - pac  collection running and NIA  starts a Bug Scanner or  TAC Assist job.

1.0.2

CSCvp51960

NIA TAC Assist job only lists the folder name where the files are located for the job.

1.0.2

Resolved Issues

There are no resolved issues in this release.

Hardware Requirements

Hardware Requirements for Deployments Up to 80 Switches

Node

Deployment Mode

CPU

Memory

Storage

Network

DCNM

OVA/ISO

16vCPUs

32G

500G HDD

3xNIC

Computes (x3)

OVA/ISO

16vCPUs

64G

500G HDD

3xNIC

Hardware Requirements for Deployments From 81 to 250 Switches

Node

Deployment Mode

CPU

Memory

Storage

Network

DCNM

OVA/ISO

16vCPUs

32G

500G HDD

3xNIC

Computes (x3)

ISO

32vCPUs

256G

2.4TB HDD

3xNIC*

*Network card: Quad - port 10/25G

Compatibility Information

For Cisco NIA on Cisco DCNM compatibility with Day-2 Operations apps, see the Cisco Day-2 Operations Apps Support Matrix.

Software/Hardware

Release

Cisco devices supported

Cisco Nexus 3000 and 9000 Series switches.

Verified Scalability Limits

Hardware

Switches

Number of Cisco devices supported

250

Usage Guidelines and Limitations

■        Cisco NIA is not supported on the following:

■         Cisco Nexus 9500 Series switches with -R line cards.

■         Cisco Nexus 3600 Series switches.

■        TAC Assist started from Cisco NIA 2.0.1 App will not show up in Cisco NI Base and vice versa.

■        When the Device Connector is unclaimed from the on-premise GUI application, the Device Connector must be unclaimed from Intersight for TAC Assit’s connected TAC functionality to work.

■        User initiated upload to Cisco Intersight Cloud fails if the TAC Assist job completed prior to Cisco DCNM HA failover. It is recommended to start a new TAC Assist job after Cisco DCNM HA failover.

Related Content

The Cisco Network Insights Advisor 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, technical references, and release notes, as well as other documentation.

Document

Description

Cisco Network Insights Advisor Application for the Cisco DCNM Release Notes

This document.

Cisco Network Insights Advisor Application for the Cisco DCNM User Guide

Describes how to download, install, and set up Cisco Network Insights Advisor application in Cisco DCNM.

Documentation Feedback

To provide technical feedback on this document, or to report an error or omission, send your comments to cisconetworkinsights - docfeedback@cisco.com.

Legal Information

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