Cisco Network Insights Advisor Application for the Cisco Data Center Network Manager Release Notes, Release 1.0.3

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

This document describes the features, caveats, and limitations for the Cisco NIA application on Cisco DCNM.

Table 1 shows the online change history for this document.

Table 1 Online History Change

Date

Description

May 28, 2020

Usage guidelines and limitations.

Mar 29, 2020

Compatibility information for Cisco NIA.

Feb 7, 2019

Added CSCvs59212 to open caveats.

Dec 11, 2019

Usage guidelines and limitations.

Dec 5, 2019

Release 1.0.3 became available.

Contents

This document includes the following sections:

■       New and Changed Information

■       About Cisco Network Insights Advisor Application

■       Hardware Requirements

■       Compatibility Information

■       Verified Scalability Limits

■       Usage Guidelines and Limitations

■       Open Caveats

■       Resolved Caveats

■       Related Documentation

■       Documentation Feedback

New and Changed Information

The following table lists the new software features in this release:

Table 2 New and Changed Information in This Release

Feature

Description

Bug fixes

The feature set is unchanged for this release.

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 customers 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

—      Software Upgrades

—      Cisco Recommendations

■         Cisco Notices

—      EoL/EoS Dates

—      Field Notices

■         Issues

—      Bug/PSIRT Reports

■         TAC Assist

—      Log Collection

■         Serviceability

—      Schedule Driven (Compliance, BugScan)

—      On Demand

Hardware Requirements

This section describes the Cisco DCNM 11.2 LAN deployment requirements for Cisco NIA software telemetry. A DCNM - native HA deployment is recommended.

The following tables list the requirements for Cisco NIA running on the Cisco DCNM:

Table 3 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

Table 4 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.

Table 5 Compatibility Information in This Release

Hardware

Release

Cisco devices supported

Cisco Nexus 3000 and 9000 Series switches

Verified Scalability Limits

The following table lists the verified scalability limits for Cisco NIA:

Table 6 Verified Scalability Limits in This Release

Hardware

Switches

Number of Cisco devices supported

250

Usage Guidelines and Limitations

This section lists the usage guidelines and limitations for Cisco NIA:

■         Cisco NIA app retains the collected logs using TAC Assist for 24 hours.

■         Cisco NIA app retains the collected technical support information using bug scan for 24 hours.

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

■         Cisco NIA is not supported on the following:

—      Cisco Nexus 9500 Series switches with -R line cards

—      Cisco Nexus 3600 Series switches

■         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.

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 7 Open Caveats in This Release

Bug ID

Description

Exists in

CSCvp51960

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

1.0.3

CSCvs59212

Bug scan and compliance jobs for the previous month are not displayed in the Jobs List page.

1.0.3

Resolved Caveats

There are no resolved caveats in this release.

Related Documentation

The Cisco NIA for Cisco DCNM 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 8:  Cisco Network Insights Advisor Application for Cisco DCNM 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 NIA 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.

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