Cisco Network Insights Advisor Application for Cisco DCNM Release Notes, Release 1.0.4

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

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

For more information, see Related Content.

Date

Description

May 28, 2020

Usage guidelines and limitations.

Mar 30, 2020

Compatibility information for Cisco NIA.

Feb 12, 2020

Release 1.0.4 became available.

Content

■      New Software Features

■      Open Issues

■      Resolved Issues

■      Hardware Requirements

■      Compatibility Information

■      Verified Scalability Limits

■      Usage Guidelines and Limitations

■      Related Content

■      Documentation Feedback

■      Legal Information

New Software Features

Feature

Description

Bug fixes

The feauture set is same as Cisco NIA release 1.0.3 and includes bug fixes.

Open Issues

Bug ID

Description

Exists In

CSCvp51960

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

1.0.4

Resolved Issues

Bug ID

Description

Fixed In

CSCvs59212

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

1.0.4

Hardware Requirements

The Cisco NIR application supports Cisco DCNM 11.2(1) and 11.3(1) release. It is recommended to use the latest Cisco DCNM release.

Hardware Requirements for Deployments up to 80 Switches and 2000 Flows

Node

Deployment Mode

CPU

Memory

Storage

Network

DCNM

OVA/ISO

16 vCPUs

32G

500G HDD

3xNIC

Computes (x3)

OVA/ISO

16 vCPUs

64G

500G HDD

3xNIC

Hardware Requirements for Deployments from 81 to 250 Switches and 10000 Flows

Node

Deployment Mode

CPU

Memory

Storage

Network

DCNM

OVA/ISO

16 vCPUs

32G

500G HDD

3xNIC

Computes (x3)

ISO

32 vCPUs

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.

Hardware

Release

Cisco devices supported

Cisco Nexus 3000 and 9000 Series switches

Verified Scalability Limits

Hardware

Number

Number of Cisco devices supported

250

Usage Guidelines and Limitations

■      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 1.0.4 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.

■      Uprade from Cisco NIA 1.0.3 to Cisco NIA 1.0.4 App on Cisco DCNM is supported.

■       Cisco NIA is not supported on the following:

—     Cisco Nexus 9500 Series switches with -R line cards

—     Cisco Nexus 3600 Series switches

Related Content

The 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.

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.

Legal Information

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Any Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and phone numbers used in this document are not intended to be actual addresses and phone numbers. Any examples, command display output, network topology diagrams, and other figures included in the document are shown for illustrative purposes only. Any use of actual IP addresses or phone numbers in illustrative content is unintentional and coincidental.

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