Cisco Network Insights Advisor Application for the Cisco APIC Release Notes, Release 2.1.1

Cisco Network Insights Advisor (NIA) application consists of a monitoring utility that are added to the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC).

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

For more information, see Related Content.

Date

Description

Sept 1, 2020

Removed endpoint analytics and flows scale for Cisco Application Services Engine.

July 27, 2020

Verified scalability limits.

July 20, 2020

Added CSCvv06057 to open issues.

July 3, 2020

Release 2.1.1 became available.

Contents

■      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

Add Site

Add a site on Cisco Application Services Engine. Cisco NIA app installed on Cisco Application Services Engine can access the added sites.

Multiple Site support

The multiple site and flow configuration enables you to onboard the site from the list of available sites.

Trigger Bug Scan

On the Network Insights Setup page you can select to trigger a bug scan for all the fabrics you have selected in the Network Insights Setup page.

UI enhancements

Browse dashboards for Advisories, Bugs, PSIRTs, and Notices summarize additional details of the device, generates detailed view reports, and displays the anomaly score for the devices affected.

TAC Assist enhancements

Cisco NIA app uses the device connectivity issue notifier on Cisco APIC to communicate with the devices, which identifies the unhealthy node interactions on the device. TAC assist does not collect logs for these nodes.

Pre Bug Scan PSIRTs

PSIRTs for the devices discovered by Cisco NIA app are now shown without having to run a bug scan. If metadata is updated from cloud, a bug scan should be run to show updated PSIRTs that are applicable to the devices.

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

CSCvs95691

Some fixed bugs may appear under the advisory details section of the Call TAC advisory.

2.1.1

CSCvu84352

Bug scan borg partial failure in a resource intensive scale environment.

2.1.1

CSCvv06057

Onborading Cisco NIA fails when third party site is added to Cisco Application Services Engine.

2.1.1

Resolved Issues

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

Bug ID

Description

Fixed In

CSCvs12558

Cisco NIA app GUI displays that the Device Connector is not connected.

Cisco APIC Release 4.2(4i)

Hardware Requirements

This table describes the Cisco APIC LAN deployment requirements for Cisco NIA software telemetry.

Hardware

Cisco NIA installed in Cisco Application Services Engine cluster connected to Cisco ACI fabric

Cisco NIA installed in Cisco APIC cluster

APIC-CLUSTER-M1

Yes

No

APIC-CLUSTER-M2

Yes

No

APIC-CLUSTER-M3

Yes

Yes (Maximum 20 ACI fabric nodes)

APIC-CLUSTER-L1

Yes

No

APIC-CLUSTER-L2

Yes

No

APIC-CLUSTER-L3

Yes

Yes (Maximum 20 ACI fabric nodes)

In the Lab environment you can  install Cisco NIA app on APIC-CLUSTER-M1/M2 or APIC-CLUSTER-L1/L2. We do not recommend installing Cisco NIA app on APIC-CLUSTER-M1/M2 or APIC-CLUSTER-L1/L2  in the production environment.

Compatibility Information

For Cisco NIA on Cisco APIC and Cisco NIA on Cisco Application Services Engine compatibility with Day-2 Operations apps, see the Cisco Day-2 Operations Apps Support Matrix.

Software/Hardware

Release or PID

Cisco Application Services Engine cluster

SE-CL-L3

Minimum Intersight Device Connector version on Cisco APIC

1.0.9-989

Minimum Intersight Device Connector version on Cisco Application Services Engine

1.0.9-461

Devices supported

Cisco Nexus 9000 series switches

Verified Scalability Limits

Software/Hardware

Number

Fabrics supported for Cisco NIA on Cisco Application Services Engine

8

Fabric nodes supported for Cisco NIA on Cisco APIC

20

Fabric nodes supported for Cisco NIA on Cisco Application Services Engine

500

Maximum support for a 3-node Cisco Application Services Engine cluster

Fabric with 100 nodes

Maximum support for a 6-node Cisco Application Services Engine cluster

Fabric with 500 nodes

Usage Guidelines and Limitations

■      Upgrade from Cisco NIA 2.0.1 to Cisco NIA 2.1.1. App is not supported.

■      Cisco NIA checks for metadata update every hour. However, there may not be an update every time.

■      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.

■      TAC Assist started from Cisco NIA 2.1.1 App will not show up in Cisco NI Base and vice versa.

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 APIC Release Notes

This document.

Cisco Network Insights Advisor Application for the Cisco APIC User Guide

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

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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