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

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

Aug 24, 2020

Compute nodes in hardware requirements.

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 Feedaback

■       Legal Information

New Software Features

Feature

Description

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 DCNM to communicate with the devices, which identifies the unhealthy node interactions on the device. TAC assist does not collect logs for these nodes.

Flow State Validator enhancements

The topology view displays all the devices that are traversed to reach the destination. It displays all available paths to the destination. It performs consistency check on each of the devices and displays the aggregated overlay and underlay information.

Pre Bug Scan PSIRTs

PSIRTs for the devices discovered by Cisco NIA 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.

Device Connectivity Warning

Cisco NIA app cannot communicate with the device through SIM when the device is not configured properly. When you try to run an on-demand Bug Scan, TAC Assist, or Compliance job, the device connectivity warning is shown next to such a device which has an issue.

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

CSCvu05694

For Cisco Nexus 7000 series switches, Basic Advisory is displayed in the advisory detail section. Advanced Advisory is not displayed.

2.1.1

CSCvu69962

Logical fabrics may show up in NIA.

2.1.1

CSCvu76067

FSV job does not respond if the FSV container is rebalanced at that time.

2.1.1

CSCvu81560

Upgrade from DCNM 11.3.1 to 11.4.1.32 hangs in standby mode.

2.1.1

CSCvu84489

Stopping a recurrent bug scan in log collection phase does not stop the job immediately.

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 caveat. The "Fixed In" column of the table specifies whether the issue was resolved in the base release or a patch release

Bug ID

Description

Fixed In

CSCvp51960

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

2.1.1

Hardware Requirements

Hardware Requirements for Deployments Up to 80 Switches

Node

Deployment Mode

Logical CPU*

Memory

Storage

Network

DCNM

OVA/ISO

16vCPUs

32G

500G HDD

3xNIC

Computes (x3)

OVA/ISO

32vCPUs

64G

500G HDD

3xNIC

Hardware Requirements for Deployments From 81 to 350 Switches

Node

Deployment Mode

Logical CPU*

Memory

Storage

Network

DCNM

OVA/ISO

16vCPUs

32G

500G HDD

3xNIC

Computes (SE-CL-L3 3 SE Nodes)

ISO

NA

NA

NA

NA

* A logical CPU is a Virtual CPU in a virtual hypervisor based environment and is a hyperthread in a baremetal environment.

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

Minimum Intersight Device Connector version on Cisco DCNM

1.0.9-547

Minimum Cisco NX-OS version required for Flow State Validator

9.3(3)

Cisco devices supported

Cisco Nexus 3000, 7000, and 9000 platform switches.

Verified Scalability Limits

Hardware

Switches

Number of Cisco devices supported

350

Usage Guidelines and Limitations

■        Upgrade from Cisco NIA 2.0.1 to Cisco NIA 2.1.1 on Cisco DCNM 11.4(1) is supported.

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

■        After metadata update you need to run manual bug scan to reflect PSIRTs.

■        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.

■        Cisco NIA 2.1.1 app does not allow RBAC role on Cisco DCNM.

■        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 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

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