Cisco Network Insights for Resources Application for Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Release Notes, Release 2.1.1

Cisco Network Insights for Resources (NIR) application consist of a monitoring utility that can be added to the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC).

This document describes the features, issues, and limitations for Cisco NIR on Cisco Application Services Engine with Cisco APIC.

For more information, see Related Content.

Date

Description

Mar 27, 2020

Compatibility information for Cisco NIR.

Mar 16, 2020

Added CSCvr98827 to open issues.

Mar 5, 2020

Cisco APIC cluster usage guidelines.

Feb 26, 2020

Hardware requirements for Cisco Network Insights Resources.

Dec 18, 2020

Added CSCvs44367, CSCvs44043, and CSCvs44224 caveats to Open Caveats.

Dec 4, 2019

Release 2.1.1 became available.

Contents

■      New Software Features

■      Open Issues

■      Resolved Issues

■      Known Issues

■      Hardware Requirements

■      Compatibility Information

■      Verified Scalability Limits

■      Usage Guidelines and Limitations

■      Related Content

■      Documentation Feedback

■      Legal Information

New Software Features

Feature

Description

Anomaly Details enhancement

Support for Diagnostics, Recommendation, and Impact for Interface Anomalies.

UI enhancements

The UI enhancements in this release include cross launch navigation, the addition of top nodes in the dashboard, a fabric overview, and viewing of node details.

PC or vPC interface types

Support for PC or vPC interface types in the Interface Statistics tab.

BGP Statistics Telemetry

Support for BGP operational and statistical data in the Protocol Statistics tab.

Flow Telemetry enhancements

Support for Cisco Nexus FX, FX2, and EX switches.

Endpoint Analytics

The Endpoint Analytics for Cisco NIR App available as beta in release 2.0.2 is not available in this release.

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 caveat. The “Exists In” column of the table specifies the releases in which the issue exists.

Bug ID

Description

Exists In

CSCvq67327

A reboot of Cisco Application Services Engine could result in 10 to 15 minutes of telemetry data loss.

2.1.1

CSCvs24988

Workloads affected due interface errors or flaps are not reported.

2.1.1

CSCvs29589

After cluster contract and expansion kafka fails to start.

2.1.1

CSCvs22578

Controller or Spine or Leafs tiles are displaying all nodes in dashboard top Nodes section.

2.1.1

CSCvr98827

QoS anomaly is generated for some ports on a spine switch.

2.1.1

CSCvr99110

Collection status reports health incorrectly even though one of the pipeline has failed.

2.1.1

CSCvs44367

Flow analytics does not work as expected after modifying BD, VRF for EPG.

2.1.1

CSCvs44043

BD label is zero in leaf switch after policy upgrade to release 3.2(8d).

2.1.1

CSCvs44224

Flow analytics does not work as expected after changing the fabric in-band ip address.

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

CSCvq54362

NIR graphs in dashboard pages display no data at end of the time slot for the selected time range.

2.1.1

CSCvq65904

When multiple flow paths are reported in NIR Flow Analytics, NIR will capture flow path data before, during, and after node reload.

2.1.1

CSCvq80846

No telemetry data displayed in NIR app after Cisco Application Services Engine nodes upgrade.

2.1.1

Known Issues

Bug ID

Description

Exists In

CSCvs10785

Cisco NIR app will not distinguish read only user when NIR app installed with APIC on FMR7.

2.1.1

Hardware Requirements

This table describes the Cisco APIC LAN deployment requirements for Cisco NIR software telemetry. Cisco NIR installed in Cisco APIC cluster does not support flow telemetry.

Hardware

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

Cisco NIR installed in Cisco APIC cluster

APIC-CLUSTER-M1

Yes

No

APIC-CLUSTER-M2

Yes

No

APIC-CLUSTER-M3

Yes

Yes (Maximum 30 ACI fabric nodes)

APIC-CLUSTER-L1

Yes

No

APIC-CLUSTER-L2

Yes

No

APIC-CLUSTER-L3

Yes

Yes (Maximum 30 ACI fabric nodes)

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

Compatibility Information

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

Software

PID

Cisco Device supported for Software Telemetry

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switches

Cisco Application Services Engine cluster

SE-CL-L3

Device supported for Flow Telemetry

The following series switches and line cards are supported:

■      Cisco Nexus 9300-EX, -FX, -FX2, and 9500 platform switches

■      Cisco Nexus X9732C-EX line card

Verified Scalability Limits

Software/Hardware

Number

Number of nodes supported for Cisco NIR for Hardware and Software Telemetry

100

Number of flows supported for Software Telemetry

10000

Usage Guidelines and Limitations

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

■      A Cisco APIC cluster must have a minimum of 3 APICs. Cisco NIR is not supported on single APIC.

■      You have to configure telemetry in the Cisco NIR app to configure for fabric node control.

Related Content

The Cisco NIR documentation can be accessed from the following website:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/data-center-analytics/network-insights-resources/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 for Resources Application for the Cisco APIC Release Notes

This document.

Cisco Network Insights for Resources Application for the Cisco APIC User Guide

Describes how to download, install, and set up Cisco NIR 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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