About this Document

This chapter provides an introduction of the Cisco Managed Services Accelerator (MSX) Platform and Service Packs.

Document Revision History

Table 1. Document Revision History

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Change Summary

September 15, 2021

This is the first version of this documentation.

Introduction

Cisco MSX is a service creation and delivery platform that enables fast deployment of cloud-based and on-premise networking services for both Enterprises and service providers customers. Through the combination of the Cisco MSX platform and service packs, the Cisco MSX solution offers a complete platform that enables the Service Poviders and Enterprises to offer the next-generation network services.

Cisco MSX 4.1 is a SaaS-only release. For on-prem deployment, you must continue using release 3.10.

The components of Cisco MSX are listed here:

  • Cisco MSX Platform—A common framework that supports the full range of service-creation requirements.

  • Cisco MSX Service Packs—Pre-packaged software with capabilities for fully automating end-to-end service-creation, which includes ordering, service chaining, orchestration, service assurance, and all the necessary Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs) that need to be carried out on the Cisco MSX platform.

    • Cisco MSX SD-WAN Service Pack

    • Cisco MSX SD-Branch Service Pack

    • Cisco MSX Enterprise Access (EA) Service Pack

    • Cisco MSX Managed Device Service Pack

This document also tells you how you can find information about known and resolved issues in Cisco MSX 4.1. For more information, see Cisco Bug Search Tool (BST).

Software Compatibility Matrix

The Cisco MSX 4.1 software compatibility matrix is given in this table below.

Cisco MSX Service Pack NFVIS NSO

Viptela SD-WAN Release

SD-Branch 4.1

 4.6 5.3.2.5 X

SD-WAN 4.1

 4.6 5.3.2.5 20.5.1