Achieve Scale Beyond 25,000 Routers

Starting from Cisco IoT FND Release 5.0, you can manage up to 50,000 routers using Cisco IoT FND on a VM using Postgres + Influx database.

Scale your network operations significantly, accommodating growth without the need for additional hardware investments.

Autosync of CGMS Properties Files

Cisco IoT FND ensures that any changes made to the CGMS properties file, whether inside or outside the container, are automatically mirrored in the corresponding file. This synchronization maintains consistency across configurations, reducing the risk of errors and ensuring seamless application performance.

Maintain consistent configurations across Cisco IoT FND deployments. This reduces the likelihood of configuration errors that could disrupt operations, leading to fewer application downtimes and improved performance reliability.

Bootflash Space Cleanup

Check the Remove unused firmware images from bootflash check box to remove unused firmware bin files from the bootflash when Cisco IoT FND uploads the image to the router. The check box is enabled for the following devices running Cisco IOS-XE:

• Cisco Catalyst IR1100

• Cisco Catalyst IR8100

• Cisco Catalyst IR1800

Clears up space in the bootflash when there is no more space available for an efficient firmware upload.

Enhancement to Firmware Update Page for Down and Active Device Status

Cisco IoT FND includes two additional device statuses in the Firmware Update page: Down Devices and All Devices.

Filter your search based on the device statuses for routers running a firmware group. View the count of all devices that are part of a given firmware group of routers.

Improved Audit Trail

When you add or remove or edit files using .CSV files on Cisco IoT FND, a log is generated in the Audit Trail page. You can download the .CSV file that you used to change the devices.

Provides a clear and detailed record of all changes made to devices via .CSV files, enhancing accountability and traceability. You can download the .CSV file used for these changes, it facilitates easier audits and ensures that you can verify and review modifications.

Manage Router Firmware Upgrades

Manage Router Firmware upload, install and retry counts using Cisco IoT FND, instead of editing the CGMS properties file.

Automating the firmware upgrade process and tracking install counts with Cisco IoT FND reduces the time and effort required for manual updates.

Manage Firmware Upgrade Properties For A Router Group

Cisco IoT FND includes a Router Firmware Upload Retry Count in the Firmware Update page. Customize the retry count at the router group level, allowing for tailored firmware update strategies for specific groups of routers.

Customizing the retry count at the router group level in Cisco IoT FND's Firmware Update page enhances the efficiency of firmware update strategies, resulting in improved operational uptime and reduced network downtime for specific groups of routers.

Manage Router Push Configuration Count

Define the number of router configuration changes or updates that you want to apply to routers within a specific group. Manage and track the number of configuration changes applied to a group of routers during the configuration push using Cisco IoT FND.

Defining and managing the number of router configuration changes for specific groups using Cisco IoT FND ensures precise control over network configurations, enhancing network stability and streamlining operations.

Search in the Device Configuration page

The Device Configuration page has a new search bar for you to search through the various device configurations.

The search bar on the Device Configuration page allows you to search through various device configurations, helping you narrow down your scope to easily identify a device.

Search Firmware Updates

Search through the existing firmware updates using the filters introduced in this release

The filters introduced allow you to search through the existing firmware updates, making the firmware updates page searchable.

Username and Password Validation

Cisco IoT FND includes username and password validation check for CSV file input.

The username and password validation helps in enhancing the security standards for usernames and passwords.

Additonal HER Support

The Cisco IoT FND supports Cisco Catalyst 8500 and 8300 series HER platforms: Cisco Catalyst 8500-12X and Cisco Catalyst 8300-1N1S-4T2X.

The additional HER platforms enhance network scalability and reliability, enabling more efficient management and monitoring of Cisco IoT devices. The additional HER support improves operational efficiency and reduces downtime.

User Experience Enhancements

The Cisco IoT FND dashboard includes pre-defined dashlets, where an additional Name field is added along with the Element Identifier (EID). You can delete the default views of the devices you select in the Devices > Field Devices page. You can also add the user-defined properties in the customized tab in the Field Devices page.

Easy to use dashlets which are more accessible, enhance your experience. The intuitive tab navigation facilitates faster task completion, allowing you to seamlessly switch between different tasks and functionalities. Additionally, you can also customize the dashboard to suit your specific needs, providing a more personalized and efficient workflow.

Device-Level Configuration Push

You can push the configurations at the device level using the Push Configuration tab in the Field Devices page when you click the device using two options: Config push without-rollback or Config push with-rollback.

You can manage configuration at the device level, providing more flexibility for managing siloed devices and reducing the time it takes to push new configuration

Show Registration Config vs Running Config

In the Running Config tab of a device page, you can see both the Registration Config and the active running config of the device.

You can track configuration changes at the device level which helps in managing and reducing configuration drift and provides better visibility to your network devices.

Admin Password Rotation

The Cisco IoT FND tools package includes a new script rotate_admin_password.sh with CSV input file.

This script enables the seamless rotation of administrator passwords across Cisco IoT FND devices, supporting both Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XE device types.

This enhancement streamlines the process of updating administrator credentials periodically, ensuring consistent security practices, and simplifying password management across your network infrastructure.

Vendor TLV support and firmware upgrade (unicast) in Cisco IoT FND Using OpenCSMP​

Supports:

• Vendor TLV127 to fetch vendor specific custom device metadata

• Unicast firmware upgrade feature to update and fetch device firmware information

This feature allows customization and flexibility, improves control over device settings and behaviors, enhances operational efficiency, and provides better visibility and monitoring.

EID Field

EID field is added in most of the Cisco IoT FND pages for you to access the Device Info of the devices which are associated with the EID.

The EID hyperlinks enhance your experience by allowing easy access to device information from any page which has device details in Cisco IoT FND.

In Cisco IoT FND Release 4.12.x and earlier releases, when you change the target firmware versions in the Router Bootstrap Configuration tab, the target firmware changes don't reflect in Cisco IoT FND.

Starting from Cisco IoT FND Release 5.0, when you make changes to the target firmware version, the changes reflects for all the other associated Cisco IoT FND users.

Starting from Cisco IoT FND Release 5.0, you experience seamless synchronization of target firmware version changes across all associated accounts.