First Published: January 31, 2020

Last Updated: March 26, 2024

About Cisco Enterprise NFVIS


Note
To achieve simplification and consistency, the Cisco SD-WAN solution has been rebranded as Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN. In addition, from Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Release 17.12.1a and Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Release 20.12.1, the following component changes are applicable: Cisco vManage to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, Cisco vAnalytics to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Analytics, Cisco vBond to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Validator, Cisco vSmart to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller, and Cisco Controllers to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Control Components. See the latest Release Notes for a comprehensive list of all the component brand name changes. While we transition to the new names, some inconsistencies might be present in the documentation set because of a phased approach to the user interface updates of the software product.

Find all the information you need about this release—new features, known behavior, resolved and open bugs, and related information.

What's New

New and Enhanced Features for Cisco Enterprise NFVIS Release 3.12.3

  • Secure Tunnel enhacements for PKI and EAP

  • APC UPS support

  • SNMP support for CPU usage

  • AAA auth-order

  • Console login when NFVIS down

New and Enhanced Features for Cisco Enterprise NFVIS Release 3.12.2

  • ENCS 5400 supports 24 LAN SRIOV networks.

New and Enhanced Features for Cisco Enterprise NFVIS Release 3.12.1

  • DPDK enhancements

    • ENCS PMD driver support

    • Migration for VMs with PNIC associated to DPDK bridge

    • Service bridge extension to platforms: UCSC, UCSE, CSP

    • Non-ENCS DPDK PMD driver support

  • Dynamic SR-IOV support on UCSC-M5, UCSE-M3, and CSP platforms

  • ENCS 5400 supports 12 LAN SRIOV networks.

Resolved and Open Bugs

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Open Bugs for Cisco Enterprise NFVIS Release 3.12.3

Caveat ID Number

Description

CSCvr49551

PNIC track state does not sustain after Power cycle

CSCvr64064

NFVIS AAA AUTH-ORDER: same user id can login to NFVIS with either local or tacacs password.

CSCvr83044

NFVIS: "factory-reset all" failed if we have VM added volume on NFS

CSCvr93504

ERROR: Class:3000000; Subclass:50000; Operation: D

CSCvs44341

All configs for s/w on ENCS is intact after factory reset(except images and connectivity)

CSCvs45600

NFVIS - 3.12.3 RC5 - SPAN stops working after reboot the VM

CSCvs57164

Traffic fail on lan-net with dpdk enabled after upgrade

CSCvs70784

3.12.3-FC1: Upgrade Status Invalid

CSCvs71064

3.12.3-FC1 - vnic not coming up when there is an error in track-state configuration

CSCvs79898

Unable to do pnp on ENCS 3.12.3 RC9 using MSX to set admin password, potential Confd issue

Resolved Bugs for Cisco Enterprise NFVIS Release 3.12.2

Caveat ID Number

Description

CSCvq66963

Change in NFVIS 3.12.1 platform-detail API cause NFVIS Devices 'Partial Collection Failure' on DNAC

CSCvq82509

Handle TACACS encrypted shared-secret with \\

CSCvq86428

PNIC ALLMULTI is changed to off when PNIC SRIOV switchmode VEB is configured.

CSCvq91412

Increase LAN-SRIOV network number to 24 on encs

CSCvq93639

Switch daemon - Restart failed due to unclosed socket

CSCvq94002

NFVIS SNMPTrap is not generated

CSCvq94855

Application error after performing "factory-default-reset all" action post NFVIS 3.12.1 FCS upgrade

Open Bugs for Cisco Enterprise NFVIS Release 3.12.1

Caveat ID Number

Description

CSCvo84097

Frame errors on some ENCS5400 units that causes OS2BMC channel to be DOWN

CSCvq35365

Cannot Disable/Enable SRIOV on interface eth2-1 to eth2-4 with driver i40e on UCS-C M5

CSCvq48983

Getting error when dragging the VM and connecting the links too quickly

CSCvq49883

ISRv with SRIOV goes to ERROR state after VM restart, reboot, or upgrade if pnic is admin down

CSCvq51263

Portal Switch page takes up to 20 seconds to load or refresh

CSCvq56915

ping fail after update vnic from lan-sriov to lan-br on encs

CSCvq59803

Factory Reset Except-Images gives error after enabling sriov with maxvfs and cant login after that

CSCvq65951

Delete rbac user "administrator" (role:admin) and cause vbmd service NOT OK after NFVIS reboot

Limitations with Host Driver on ENCS Platforms

When the interface is shutdown in an ISRv VM the input packet count increases. This is an Intel firmware and host driver defect. When the interface is shutdown on the ISRv VM, the i40e VF driver sends a message to the i40e PF host driver to delete the MAC filters. This stops the shutdown interface from receiving unicast traffic. However for ISRv, if the multicast and broadcast promiscuous mode is set on the VF, it allows the multicast and broadcast packets to be received on the VF. Since there is no specific command to the firmware from the host driver which indicates to the firmware that the VF is shutdown, the system continues to receive multicast and broadcast packets.

System Requirements

The following resources are required for a standalone Cisco Enterprise NFVIS:

  • For a system that has 16 or less CPU cores, one CPU core is reserved for NFVIS. For a system that has more than 16 CPU cores, 2 CPU cores are reserved for NFVIS.

  • For a system that has 32 GB or less of RAM, 3 GB is reserved for NFVIS. For a system that has more than 32 GB of RAM, 4 GB is reserved for NFVIS.

  • 20 GB storage.

  • For NFVIS portal, the minimum supported version of browsers are:

    • Mozilla Firefox 66

    • Google Chrome 71

    • Windows 10 Edge

    • MacOS 10.15 Safari


Note

More memory and disk space are required to be added to the system, depending on VM deployments.

Supported Programs and Platforms

Supported Platforms and Firmware

The following table lists the only supported platforms and firmware for Cisco ENFV

Platform

Firmware

Version

ENCS 5406, ENCS 5408, and ENCS 5412

BIOS

ENCS54_BIOS_2.9.SPA

CIMC

CIMC_3.2.9.bin

WAN Port Driver

1.63-0x80000e2f

LAN Port Driver

5.04-0x80004abc

ENCS 5104

BIOS

V010

MCU

1.1

WAN Port Driver

5.2.20-k/1.63, 0x80000f76

UCS-E160S-M3/K9

BIOS

UCSEM3_2.6

CIMC

3.2(8.20190624114303)

UCS-E140S-M2/K9

BIOS

UCSES_1.5.0.8

CIMC

3.2(8.20190624114303)

UCS-E160D-M2/K9

BIOS

UCSED_3.5.0.1

CIMC

3.2(8.20190624114303)

UCS-E180D-M2/K9

BIOS

UCSED_3.5.0.1

CIMC

3.2(8.20190624114303)

UCS-E180D-M3/K9

BIOS

UCSEDM3_2.6

CIMC

3.2(8.20190624114303)

UCS-E1120D-M3/K9

BIOS

UCSEDM3_2.6

CIMC

3.2(8.20190624114303)

UCS-C220-M4

BIOS

3.0.3a

CIMC

3.0(3c)

CSP-2100-X1

BIOS

3.0.3a

CIMC

3.0(3a)

UCS-C220-M5

BIOS

C220M5.3.1.3c.0.0307181404

CIMC

3.1(3a)

CSP-5228

BIOS

C220M5.4.0.4c.0.0506190754

CIMC

4.0(4c)

CSP-5436

BIOS

C240M5.4.0.1c.0.0627180945

CIMC

4.0(1a)

Supported VMs

The following table lists the verified versions of supported VMs for NFVIS 3.12.x release:

VM

Version

Cisco ISRv

16.10.2

16.11.1b

16.12.1

Cisco ASAv

9.12.1

Cisco vWAAS

6.4.3b-b-53

Cisco NGFWv

6.3.0-83

Viptela vEdge

18.4.1

cEdge

16.10.2

eWLC

16.10.1

ThousandEyes

Agent 1.27.4

Fortinet

Fortigate 5.6.2

PaloAlto

PAN-OS 8.0.5

InfoVista

Ipanema VNF vipe_kvm v9.1.6.6

CTERA

6.0.4

Note

Windows and Linux VMs are also supported.

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