About Cisco Enterprise NFVIS
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What's New
New and Enhanced Features for Cisco Enterprise NFVIS Release 4.2.1
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Enhancements to backup and restore of configurations |
New commands are introduced to view the overall status of backup and restore process. Enhancements to backup file location and factory default options are introduced. Information on how to troubleshoot failure to restore NFVIS configurations is added. |
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HugePage memory and CPU allocation |
The system memory allocations are enhanced and all memory apart from the amount reserved for system is converted to HugePage memory. |
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Command for PnP certificates |
A certificate can be used as a PnP root certificate through Command Line Interface (CLI). |
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Secure Operation in FIPS Mode on NFVIS |
The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Publication 140-2 are publicly announced standards developed by the United States federal government for use in computer systems by non-military government agencies and government contractors. |
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BIOS and CIMC password |
New password restrictions and security measures are added for CIMC and BIOS. |
Limitation with NFVIS Host Backup Process
NFVIS host backup process can receive error message from Linux tar or gzip. While running hostaction backup with configuration-and-vms option, especially the components which requires longer time to copy and archive, the hostaction backup status output can show BACKUP-PARTIALLY-COMPLETED and FAILURE for the affected component. In case of discrepancy regarding the backup, delete the old backup and generate a new backup.
Resolved and Open Bugs
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Key Fixed bugs in 4.2.1
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Absolute File Paths exposed on NFVIS 3.12.3-FC4 |
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Insecure CORs Policy |
Open Bugs for Cisco Enterprise NFVIS Release 4.2.1
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NFVIS: factory-reset-all with VM having disk deployed on NFS |
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NFVIS: power cycle during host backup, files are not cleaned up |
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For system with more than 128Gb memory, need 8Gb free memory while upgrading to NFVIS4.2 |
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NFVIS-ESC-LITE: vmExport process blocking other vmAction process |
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NFVIS: log-data name filter does not work for module vm-management |
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show bridge-settings cli doesnt work |
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custom bridge attached to sriov disabled pnic didnt migrate to dpdk |
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NFVIS Packaging tool doesn't work with python3 |
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System hang after multiple iterations of upgrade and multiple iterations of reboot |
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Notification on /var/log critical (>=90% full) after multiple NFVIS reboots |
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CPU high and system is very slow and couple services keep restarting after reboot ENCS in HA topo |
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PnP cco redirect failure due to the 1st DNS server is unreachable and system not try the 2nd DNS one |
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SNMP Error=snmp_104 Unexpected value sensor_values |
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vBranch ZTP: Linux provision in error state. operation failed: domain 'Redhat' already exists |
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System restore doesnt account for deployment of low latency VM first |
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NFVIS switch: vlan is not enabled properly on Portchannel when apply configuration from vManage |
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Restore failure followed by hostaction reboot can delete the VM. |
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multi upgrade->backup->fresh install->restore fail |
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System uses 95.6747690837% of memory, which is more than or equal to the threshold of 95 |
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cannot scp out backup file from NFVIS when backup under /mnt/extdatastoreX |
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factory reset when device attached to template: NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup / journal i/o error |
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NFVIS: restore configuration-only failed on unwanted image |
Software Upgrade
The Cisco Enterprise NFVIS upgrade image is available as a .nfvispkg file. Currently, downgrade is not supported.
For more details on the software upgrade, see the Upgrading Cisco Enterprise NFVIS section in the Cisco Enterprise Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure Software Configuration Guide.
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NFVIS 4.2.1 supports upgrade from NFVIS 4.1.x. |
System Requirements
The following resources are required for a standalone Cisco Enterprise NFVIS:
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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.
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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.
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20 GB storage.
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For NFVIS portal, the minimum supported version of browsers are:
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Mozilla Firefox 66
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Google Chrome 71
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Windows 10 Edge
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MacOS 10.15 Safari
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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
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ENCS 5406, ENCS 5408, and ENCS 5412 |
BIOS |
ENCS54_2.11 |
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CIMC |
3.2(10.4) |
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WAN Port Driver |
1.4.22.7-10-ciscocsx |
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LAN Port Driver |
5.4.0-3-k CISCO |
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ENCS 5104 |
BIOS |
V010 |
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MCU |
1.1 |
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WAN Port Driver |
5.4.0-1-k, 0x80000f76 |
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UCS-E160S-M3/K9 |
BIOS |
UCSEM3_2.6 |
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CIMC |
3.2(8.20190624114303) |
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UCS-E140S-M2/K9 |
BIOS |
UCSES_1.5.0.8 |
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CIMC |
3.2(8.20190624114303) |
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UCS-E160D-M2/K9 |
BIOS |
UCSED_3.5.0.1 |
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CIMC |
3.2(8.20190624114303) |
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UCS-E180D-M2/K9 |
BIOS |
UCSED_3.5.0.1 |
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CIMC |
3.2(8.20190624114303) |
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UCS-E180D-M3/K9 |
BIOS |
UCSEDM3_2.6 |
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CIMC |
3.2(8.20190624114303) |
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UCS-E1120D-M3/K9 |
BIOS |
UCSEDM3_2.6 |
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CIMC |
3.2(8.20190624114303) |
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UCS-C220-M4 |
BIOS |
3.0.3a |
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CIMC |
3.0(3c) |
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CSP-2100-X1 |
BIOS |
3.0.3a |
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CIMC |
3.0(3a) |
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UCS-C220-M5 |
BIOS |
C220M5.3.1.3c.0.0307181404 |
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CIMC |
3.1(3a) |
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CSP-5228 |
BIOS |
C220M5.4.0.4c.0.0506190754 |
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CIMC |
4.1(1c) |
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CSP-5436 and CSP- 5444 (Beta) |
BIOS |
Use HUU 4.1(1c) |
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CIMC |
Use HUU 4.1(1c) |
Guest VNFs
This section provides support statements for different guest Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) that you can run on Cisco Routing virtual platforms enabled by the NFVIS 4.2.1 release.
Cisco Router VNFs
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Product homepage |
Software download |
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20.3.1 20.1.1 |
Other Cisco Owned VNFs
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Product homepage |
Software download |
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Security VNFs |
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6.5 |
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9.12.1 |
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WAN Optimization VNFs |
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Non-Cisco Vendor Owned VNFs
You can run VNFs owned by various vendors on Cisco’s NFV platforms enabled by NFVIS . Formal support for these VNFs requires a joint effort between Cisco and the VNF vendor.
Cisco offers VNF vendors a "for-fee" NFVIS 3rd-party certification program to test and certify their VNFs on Cisco’s virtualized platforms. After testing and certification is complete, the results are published on this page- Cisco Enterprise NFV Open Ecosystem and Qualified VNF Vendors.
For more specific support details about VNF versions and test compatibility matrix with NFVIS releases, see the VNF release documentation on the vendor support site.
As a NFVIS customer, if you need a unique combination of NFVIS release and a specific VNF version, you may submit your certification request to Cisco at nfv-ecosystem@cisco.com or reach out to the VNF vendor support team asking them to initiate a certification on the Cisco platform.
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