About Cisco Enterprise NFVIS
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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 4.6.1
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Local Authentication for a Specific Group of Users |
This feature allows you to create a group with specific users, who can perform only the local authentication; and don't have to authenticate externally through TACACS. |
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Support for External Storage for Cisco Cloud Services Platforms |
External disks are supported for Cisco Cloud Services Platforms (CSP). |
Support for External Storage for Cisco Cloud Services Platforms |
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Support for Replacing HTTP Basic Authentication |
This feature enhances NFVIS local portal capabilities, to replace HTTP basic authentication to prevent accidental leakage of credentials. |
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Support for NFVIS Container Life Cycle Management |
This features provides support for container lifecycle management.
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Resolved and Open Bugs
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Resolved and Open Bugs for Cisco NFVIS Release 4.6.4
There are no defect fixes in the Cisco NFVIS Release 4.6.4.
Resolved and Open Bugs
Resolved Bugs for Cisco Enterprise Release 4.6.3
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Cisco Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) Vulnerability |
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Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) XXE vulnerability |
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Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) Command Injection Vulnerability |
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| VM name and hugepage migration command support | |
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Cisco Catalyst 8000V bin upgrade to 17.9.1a from 17.6.3a cause traffic fail on iavf interface while virtio works |
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Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software Improper Signature Verification Vulnerability |
Resolved and Open Bugs
Resolved Bugs for Cisco Enterprise NFVIS Release 4.6.2
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Portal Packaging UI: OIB when create VM package, show "Unknown" status and no further notification. |
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Portal Packaging UI does not allow to specify mount point for bootstrap file. |
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One bulk configuration change commit may cause DPDK network creation fail lead to VM deploymnt fail. |
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Portal OIB: when click Download Tech Support button, no further progress/status info. Kind of stuck. |
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Portal Packaging UI: "invalid value for: custom-property-key" error is seen when create VM package |
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Portal Packaging UI: OIB when create VM package, show "ERROR" status if same image is used twice. |
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GUI Portal->Configuration->vManage->VM export missing include image and property option. |
Resolved and Open Bugs
Resolved Bugs for Cisco Enterprise NFVIS Release 4.6.1
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ENCS orphanized vlan in switch |
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NFVIS 4.5.1, NTP(Private-ip)/Secure-overlay issue |
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NFVIS 4.5.1 Secure-overlay error state ( reboot fixing issue) |
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First VM gets deleted if second VM name is firstVm+n |
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4.6. iso image registration may fail with 4.5 or 4.4 baseline due to timiming race condition |
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Device template push fail after ISRv comes up and online |
Open Bugs for Cisco Enterprise NFVIS Release 4.6.1
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Description |
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Mcast Traffic: admin login failure post reboot, root login is ok |
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LAN WAN BW Failure:Input/output rate are not consistent or as expected on nfvis c8kv lan switch port |
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PSU PID information is missing from nfvis command |
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vBranch: VM stuck at REBOOTING/STOPPING after VNF restart/stop (when "ip host" in add-on CLI) |
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Memory related traceback seen at boot up on CSP with 64GB and 10 pnic |
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nfvis SFP PID inventory on CSP,Tabei,ENCS |
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Out of memory (oom-killer): Stopping strobe of WDT monitoring BMC. Reset coming |
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SFP FTLX8571D3BCVI31 failed to come up as 10G |
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pnic speed duplex setting error propaation to cdb causing discrepancy |
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CSP5444 network accessw fail, 2 c8kv fail to Alive |
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traffic fail and a few show system commands are broken |
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GUI Portal->Configuration->VM Manage->vmExport missing includeimage and property option |
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Mac-address interface-config cmd on c8kv updates NFVIS SR-IOV VF, leading to mis-match of mac |
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Config->Host->Datastore->intdatastore or extdatastore NFVIS upgrade image registration missing |
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VM deployment fail with custom network with name containing '-SRIOV-' |
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vBranch Single IP: VM is shut after upgrade/reload VM. For upgrade, VM rollback after start manually |
Important Notes
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In NFVIS release 4.6.1, backup with GE0-1-SRIOV-3 cannot be restored on ENCS 5400. For more details, see CSCvz82738.
Software Upgrade
The Cisco Enterprise NFVIS upgrade image is available as a .nfvispkg or .iso file. Currently, downgrade is not supported.
For more details on the software upgrade, see the Upgrading Cisco Enterprise NFVIS section in the https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/nfvis/get_started/nfvis-getting-started-guide/m-upgrade-nfvis.html.
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 Programs and Platforms
The following table lists the only supported platforms and firmware for Cisco ENFV
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Cisco NFVIS Release 4.6.3 is not supported on the ENCS 5100 series devices. |
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ENCS 5406, ENCS 5408, and ENCS 5412 |
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ENCS54_BIOS_3.00.SPA |
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CIMC |
CIMC_3.2.13.2 |
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WAN Port Driver |
5.4.0-5-k CISCO |
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LAN Port Driver |
1.4.22.7-11-ciscocsx |
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UCS-E160S-M3/K9 |
BIOS |
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CIMC |
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UCS-E140S-M2/K9 |
BIOS |
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CIMC |
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UCS-E160D-M2/K9 |
BIOS |
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CIMC |
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UCS-E180D-M2/K9 |
BIOS |
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CIMC |
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UCS-E180D-M3/K9 |
BIOS |
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CIMC |
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UCS-E1120D-M3/K9 |
BIOS |
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CIMC |
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UCSC-C220-M4S |
BIOS |
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CIMC |
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UCSC-C220-M5SX |
BIOS |
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CIMC |
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CSP-5216 |
BIOS |
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CIMC |
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CSP-5228 |
BIOS |
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CIMC |
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CSP-5436, CSP-5456, and CSP-5444 |
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CIMC |
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C8200-UCPE-1N8 |
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C8200-UCPE_1.04.103020201614 |
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MCU |
240.52 |
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 4.6.1 release.
For the supported VNFs that can be orchestrated through Cisco vManage, see the Guest VNFs section in the NFVIS 4.6.1, 4.6.2 Release Notes.
Cisco Router VNFs
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Product homepage |
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17.6.4 |
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Other Cisco Owned VNFs
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Product homepage |
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Security VNFs |
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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.
Related Documentation
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Cisco Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure Software Getting Started Guide
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API Reference for Cisco Enterprise Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure Software
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Cisco Enterprise Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure Software Command Reference
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Release Notes for Cisco NFV SD-Branch features in Cisco vManage Release 20.12.x
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Design and Deployment Guide of Cisco NFVIS SD-Branch using Cisco SD-WAN Manager
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Cisco 5400 Enterprise Network Compute System Hardware Installation Guide
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Configuration Guide for Cisco Network Plug and Play on Cisco APIC-EM, Release 1.5.x
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