Release Notes for Cisco Catalyst Cellular Gateways, Release IOS CG 17.18.x

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Cisco Catalyst Cellular Gateways, Release 17.18.1a. 3

New software features. 3

Resolved issues. 3

Open issues. 3

Related resources. 4

Legal information. 4

 


 

Cisco Catalyst Cellular Gateways, Release 17.18.1a

Cisco IOS CG 17.18.1a is the first release for the Cisco Catalyst Cellular Gateways in the Cisco IOS CG 17.18.x series.

The key highlights of this release include these features and enhancements:

●     Monitoring and Observability

●     Cellular, IPv6, Voice, Virtualization

●     SRv6 Enhancements

●     Security and SASE enhancements

New software features

This section provides a brief description of the new software features introduced in this release.

Table 1.                 New software features for Cisco Catalyst Cellular Gateways, Release 17.18.1a

Product impact

Feature          

Description

Ease of Use

 

Support to upgrade Firmware

From Cisco IOS XE 17.18.1a release, you can now upgrade the firmware image for cellular module, LTE module, or Wi-Fi module of supported devices using Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, without configuring and managing multiple commands for each device and its associated modules.

Ease of use

 

Configure cellular band select for cellular interfaces

You can select specific frequency bands to which the device can connect to, allowing optimized connection depending on location and network availability. This configuration can be done using Feature Parcels in Catalyst Cisco SD-WAN Manager.

Ease of use

 

Configure logging of crash dump events for cellular interfaces

You can configure the device to collect the crash dump logs by enabling the boot-and-hold mode on the device using the lte modem crash-action boot-and-hold command.

Ease of use

 

Reset cellular profile for cellular interfaces

You can reset the cellular network profile settings on a specific interface to a factory default state using the cellular<slot> lte profile reset  command.

Ease of use

 

Enable diagnostic monitoring on devices

You can enable diagnostic monitoring log capture for devices with cellular interfaces using Catalyst Cisco SD-WAN Manager.

Resolved issues

This section lists the resolved issues in this specific software release.

Note: This software release may contain bug fixes first introduced in other releases. To see additional information, click the bug ID to access the Cisco Bug Search Tool. To search for a documented Cisco product issue, type in the browser: <bug_number> site:cisco.com.

Resolved issues in Cisco IOS XE 17.18.1a

There are no customer impacting bugs that were fixed in this release.

Open issues

This section lists the open issues in this specific software release.

Note: This software release may contain open bugs first identified in other releases. To see additional information, click the bug ID to access the Cisco Bug Search Tool. To search for a documented Cisco product issue, type in the browser: <bug_number> site:cisco.com.

Open issues in Cisco IOS XE 17.18.1a

There are no customer impacting bugs that were identified in this release.

Related resources

●     Hardware Installation Guide

●     Software Configuration Guide

Legal information

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