New and Changed Information
The following table provides an overview of the significant updates for the new features and functionality documented in this guide:
When Updated |
Feature/Funtionality |
Description |
Where Documented |
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November 2021 |
Configuring Account Settings |
Updated the Configuring Account Settings task to include information about the Audit Logs Retention Period field. |
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October 2021 |
Setting Up Intersight Virtual Appliance |
Added new tasks for setting up Intersight Connected Virtual Appliance, Intersight Private Virtual Appliance, and Intersight Assist. |
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Recovering Intersight Virtual Appliance |
Added new tasks that provides information on how to recover Intersight Virtual Appliance. |
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Updating the Intersight Virtual Appliance Software |
Added tasks that provide information on how to update Intersight Connected Virtual Appliance and Intersight Private Virtual Appliance. |
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July 2021 |
Enhancement to Intersight Virtual Appliance Settings |
Updated the configuring external syslog task to include support for UDP and TCP protocols, in addition to the existing TLS protocol. |
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Updated the role creation task to include information on configuring the maximum number of concurrent sessions per role. |
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May 2021 |
Enhancement to Intersight Virtual Appliance Settings |
Updated the task that provides information on how to download software packages for Intersight Virtual Appliance. |
Downloading Software Packages for Intersight Virtual Appliance |
Configuring NTP Servers |
Updated the task that provides information on how to configure a NTP server. |
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February 2021 |
Enhancements to Intersight Virtual Appliance Settings |
Added a new task that includes information about configuring password policy for local users. Added a new task that includes information about configuring a banner message for displaying before the login screen. |
Configuring Password Policy for Local Users Configuring a Banner Message for Displaying Before the Login Screen |
Installing Appliance on KVM Hypervisor |
Added a new task that provides information on how to install Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance on KVM Hypervisor. |
Installing Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance on KVM Hypervisor |
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January 2021 |
Enhancement to Intersight Virtual Appliance Settings |
Added a new task that includes information about updating Intersight Intelligence for Intersight Virtual Appliance. |
Updating Intersight Intelligence for Intersight Connected Virtual Appliance |
All Device claims and inventory is now under ADMIN->Targets in the UI |
Updated the task to ensure that it captures all the latest changes to the UI. |
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October 2020 |
Enhancement to Intersight Virtual Appliance Settings |
Added a new task that includes information about configuring external syslog. |
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Support for IPv6 for endpoints |
Updated this section to include information about configuring IP addresses. |
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Renew Target Certificates |
Added a new task that includes information about renewing Target certificates. |
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July 2020 |
Licensing requirements |
Updated this section to include licensing requirements for Intersight Private Virtual Appliance. |
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Technical assistance |
Added a new section that includes information about collecting tech support bundles from Intersight Virtual Appliance. |
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Installing Appliance on Microsoft Hyper-V Server |
Added a new task that provides information on how to install Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance on Microsoft Hyper-V Server. |
Installing Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance on Microsoft Hyper-V Server |
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Creating Private Appliance Account |
Added a new task that provides information about creating a Private Appliance Account for downloading software packages for Intersight Private Virtual Appliance deployments. |
Creating an Appliance Account for Downloading Software Packages |
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Downloading Software Packages |
Added a new task that provides information about downloading software packages for Intersight Private Virtual Appliance deployments. |
Downloading Software Packages for Intersight Virtual Appliance |
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Uploading Software Packages |
Added a new task that provides information about uploading software packages for Intersight Private Virtual Appliance deployments. |
Uploading Software Packages for Intersight Private Virtual Appliance |
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Device Connector Requirements |
Updated the device connector requirements table to include information pertaining to Private Virtual Appliance deployments. |
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March 2020 |
Configuration selection |
Added a step to the existing procedure. |
Installing Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance on VMware vSphere |
Intersight Virtual Appliance Sizing Options |
The newly added Tiny(8 vCPU, 16 Gi RAM) option is applicable for Intersight Assist deployments only. |
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February 2020 |
LDAP Configuration |
Added support for multiple LDAP domains. Added support for LDAP/AD configurations without requiring email. |
Configuring LDAP Settings |
Change IP address |
Added the ability to change IP address of the virtual appliance VM. |
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January 2020 |
Organizations |
Organizations to support multi-tenancy in an account and the ability to create user-defined roles with system-defined privileges. |
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Certificates |
Allow user-submitted certificates and ability to create a self-signed certificate. |
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December 2019 |
Intersight Virtual Appliance Sizing Options |
Intersight Virtual Appliance can be deployed in Small or Medium deployment sizes to support 2000 or 5000 servers. |
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Graceful reboot of the Appliance VM |
Intersight Virtual Appliance can be gracefully rebooted from the Intersight Appliance Diagnostic Tool. |
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August 2019 |
Claiming and launch Cisco UCS Director |
Ability to claim Cisco UCS Director and launch it from Intersight. |
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July 2019 |
Alerts based on Cloud Connection |
Enhanced messages to alert users about cloud connectivity and impact of a disrupted connection. |
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Bulk Target Claim |
Claim multiple target in Intersight through IP/Name or a .csv file. |
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Intersight Appliance Diagnostic tool | A console-based diagnostic tool that helps in troubleshooting and addressing misconfiguration or networking issues during the appliance installation. | Troubleshooting | |
June 2019 |
Support for DHCP |
Enables the appliance to obtain IP addresses from the DHCP server running on the same network to avoid using static IP addresses. |
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Scheduling Backup |
Schedules a full state periodic backup of the data in the appliance based on a schedule and saves the backed-up data on a remote server. |