First Published: July 9, 2020

Release Notes for Cisco Network Devices Connector Pack

Cisco UCS Director

Cisco UCS Director delivers unified, highly secure management for supported compute, network, storage, and virtualization platforms and for the industry's leading converged infrastructure solutions, which are based on the Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) and Cisco Nexus platforms. Cisco UCS Director extends the unification of computing and network layers through Cisco UCS to provide data center administrators with comprehensive visibility and management capabilities for compute, network, storage, and virtualization. For more information, see Cisco UCS Director on Cisco.com.

Revision History

Release

Date

Description

6.7.4.1

July 09, 2020

Created for Release 6.7.4.1.

Connector Packs

Connector packs help you perform connector level upgrade in Cisco UCS Director without impacting other connectors and without having to upgrade the entire software version. After claiming Cisco UCS Director in Cisco Intersight, as a system administrator, you can view information on new versions of connector packs that are available for upgrade. The top header pane of the user interface displays a Download icon indicating that new connector pack versions are available. You can select and upgrade the connector packs in Cisco UCS Director.

Cisco Networking Connector Pack

Cisco Networking connector pack provides the support for new versions of networking connector. Using the connector pack, you can upgrade to the latest version of networking connector. During the upgrade process, Cisco UCS Director gets restarted automatically.

Viewing Connector Pack Upgrade Information

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Administration > System.

Step 2

On the System page, click System Updates.

Information such as upgrade request ID, user that initiated the upgrade, upgrade start time and end time, and the upgrade status are displayed.
Step 3

Select a connector pack and choose View Details to view details such as connector pack name, upgraded version, and prior version.

Step 4

Click State History to view the various states of the connector pack upgrade process. For example, upgrade request received, upgrade process initiated or upgrade process completed.

Step 5

Click Stages to view the entire lifecycle of the connector pack upgrade request.

Upgrading Connector Packs

Before you begin

  • You must have system administrator privileges in Cisco UCS Director.

  • Cisco UCS Director has been claimed in Cisco Intersight. For information on claiming a device, see the integrated guided walkthrough titled Learn How to Claim a Device available within the Online Help menu in the Cisco Intersight user interface.

  • Cisco UCS Director is successfully connected to Cisco Intersight.

  • Take a snapshot of Cisco UCS Director before you initiate the upgrade.

Procedure

Step 1

On the header, click New Upgrades Available.

The Available System Upgrades screen appears and will display all available connector packs for upgrade along with version information. Upon login, if you clicked Yes to the pop-up message, then the very same upgrade screen appears.

Note 

The New Upgrades Available icon is visible on the header only when new versions of the current running connector packs are available for upgrade.

Step 2

Check the check box of a connector pack from the list.

You can check the check boxes of multiple connector packs.
Step 3

Click Upgrade.

Step 4

In the Confirm Upgrade dialog box, click Yes.

After you confirm that the connector version must be upgraded, the validation process is initiated. If the validation process completes successfully, the upgrade process is initiated and the System Upgrade Status screen displays the upgrade status. After the upgrade process is successful, the Logout option is enabled.

Step 5

Click Logout.

While upgrading a base platform pack that includes changes to all infrastructure components, all Cisco UCS Director services are restarted. As a result, after clicking Logout, the screen could appear to be unresponsive for a few minutes. After all the services are restarted, and the upgrade process is complete, you can login to Cisco UCS Director .

What to do next

You can view the upgrade reports by choosing Administration > System > System Updates. From this screen, you can double-click on a report, and view additional details on the upgrade process. For more information, see Viewing Connector Pack Upgrade Information.

New and Changed Features in Release 6.7.4.1

This section provides an overview of the significant new and changed features in this release.

  • Support for Cisco Nexus 1000 Series switches version 5.2(x)SV3(x).

  • Support for Cisco Nexus 3000 Series switches version 9.3(x).

  • Support for Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches version 7.3(x)Nx(x).

  • Support for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switches version 9.3(x).

  • Support for Cisco ASAv version 9.14(x)x.

  • Support for Cisco ASA version 9.12(x).

  • Support for Cisco IOS Devices version 15.2.2(2) E9.

  • Support for Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE) version 2.7.0.356.

For more information about the certified and supported versions, see Cisco UCS Director Compatibility Matrix.

Open Bugs in Release 6.7.4.1

There are no open bugs in this release, at the moment.

Resolved Bugs in Release 6.7.4.1

The following table lists the resolved defects in this release.

Defect ID

Headline

CSCvu46820

Newly added validation blocks the macro usage in Create SAN Zone task.