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 4.7.1
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Description |
Where Documented |
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Granular Role Based Access Control |
This feature introduces a new resource group policy that manages the VM and VNF. You can now assign users to a group to control VNF access, during VNF deployment. |
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Enforce Setting of BIOS and CIMC Passwords |
This feature enforces the user to change the default password for CIMC and BIOS. |
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Support for 40G Dual Port and Quad-Split NICs in Cisco Cloud Services Platforms |
Starting from this release, the 40G network interface card (NIC) supports dual port modes on Cisco Cloud Services Platform (CSP). |
Support for 40G Dual Port and Quad-Split NICs in Cisco Cloud Services Platforms |
Resolved and Open Bugs
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Resolved Bugs for Cisco Enterprise NFVIS Release 4.7.1
Bug ID |
Description |
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Out of memory (oom-killer): Stopping strobe of WDT monitoring BMC. Reset coming |
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VM remain shut post upgrade to 4.7 EFT |
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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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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 |
Open Bugs for Cisco Enterprise NFVIS Release 4.7.1
Bug ID |
Description |
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CSP port channel failure |
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Tabei: 4.6 to 4.7.0-78 cause error: "could not open network device int-CELL-1-0 (No such device) |
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SFP insertion/removal syslog request |
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switch ports and lan interface on ENCS failed to comeup after NFVIS upgrade. |
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The order to add remote user to resource group when local system having same user name |
Important Notes
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In NFVIS 4.6.1, backup with GE0-1-SRIOV-3 cannot be restored on ENCS 5400. For more details, see CSCvz82738.
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NFVIS 4.7.1 is the last release in which the system settings dns-server command is supported. We recommend that you use the system settings name-server command (supported from NFVIS 4.4.1) instead of system settings dns-server, starting from NFVIS 4.8.1 and later releases.
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NFVIS 4.7.1 is the last release in which the route-distribute command is supported. We recommend that you use the router bgp command, instead of route-distribute, starting from NFVIS 4.8.1 and later releases. For more information on the router bgp command, see Configure BGP on NFVIS.
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Starting from NFVIS 4.7.1 and later releases, we recommend that you use the .iso file upgrade method to upgrade NFVIS.
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 Platforms and Firmware
The following table lists the only supported platforms and firmware for Cisco ENFV
Platform |
Firmware |
Version |
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ENCS 5406, ENCS 5408, and ENCS 5412 |
BIOS |
ENCS54_BIOS_3.04.SPA |
CIMC |
CIMC_3.2.13.8 |
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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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ENCS 5104 |
BIOS |
V010 |
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 |
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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 |
BIOS |
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CIMC |
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C8200-UCPE-1N8 |
BIOS |
C8200-UCPE_1.04.103020201614 |
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 4.7.1 release.
Cisco Router VNFs
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Product homepage |
Software download |
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Other Cisco Owned VNFs
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Product homepage |
Software download |
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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