Release Notes for the Cisco ASA Device Package Software, Version 1.2(6) for ACI

Release Notes for the Cisco ASA Device Package Software, Version 1.2(6) for ACI

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Published: June 30, 2016

Revised: June 30, 2016

This document contains release information for the Cisco ASA Device Package software, Version 1.2(6) for ACI, and includes the following sections:

• Supported ASA Models
• Supported APIC Versions
• New Features in 1.2(6)
• Important Notes
• APIC 1.2(x) and ASA 9.3(1)
• The Policy Manager Lock Ups when the Configuration for BGP Peering for the Service Appliance is Incomplete
• Installing the Software
• Downloading the Software from Cisco.com
• Bug Search
• Resolved Caveats in the ASA Device Package Version 1.2(6)
• Resolved Enhancement Requests in the ASA Device Package Version 1.2(6)
• Related Documentation
• Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Supported ASA Models

The following table lists the supported ASA models.

Supported APIC Versions

Cisco ASA Device Package Software supports only the version of APIC that it is shipped with.

New Features in 1.2(6)

This release includes support for the following:

• A new command is now available which enables you to add remarks or comments about entries in any access list, including extended, EtherType, IPv6, standard, and Webtype access lists. This command is used in the same way as the access-list list_name remark text command is used for the ASA. For more information about how to use the command, see the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Command Reference.
• In addition to being able to perform application-inspections on service connectors, you can now perform global application-inspections with the policy-map command. This command is used in the same way as the factory default global policy configuration on the ASA. For more information, see the Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guide.
• A new command is now available which enables you to either:

– Allow communication between interfaces with equal security levels (inter-interface)

– Allow traffic to enter and exit the same interface (intra-interface)

This command is used in the same way as the same-security-traffic command is used for the ASA. For more information about how to use the command, see the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Command Reference.

• A new command is now available which enables you to define the period of time which can be used in a AccessControlEntry to specify when it is active. This command is used in the same way as the time-range command is used for the ASA. For more information about how to use the command, see the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Command Reference.

Important Notes

Pay attention to the following important notes:

• The ASAv does not support multiple context mode.
• ACE with dynamic EPG requires ASA image 9.3.2 or later.

APIC 1.2(x) and ASA 9.3(1)

If you are running APIC 1.2(x) with ASA 9.3(1), which has a default SSL configuration, you will see the following error:

The workaround is to have ssl encryption aes128-sha1 configured on the ASA, or to upgrade the ASA to version 9.3(2) or later.

The Policy Manager Lock Ups when the Configuration for BGP Peering for the Service Appliance is Incomplete

Symptom The Policy Manager crashes when the l3Out that is used for BGP peering for the service appliance has an incomplete configuration (CSCuw03425).

Conditions The l3Out used for BGP peering for the service appliance is missing l3extRsNodeL3OutAtt.

Workaround Make sure that the l3Out contains l3extRsNodeL3OutAtt. This problem will be fixed in a subsequent release.

The following shows the BGP XML example with l3extRsNodeL3OutAtt:

Installing the Software

To upgrade, you do not need to remove the previous package if your APIC release has the fix for CSCuv4353. Otherwise, to upgrade from an older version to a newer, you need to remove the old version from APIC first, then install the new version.

To install the ASA Device Package software, see Cisco ASA Quick Start Guide for APIC Integration, 1.2 for instructions.

Downloading the Software from Cisco.com

If you have a Cisco.com login, you can obtain the ASA Device Package image from the following website:

https://software.cisco.com/download/release.html?mdfid=283123066&flowid=22661&softwareid=286279676

Bug Search

If you are a registered Cisco.com user, view more information about each caveat using Bug Search at the following website:

https://tools.cisco.com/bugsearch

Resolved Caveats in the ASA Device Package Version 1.2(6)

Note There are no open caveats for ASA Device Package Version.

The following table contains the resolved caveats in ASA Device Package Version 1.2(6):

Resolved Enhancement Requests in the ASA Device Package Version 1.2(6)

The following table contains the enhancement requests resolved in ASA Device Package Version 1.2(6):

Related Documentation

For additional information about the Cisco ASA, see Navigating the Cisco ASA Series Documentation.

For additional information about the Cisco APIC, see the APIC Documentation website and the Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Security Solution website.

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

For information on obtaining documentation, using the Cisco Bug Search Tool (BST), submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see What’s New in Cisco Product Documentation at: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html.

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