Release Notes for Cisco Industrial Network Director, Release 1.4.x
Pre-Configuration Requirements for IE Switches
Requirements for ALL IE Switches Running Cisco IOS
Configuration Required for Discovery and Management of Cisco IOS
Device Manager Configuration Required for Discovery and Management of IE1000 Switches
Bootstrap Configuration for IE Switches
Bootstrap Configuration for IE 1000 Switches
First Published: March 30, 2018
This release note contains the latest information about using Release 1.4.x of the Cisco Industrial Network Director (IND) application that supports configuration and management of Industrial Ethernet switches.
The IND application provides three types of Online Help (OLH): Context-Sensitive Help, Embedded Help such as the Guided Tours, and Tooltips.
This document uses the following conventions.
Note: Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the manual.
Cisco Industrial Network Director provides operations teams an easily-integrated system delivering increased operator and technician productivity through streamlined network monitoring and rapid troubleshooting. IND is part of a comprehensive IoT solution from Cisco:
■Easy-to-adopt network management system purpose-built for industrial applications that leverages the full capabilities of the Cisco Industrial Ethernet product family to make the network accessible to non-IT operations personnel.
■Creates a dynamic integrated topology of automation and networking assets using industrial protocol (BACnet/IP, CIP, Modbus, PROFINET) discovery to provide a common framework for plant floor and plant IT personnel to monitor and troubleshoot the network and quickly recover from unplanned downtime.
■Rich APIs allow for easy integration of network information into existing industrial asset management systems and allow customers and system integrators to build dashboards customized to meet specific monitoring and accounting needs.
Cisco IND Features and Benefits
■Purpose-built user experience for non-IT operations personnel - Rapid adoption by operations teams for improved productivity.
■Targeted discovery of plant floor network assets customized for industrial environments – Ensures that automation devices connected to the network are not affected by discovery process.
■Automation endpoint discovery using industrial protocols, including PROFINET, CIP, BACnet/IP, and Modbus Complete automation infrastructure inventory, not solely network inventory details.
■Optimized alarm management with real-time alerting of network events and reporting of effects to automation assets – Allows for operations and plant IT team to consume network events in context of the industrial process to simplify troubleshooting issues.
■User-defined period of monitoring of Supported device metrics, traffic statistics, and network infrastructure status – Increased visibility of network health for the operations team and reduced unplanned downtime.
■Comprehensive RESTful APIs for integration with automation applications and control systems – Rapid adoption and integration with existing systems and customization by system integrators.
■Role-based access control with customizable permission mapping – Restrict system access to authorized users on a per feature basis.
■Detailed Audit trails for operational visibility of network changes, additions, and modifications – Record user actions on network devices for change management.
■Search capability integrated with major functions - Easily locate functionality and mine for information.
■Cisco Active Advisor - Free cloud-based service that provides essential network life cycle information to make sure security and product updates are current.
■Guided tours - Step-by-step guidance to maximize productivity and ease adoption.
In this release of the product, there are four primary functions supported:
Release 1.4.x supports the following new IND features and enhancements summarized in New Features in IND 1.4.x.
Allows you to view and manage port settings by clicking on a Switch port on the faceplate of the switch. You can manage the following items in the Switch port window: |
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Cisco IND is registered with pxGrid as a publisher and publishes information on endpoint attributes to Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) for the IOTASSET Dictionary. Note: You must register Cisco IND in Cisco ISE as a pxGrid node for the function to work. Cisco Platform Exchange Grid (pxGrid), allows multiple security products to share data and work together. This open, scalable, and IETF standards-driven platform helps you automate security to get answers and contain threats faster. Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) is a network administration product that enables the creation and enforcement of security and access policies for endpoint devices connected to the company's routers and switches. Integrating pxGrid with IND allows IND to share endpoint information available in the IND inventory with ISE. |
Deploying Cisco Industrial Network Director (IND) with Cisco ISE using pxGrid |
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Using the BACnet data communications protocol, IND can retrieve and then manage MAC addresses and configured network port information of Building Automation and Control network devices. BACnet Devices devices have a specific group icon that displays within the Topology map. |
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Allows you to backup the current device configuration into the IND Configuration Archive. |
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You can define tags and then attach those tags to one or more devices on the following pages: Inventory, Device Details and Topology. You cannot delete a tag that is associated with a device. |
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When you create a group, it displays as an icon in the Topology map. This action occurs even in the absence of assigned assets or subgroups in the Group. |
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Allows you to show or hide configured VLANs for devices that display. |
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New capability allows you to append additional command line interface (CLI) commands to a Device Configuration. |
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Cisco Universal IOS images supported: ■Cisco IOS Release 15.2(4)EC2(ED) Note: See Limitations and Restrictions for image limitations. The device pack supports the following Cisco and Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley platforms: Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley platforms: ■Stratix 8000/8300 Modular Managed Ethernet Switches ■Stratix 5700 Industrial Managed Ethernet Switches ■Stratix 5700 Industrial Ethernet Switches ■Stratix 5410 Industrial Distribution Switches |
The Cisco Industrial Network Director is licensed on a per-device, term subscription basis and supports two licensing models. For details on the supported lND licenses, refer to the:
The following information describes the CLI configuration required for IND to discover a Supported Device and transition the device from UNLICENSED to LICENSED state in secure mode.
■For IE switches running Cisco IOS, refer to Requirements for ALL IE Switches Running Cisco IOS
■For IE1000 switches, refer to Device Manager Configuration Required for Discovery and Management of IE 1000 Switches
■Configuration Required for Discovery and Management of Cisco IOS
1. Login to the IE 1000 Device Manager.
2. Leave the username field blank and enter cisco as password.
4. Create Device Access User and use the same in Access Profile on IND.
5. Configure SNMP community string for Read Only (ro):
a. Choose Configure > SNMP. Click OK in the pop-up windows to confirm enabling SNMP.
b. Check the check box to enable SNMP Mode globally. Click Submit
6. Select Community Strings tab. Add a public Community String read only access. (By default, this is a Read Only (ro) string)
a. Select the Users tab and add an snmpv3 user with name, security level, authentication protocol, authentication password, privacy protocol, and privacy password. Click OK.
b Select the Group tab, select the created user, and specify the group name. Click OK.
7. Choose Admin > Access Management.
a. Check the check box to enable either SSH or Telnet. (This option determines how the IE1000 communicates with IND)
The system pushes the following configuration when you move the device to the Licensed state in the system:
The installation procedure for IND is described in the Installation Guide for Industrial Network Director for Release 1.4.x.
IND Device Packs can only be installed with an IND application that has a matching version number, and the release number must be the same or greater than the IND release number.
For example, in release 1.4.0-216, 1.4.0 is the version number and 216 is the release number.
A new Device Pack must be version 1.4.0 and the release must be 216 or higher.
For Device Pack installation steps, refer to the Installation Guide for Cisco Industrial Network Director, Release 1.4.x.
Please note the following information about Windows OS, Cisco IOS software and PID support on IND.
Cisco recommends that you review this section before you begin working with IoT IND. These are known limitations that will not be fixed, and there is not always a workaround for these issues. Some features might not work as documented, and some features might be affected by recent changes to the software.
■After you upgrade from IND 1.3 to IND 1.4, you must re-register with the pxGrid Service.
■Import of PnP profile from IND 1.3 to IND 1.4 is not supported.
■PnP process is supported only on single-homed (Single IP) IND servers for Cisco IOS Release 15.2(6)E1.
■PnP process fails intermittently in Cisco IOS Release 15.2(6)E0a.
■A PnP Service Error 1410 occurs in Cisco IOS Release 15.2(6)E0a due to AAA command not working (CSCvg64039).
■A crash occurs on IE 2000 and Stratix 5700 devices with IOS 15.2(6)E0a if the PnP process is enabled using DHCP option 43 (CSCvg72151).
This section presents open caveats in this release and information on using the Bug Search Tool to view details on those caveats.
■Accessing the Bug Search Tool
Platform-related caveats displays open caveats for some IE switches that may affect the functionality of IND 1.4.
You can use the Bug Search Tool to find information about caveats for this release, including a description of the problems and available workarounds. The Bug Search Tool lists both open and resolved caveats.
To access the Bug Search Tool, you need the following items:
■Cisco.com user ID and password
To access the Bug Search Tool, use the following URL: https://tools.cisco.com/bugsearch/search
To search using a specific bug ID, use the following URL: https://tools.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/ <BUGID>
Installation Guide for Industrial Network Director Application for Release 1.4.x at:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/cloud-systems-management/industrial-network-director/tsd-products-support-series-home.html
Find documentation for the Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switches at: (select the link for the relevant switch to access user guide)
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/switches/industrial-ethernet-switches/index.html
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