Cisco IWAN Application on APIC-EM Release Notes, Release 1.6.0

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Cisco IWAN Application on APIC-EM Release
Notes, Release 1.6.0
First Published: 2017-10-24
Last Modified: 2017-10-24
Cisco IWAN Application on APIC-EM Release Notes, Release
1.6.0
ThesereleasenotesprovideasummaryofthecomponentsinCiscoIntelligentWideAreaNetworkApplication
(CiscoIWANApp),Release1.6.0.
CiscoIWANApp(ortheCiscoIWANonAPIC-EM)extendsSoftwareDefinedNetworkingtothebranch
withanapplication-centricapproachbasedonbusinesspolicyandapplicationrules.ThisprovidesITcentralized
managementwithdistributedenforcementacrossthenetwork.
CiscoIWANAppautomatesandorchestratesCiscoIWANdeploymentswithanintuitivebrowser-based
GUI.AnewroutercanbeprovisionedinamatterofminuteswithoutanyknowledgeoftheCommandLine
Interface(CLI).BusinessprioritiesaretranslatedintonetworkpoliciesbasedonCiscobestpracticesand
validateddesigns.CiscoIWANAppdramaticallyreducesthetimerequiredforconfiguringadvancednetwork
servicesthroughtheuseofautomationandsimple,predefinedworkflows.
CiscoIWANAppoffersaturnkeysolutionthatallowsITtogetoutoftheweedsofmanaginglow-level
semanticslikeVPN,QoS,optimization,ACLpolicies.Instead,ITcanfocusonthebiggerpicture,suchas,
aligningnetworkresourceswithbusinessprioritiesanddeliveringoutstandinguserexperiencethatresultin
betterbusinessoutcomes.
CiscoIWANAppincludesthefollowingfeatures:
•Zerotouchprovisioning—Plugandplayforremotedeviceswithoutuserintervention
•Simpleworkflows—Usecasedrivenwithstep-by-stepandsite-to-siteprovisioning
•Businesslevelpolicies—Rulesdrivenetworkactions,abstractionofunderlyingpolicyconfiguration
•Networkmonitoring—Status,alertingofnetworkissues
What’s New in Cisco IWAN App Release 1.6.0
ThefollowingfeaturesareavailableinCiscoIWANAppRelease1.6.0.
Feature Name Description
Portrange/IPsubnetbasedcustomapp AbilitytospecifyaportrangeoranIPsubnetwhen
defininganewNBAR2customapplication.
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Separation of Cisco IWAN Application from APIC-EM Releases
Feature Name Description
NATIP/Customportenhancement AbilitytospecifycustomNATport,andtomodify
NATIPandportsettingsafterprovisioning(DayN).
Deleteserviceprovideraddresspools AbilitytodeleteIPaddresspoolswhentheyarenot
usedonanyhuborspokerouter.
MCselectiononbranchsites Abilitytoselectmastercontroller(MC)deviceduring
provisioning(Day0)ofabranchsitewithtworouters.
SupportforCiscoISR900SeriesRouters,Cisco1100 SupportaddedforCisco900SeriesIndustrialRouters,
SeriesISR,andCiscoISR4221Router Cisco1100SeriesIntegratedServicesRouter,and
Cisco4221IntegratedServicesRouteratbranchsites.
Separation of Cisco IWAN Application from APIC-EM Releases
CiscoIWANapprelease1.3.2introducedanewapproachtoIWANappreleases.Beginningwiththisrelease:
•TheIWANapphasbeendecoupledfromtheAPIC-EMreleaseschedule,andfromtheAPIC-EM
installationandupgradeprocesses.
•IWANappreleasenumberingisnowindependentofAPIC-EMreleasenumbering.
•DownloadtheIWANappseparatelyfromAPIC-EM,theninstallorupgradetheappusingtheAPIC-EM
“AppManagement”page.SeeCiscoIWANApplicationonCiscoAPIC-EMUserGuide,Release1.6.0
fordetailsaboutdeployment.
Integral Part of APIC-EM
WhilethereleasescheduleandinstallationarenowhandledseparatelyfromAPIC-EM,CiscoIWANApp
continuestobeanintegralpartofAPIC-EMandcontinuestoappearintheAPIC-EMGUIasbefore.
SystemrequirementsfortheAPIC-EMcontinuetoapplytoCiscoIWANApp.
SeeCiscoIWANAppSoftwareCompatibilityinCiscoIWANAppReleaseforinformationaboutthesoftware
compatiblewithCiscoIWANAppreleases,includingAPIC-EMandCiscoPrimeInfrastructureversions.
Supported Cisco Platforms and Software Releases in Cisco IWAN App Release
1.6.0
CiscoIWANAppRelease1.6.0supportsthefollowingCiscorouterplatformsandsoftwarereleases.
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Supported Cisco Platforms and Software Releases in Cisco IWAN App Release 1.6.0
Platform Models Software Release
Cisco4000SeriesIntegrated ISR4221 CiscoIOSXEEverest16.6.1
ServicesRouters ISR4321 CiscoIOSXEEverest16.6.21
ISR4331 CiscoIOSXEDenali16.3.5
ISR4351
ISR4431
ISR4451-X
CiscoASR1000Series ASR1001 CiscoIOSXEEverest16.6.1
AggregationServicesRouters
ASR1001-X CiscoIOSXEEverest16.6.2
ASR1001-HX CiscoIOSXEDenali16.3.5
ASR1002
ASR1002-X
ASR1002-HX
ASR1004
ASR1006
ASR1006-X
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Supported Cisco Platforms and Software Releases in Cisco IWAN App Release 1.6.0
Platform Models Software Release
Cisco1100SeriesIntegrated CiscoIOSXEEverest16.6.2
ServicesRouters
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Supported Cisco Platforms and Software Releases in Cisco IWAN App Release 1.6.0
Platform Models Software Release
C1111-4P
C1111-4PLTEEA
C1111-4PLTELA
C1111-4PWA
C1111-4PWB
C1111-4PWD
C1111-4PWE
C1111-4PWF
C1111-4PWH
C1111-4PWN
C1111-4PWQ
C1111-4PWR
C1111-4PWZ
C1111-8P
C1111-8PLTEEA
C1111-8PLTEEAWA
C1111-8PLTEEAWB
C1111-8PLTEEAWE
C1111-8PLTEEAWR
C1111-8PLTELA
C1111-8PLTELAWD
C1111-8PLTELAWF
C1111-8PLTELAWH
C1111-8PLTELAWN
C1111-8PLTELAWQ
C1111-8PLTELAWZ
C1111-8PWA
C1111-8PWB
C1111-8PWE
C1111-8PWF
C1111-8PWH
C1111-8PWN
C1111-8PWQ
C1111-8PWR
C1111-8PWZ
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Supported Cisco Platforms and Software Releases in Cisco IWAN App Release 1.6.0
Platform Models Software Release
C1116-4P
C1116-4PLTEEA
C1116-4PLTEEAWE
C1116-4PWE
C1117-4P
C1117-4PLTEEA
C1117-4PLTEEAWA
C1117-4PLTEEAWE
C1117-4PLTELA
C1117-4PLTELAWZ
C1117-4PM
C1117-4PMLTEEA
C1117-4PMLTEEAWE
C1117-4PMWE
C1117-4PWA
C1117-4PWE
C1117-4PWZ
VirtualRouters CloudServicesRouter1000V CiscoIOSXEEverest16.6.1
ENCS5400(ISRv) CiscoIOSXEEverest16.6.2
CiscoIOSXEDenali16.3.5
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Supported Cisco Platforms and Software Releases in Cisco IWAN App Release 1.6.0
Platform Models Software Release
CiscoIntegratedServicesRouters C891-24X-K9 CiscoIOS15.7(3)M
Generation2(ISR-G2)Series
C891F-K9
Routers—800Series
C891FW-A-K9
C891FW-E-K9
C892-FSP-K9
C896VAG-LTE-GA-K9
C896VA-K9
C897VAB-K9
C897VAG-LTE-GA-K9
C897VAG-LTE-LA-K9
C897VAGW-LTE-GAEK9
C897VA-K9
C897VAMG-LTE-GA-K9
C897VA-M-K9
C897VAM-W-E-K9
C897VAW-A-K9
C897VAW-E-K9
C898EAG-LTE-GA-K9
C898EAG-LTE-LA-K9
C898EA-K9
C899G-LTE-GA-K9
C899G-LTE-JP-K9
C899G-LTE-LA-K9
C899G-LTE-NA-K9
C899G-LTE-ST-K9
C899G-LTE-VZ-K9
CiscoIntegratedServicesRouters ISR1921 CiscoIOS15.7(3)M
Generation2(ISR-G2)Series
ISR1941
Routers—1900Series
CiscoIntegratedServicesRouters ISR2901 CiscoIOS15.7(3)M
Generation2(ISR-G2)Series
ISR2911
Routers—2900Series
ISR2921
ISR2951
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Limitations and Restrictions
Platform Models Software Release
CiscoIntegratedServicesRouters ISR3925 CiscoIOS15.7(3)M
Generation2(ISR-G2)Series
ISR3925E
Routers—3900Series
ISR3945
ISR3945-E
1 AppliestoCiscoISR4221Router
Limitations and Restrictions
Note ItisrecommendedthatyouupgradetoNBAR2AdvancedProtocolPack27.0.0onyourdeviceswiththe
recommendedlatestCiscoIOSandCiscoIOSXEsoftwarereleases.
WhenusingEasyQoSandCiscoIWANApponAPIC-EM,youmustadheretothefollowing:
•Thenetworksegmentsforeachsolutionaredisjoint.AdevicecontrolledbytheIWANsolutioncannot
simultaneouslybecontrolledbytheEasyQoSsolution.ApplicationareofglobalscopeacrossAPIC-EM
andassuch,customapplicationscreatedinEasyQoSapplicationmayshowupintheIWANsolutionif
applicabletotheWANsolution.
•YoumustcompletethefollowingtasksondevicesclaimedbyEasyQoS,tobringthemintheIWAN
workflow:
◦QoSpolicytagsshouldberemovedpriortobeingclaimed
◦ThedevicemustbecleanedofremainingEasyQoSpolicyorconfigurationandthedevicemust
broughttogreenfieldstate.
Hub Router EIGRP Process Downtime During Upgrade
WhenupgradingtoCiscoIWANApp1.5.1,afterclickingtheUpgradeNetworkbutton(arequiredstepin
theupgradeprocess),CiscoIWANApppushesaseriesofcommandstothehubBRrouters,whichtriggers
routingtableupdatesfromhubrouterstobranchsiterouters.Duringthisupdateandresynchronizationprocess,
thehubrouter’sEIGRPprocessisinactive.ThelengthofthisEIGRPdowntimedependsonthenumberof
branchsiteroutersundergoingupdate,andmaybeseveralminutes.
Thisoccursonlywhenoperatinganetworkwithaddressingwithinoneofthefollowingsubnets:10.0.0.0/8,
172.16.0.0/12,192.168.0.0/16.
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Caveats
Caveats
Open Caveats in Cisco IWAN App Release 1.6.0
Caveat ID Number Description
CSCvg24770 TransitHubprovisioningfailed-InternalError
CSCvg31669 HUBFailedwith“InternalErrorinIWAN”afterupgradingto1.6iftheMPLS-BRis
notreachable
CSCvg28133 HubprovisioningfailedasvalidationallowedVRFconfigurationonHUBBorder
RouterLANinterface
CSCvg25786 SCALE:Twobranchesstuckin“In-Progress”whencreatingnewcustomapplication
CSCvg16446 Cannotrecoverfromcustomerconfigurationfailure
CSCvc46613 Spokeprovisionfailureduetomultipleusersaredefinedandthenotallofthemare
tried
CSCvb95745 Unabletoaddadevicethatwasdeletedwiththesitethatfailedatbusinesspolicy
configphase
CSCve03315 CustomConfig:Repeatedappearanceofcustom-templateinformview
CSCvg42688 IWANApp1.6andPrime3.2.1:IssuesloadingQueueDropchartswhenappsarein
Criticalhealth
CSCvg46690 PnP1.6.0:ImageupgradefailsforDualRouterdeploymentviaIWANApp
Resolved Caveats in Cisco IWAN App Release 1.6.0
Caveat ID Number Description
CSCvf33086 DeviceSyncfailureforc898brownfieldprovisionwithpppoe
CSCvf23932 JDBCexceptioncausedDBqueryfailurewhenclicknewlydiscovereddevicelist
CSCvf29226 SpokesitewithOSPFasLANprovisioningfailedduetoEIGRPflap
CSCvf86596 ProvisionanewsitecausingEIGRPflapinallsites
CSCvd04725 HubARACLsnotremovedwhenbranchsitesaredeleted
CSCvc16668 SA:AlarmtabseenonthesitewithnoalarmsshownonUI
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System Requirements
Caveat ID Number Description
CSCve21086 [SA]GenericAlarmthrownforrequirementsnotmetduetoincorrectMTUsize
CSCve17599 [SA]WANinterfacediscoveryfailurealarmrecommendedactionsneedmoredetails
CSCvd83658 [SA]Wrongentryinhubalarmforeigrpsafentry--showingnon-existingSAFentry
CSCve19568 [SA]DMVPNalarmshowsNBMA/peersarepingunreachablewhentheyarereachable
viaping
CSCve21952 “SetGeo”fieldfortransitpopdisappearsifclickondeletingtransitpopthencancelled
CSCve21281 UIshouldlimitcustomappURLlengthto29characters-Addatooltipaboutthe30
characters
CSCvc07291 SA:UncontrolledTCalarmnotshownforsiteswithnopolicyforbackuplink
CSCvc36842 [SA]NorouteisfoundatdeviceisMisleadingunderchildAlarm
CSCvf89415 Missingsummary-addressunderaf-interfaceinMTTscenario
CSCvf89331 IWANAPP1.5.2.387:TransitHUBFaileddeployment
CSCvf38414 TransitHub(MTT)failedwith"InternalError"onAppPolicyUpdate
CSCvf25809 Day-NQoSprofileupdatefor4Ginterfacefailedwithfetchingbandwidthdetailerror
System Requirements
ThefollowingsectionsdescribethesystemrequirementsforCiscoIWANApp:
Hardware Requirements
CiscoIWANApprequiresaserverwiththefollowingcapabilities/software:
•Server—64-bitx86
•CPU—6(2.4GHz)
•RAM—32GB
Note:Foramulti-hosthardwaredeployment(twoorthreehosts),32GBRAMissufficientforeachhost.
•Storage—500Gigabytesorpreferably1TerabyteHDD
•NetworkAdapter—1x
•200MBpsDiskI/Ospeed
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