About Cisco NFV SD-Branch Support in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager
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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. |
Cisco Network Function Virtualization Software-Defined Branch (NFV SD-Branch) features in Cisco SD-WAN Manager are a collection of capabilities that allow you to use Cisco SD-WAN Manager as a single centralized orchestrator to manage both the Cisco NFV hardware platforms powered by Cisco NFVIS hypervisor software and the virtualized network function (VNF) based network services that run as guest virtual machines (VMs). SD-Branch in Cisco SD-WAN Manager provides a three-step user experience of design, deploy and monitor that enables you to deploy networking services efficiently across all sites within your enterprise network infrastructure.
The Cisco SD-WAN Manager portal supports:
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Design - A network architect can graphically create a parameterized network design template that captures the enterprise networking standards and best practices including WAN circuits and VNF service chains.
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Deploy - A network operator can use the pre-defined network design templates to deploy and configure network devices and services in multiple locations in an automated and secure manner without making any design decisions.
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Monitor - A network auditor can monitor and manage both the hardware platforms and the virtualized network services VMs that are running on them, without the fear of making accidental configuration changes.
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Cisco NFV SD-Branch features in Cisco SD-WAN Manager are only supported for greenfield deployments of the ENCS 5400 Series and the C8200-uCPE platforms. |
What's New
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Description |
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This feature adds support to use Cisco ThousandEyes as a container within Cisco SD-WAN Manager. |
Resolved and Open Bugs
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Resolved and Open Bugs
Resolved Bugs for NFV SD-Branch Release 20.15.1
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C8300-UCPE-1N20: MEMORY_USAGE_HIGH: System uses 90.1987075805664% of memory |
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Creating a new Branch site on vManage Network Design using an old name is failing |
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vBeanch: change CIMC and BIOS password NFVIS commands do not work |
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Cisco_NFVIS-4.14.1-EFT2 NIM is missing or not booting UP |
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Device Tags not showing up when associate to configGroup |
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MT: C8Kv sd-routing is unreachable due to missing site-id in vManage but C8Kv shows connection UP |
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PSIRT-0364399892: vManage UI does not log out automatically when UI is idle over 30 minutes |
Open Bugs for NFV SD-Branch Release 20.15.1
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NFV onboarded device showing version 20.12 and update to right version takes couple minutes |
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C8Kv does not get QAT hardware crypto when scale up C8Kv with NGIO enabled |
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nfvis control connection down after single ip failver by stopping vm |
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Save option greyed out when trying to edit snmp parcel |
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Fail to import SDWAN CG with Reason: Failed to import config and package |
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C8Kv does not get QAT hardware crypto when scale up with 5 interfaces |
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ND deployment fail Deployment c8kv failed with error: Bootstrap File not found |
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vBranch: fail to deploy ND to device due to Invalid usage - Remove vlan before using vlan-range |
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Fail to deploy same NFV CG with Switch parcel to different NFVIS devices. Validation Error on Switch |
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vBranch: Loss control connection after upgrade NFVIS from 4.12.4 to 4.15.1 |
Software Upgrade
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NFVIS 4.1.1 release or later on ENCS 5400 devices are supported on Cisco SD-Branch solution. |
For more details on the NFVIS software upgrade, see Upgrade Cisco NFVIS.
For more details on Cisco SD-WAN Manager software upgrade, see Cisco SD-WAN Manager Software Upgrade.
System Requirements
The following resources are required for a standalone Cisco Enterprise NFVIS:
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20 GB storage is required for Cisco NFVIS
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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
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ENCS 5406, ENCS 5408, and ENCS 5412 |
BIOS |
ENCS54_BIOS_4.00.SPA |
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CIMC |
CIMC_3.2.14.19.bin |
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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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C8200-UCPE-1N8 |
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C8200-UCPE_1.04 |
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MCU |
240.52 |
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C8300-UCPE-1N20 |
BIOS |
C83uCPE_BIOS_1.05.SPA |
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CIMC |
CIMC_4.15.0.2R.bin |
Guest VNFs
For the list of supported VNFs that can be orchestrated through Cisco SD-WAN Manager, see the Guest VNFs section of Release Notes for Cisco Enterprise Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure Software, Release 4.15.1.
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