Release Notes Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Collector 6.7.0

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Below please find the Release Notes for Wireless LAN Controller collector 6.7.0. Please contact your Technical Account Manager (if applicable) or Systems Engineering Team or Support Team to discuss and plan the installation. Thank you for being a customer.

Browser Requirements

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Minimum Resolution: 1200x768 Browsers:

  • Modern, standards-compliant browser

  • JavaScript enabled

  • Pop-up blocker disabled for hostname/IP

The following browsers are supported in the current versions of SevOne. Please use the latest version of your preferred (supported) browser.

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Compatibility Matrix

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Version SevOne NMS / NMS REST API   Widget Version SOA Version SevOne Data Insight Collectors      
  NMS (CentOS) REST API       Cisco Aironet Cisco Catalyst Aruba Enterprise Aruba Instant
6.7.0 6.7.0 (T & S)
6.5.0 - 6.6.0 (T & S)
6.4.0 (S)
6.3.0 (T & S)
6.1.0 (S) 		2.1.46
2.1.44 - .45
2.1.43
2.1.42
2.1.40 		6.7.0 >= 6.7.0 6.7 (T & S)
6.6 (T & S)
6.5 (S)
3.14 (T & S)
3.13 (S) 		<= 8.10.130.0
Models supported:
- 2504 Wireless Controller
- 3504 Wireless Controller
- 5508 Wireless Controller
- 5520 Wireless Controller
- 5760 Wireless Controller
- 7510 Wireless Controller
- 8510 Wireless Controller
- 8540 Wireless Controller
- Virtual Wireless Controller 		<= Cupertino - 17.9.2
Models supported:
- 9800-40 Wireless Controller
- 9800-80 Wireless Controller
- 9800-L-C Wireless Controller
- 9800-L-F Wireless Controller
- 9800-CL Wireless Controller for Cloud 		<= 8.7.1.4
Models unsupported for Wifi 6E Access Points:
- Aruba AP-615
- Aruba AP-635
- Aruba AP-655 		<= 8.7.1.6
Other Requirements           CPU: 2 or more
RAM: 4GB or more
HDD: 20GB or more
Docker: 18.06.1-ce or higher 		CPU: 2 or more
RAM: 4GB or more
HDD: 20GB or more
Docker: 18.06.1-ce or higher 		CPU: 2 or more
RAM: 4GB or more
HDD: 20GB or more
Docker: 18.06.1-ce or higher 		CPU: 2 or more
RAM: 4GB or more
HDD: 20GB or more
Docker: 18.06.1-ce or higher
Note:
  • T & S - Tested & Supported
  • S - Supported
Important: For multiple containers to run properly, minimum memory required is (2 + n * 1) or more GB where, n = number of containers.

Useful Guides

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From IBM's Documentation Portal (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/sevone-npm), please refer to the following Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) / SevOne Data Insight guides for details.

Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Guide(s)

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  • Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Collector Installation Guide
  • Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Data Insight Widgets User Guide
  • Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Prerequisites & Common Questions
  • Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Variables and Report Linking Usage Guide
  • Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Solutions Widgets for Data Insight Installation Guide

SevOne Data Insight Guides

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  • Automated Rebuild (Customer) Instructions
  • SevOne Data Insight Pre-Installation Guide
  • SevOne Data Insight Installation Guide
  • SevOne Data Insight Migrate Operating System & Data Guide
  • SevOne Data Insight Upgrade Process Guide
  • SevOne Data Insight Administration Guide
  • SevOne Data Insight Troubleshooting / Debug / Tools Guide
  • SevOne Data Insight User Guide
  • SevOne Data Insight Appliance Insert
  • SevOne Data Insight GraphQL Guide
  • SevOne Data Insight Report Linking URL Specification Guide

WLC Vendor-specific Metadata

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Metadata common for both Cisco & Aruba

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  • HW Version
  • MAC Address
  • Model
  • Name
  • Serial Number
  • WLC Name

Metadata for Aruba Only

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  • License Count
  • Role

Metadata for Cisco Only

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  • Make
  • Supported APs
  • SW Version

New Features / Enhancements

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  • Added a new out-of-the-box (OOTB) report WiFi Solution - Selfmon to SevOne Data Insight.
  • Added --import-ootb-alerts flag for importing out-of-the-box alert policies to SevOne NMS when installing the collector.
  • TopN Heatmap widget is now deprecated. Users can now use the native SevOne Data Insight widgets instead.

Resolved Issues

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Component/s Key Release Notes
WIFI Solution, Wifi-Collection SC-12329 Platform: Collector now collects data from SNMPv3 WLCs configured with AES256 encryption.
WIFI Solution, Wifi-Collection SC-14684 Platform: If you manually clear the value of any Access Point (AP) metadata attribute in SevOne NMS, its value will be automatically updated after 24 hours. The affected AP will remain in the same group after the metadata is refreshed.
WIFI Solution, Wifi-Collection SC-14837 Platform: A new indicator Total time to metric availability has been added to show the total time taken by each WLC for the data collection.NOTE: The current iteration value of the mentioned indicator will be sent in the upcoming collector run iteration.
WIFI-Collection SC-14887 Platform: The following indicators have been added to log the data aggregation time and NMS write time for each WLC.
  1. Total time to write data to NMS
  2. Total time to aggregate data
NOTE: The current iteration values of the mentioned indicators will be sent in the upcoming collector run iteration.
WIFI-Collection, WIFI-Data Insight SC-14888 Wifi Widgets: Added a new out-of-the-box (OOTB) report WiFi Solution - Selfmon to SevOne Data Insight. This report focuses on the WiFi container as well as the Wireless Controller collection statistics.
WiFI Solution, WiFi-Collection SC-14889 Platform: The following TopN views have been added in SevOne NMS for viewing SelfMon metrics.
  • Wifi - Selfmon - WLC - Time for data collection
  • Wifi - Selfmon - WLC - Time for data modelling and aggregation
  • Wifi - Selfmon - WLC - Total time to metric availability
WiFI-Collection SC-14890 Platform: Added --import-ootb-alerts flag for importing out-of-the-box alert policies to SevOne NMS when installing the collector.
WiFI-Collection SC-14943 Platform: Added a maximum value for the indicator Total time to metric availability, matching it with the POLL_INTERVAL value for each collector run.
WIFI Solution, WIFI-Collection SC-14949 Platform: Collector now collects data from SNMPv3 WLCs configured with all the Authentication and Encryption types supported by SevOne NMS.

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Known Issues

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This section lists issues that SevOne is aware of in Wifi 6.7.0 release. Most of these issues were discovered during quality assurance testing and are published here to provide you with information that may be relevant when you plan your update. This list does not include feature requests or low impact issues that do not affect functionality. If you have questions, comments, or concerns, please contact us.

Component/s Key Known Issues
Wifi-Data Insight SC-14520 Wifi Widgets: Upon initial loading, the following reports will display an error message No Service!. However, you can select a device from the Report variable to resolve this issue. Once you select a device, the report will function as intended.
  1. Wifi Solution - 6d. Cisco WLC Rogue AP Report
  2. Wifi Solution - 6e. Cisco WLC CDP Neighbor Report
Wifi-Data Insight SC-14613 Wifi Widgets: Import of out-of-the-box (OOTB) reports from Wifi 6.6 builds to SevOne Data Insight < 6.6 is not supported.
Wifi-Data Insight SC-14614 Wifi Widgets: The following reports do not support report linking on the column Wifi Access Point.WLC Name.
  1. Wifi Solution - 2a. AP Group Report
  2. Wifi Solution - 2b. AP Report

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