Release Notes SevOne SDN Collector 7.2.0 Monitoring Solution

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Below please find the Release Notes for SevOne SDN Collector 7.2.0 Monitoring Solution. 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.

Browser

Vendor Family
Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
Important: Please use the latest browser version for Chrome and Firefox.

Resources & Requirements

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Note: The latest files can be downloaded from IBM Passport Advantage (https://www.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage/pao_download_software.html) via Passport Advantage Online. However, if you are on a legacy / flexible SevOne contract and do not have access to IBM Passport Advantage but have an active Support contract, please contact SevOne Support Team for the files.

Once you have downloaded the package, unpack the fix / install / upgrade packs to obtain the required files.

Signature Tools
  • signature-tools-v2.0.3-build.1.tgz
  • signature-tools-v2.0.3-build.1.tgz .sha256.txt
SDN Widgets
  • cisco-aci-widgets-v7.2.0-build.5.tar.gz.sha256.txt
  • cisco-aci-widgets-v7.2.0-build.5.tar.gz.sha256.txt

SDN is packaged with SevOne NMS as a SDN plugin.

Compatibility Matrix

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SevOne NMS REST API SOA Version SevOne Data Insight Collector Cisco ACI
7.2.0 (T & S) 2.1.47 >=7.2.0 7.2 (T & S)

APIC - 6.0 (T & S)

APIC - 5.x (T & S)

ACI MSO - v3.x (T & S)
Note:
  • T & S - Tested & Supported

SevOne Data Insight

SevOne NMS

  • An administrator-level account in SevOne NMS.

  • User name and password for the administrator-level account.

  • IP address of the PAS.

  • 20k (vPAS_20K) appliance (minimum requirement).

Collector Cisco ACI

  • APIC 5.x

  • ACI Multi-Site Orchestrator (MSO) v3.x

  • An administrator-level account in the APIC and MSM. This is necessary in order for the SDN ACI Collector to communicate with the APIC REST API.

  • User name and password for the administrator-level account.

  • IP address of the APIC / MSM.

Any Linux Docker environment (running Linux containers) that can reach the target SevOne NMS and system(s) that can be polled by the network is acceptable.
SevOne NMS failover scenarios can be handled only when the collector is deployed on SevOne NMS appliance.

Recommendation

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If the SEVONE_API_PASSWORD changes, the collection will be stopped unless the settings.env and multi_site_config.json files are updated with the new password. The new configure option in the launch script provides the user with a command line interface to do the same.

Important: While using the SDN Collector 7.2.0 Monitoring Solution,
  • Do not rename devices or objects created by the Solution. This can potentially break data collection. Please use alternative name fields if a custom name is required.
  • Do not enable automatic DNS name resolution in SevOne NMS cluster. If enabled, it allows NMS to rename the devices based on the DNS record and break the data collection.

Resolved Issues

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Important: It is strongly recommended to run the external security scans such as Nessus, Snyk, or similar on the latest available patch for this release to verify whether the vulnerability has been addressed. If upgrading the production environment is not currently possible, these scans can still be performed in a lab or test environment.
Key Resolved Issues
S1NPM-112642 Addressed CVE-2024-24786.
S1NPM-113526 Platform: Upgrading from version 6.0.x to version 7.0.x without prior SDN device configuration in 6.0.x environment may result in the absence of TopN OOTB reports for some users.

A workaround is now available inTroubleshooting section in SevOne SDN Collector Advanced Configuration & Troubleshooting Guide.
S1NPM-113805 Platform: The upgrade process from NMS version 6.8.x to NMS version 7.0.x is unable to migrate the SDN solution to plugin mode and results in a loss of functionality and data.

A workaround is now available inTroubleshooting section in SevOne SDN Collector Advanced Configuration & Troubleshooting Guide.

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Known Issues

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This section lists issues that SevOne is aware of in SevOne SDN Collector 7.2.0 Monitoring Solution. 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.

  • ACI Switch Capacity widget has a few pre-set max values. For example, rather than using the APIC API max values, VRF's max value is 800 (400 for NorthStar model) and EPG's max value is 3960.
Key Known Issue
S1NPM-114402 Platform: After upgrading SevOne NMS 7.0.0 to SevOne NMS 7.1.x and above, the SDN FaultStreamingAgent fails to show the expected indicator values. The log confirms with the log message, Run agent start agent=FaultStreamingAgent, that the agent starts but does not complete. i.e., log does not have message, Run agent done.
S1NPM-115679

Platform: If you are on SevOne NMS version 7.0.x and above, changes made to default.yaml file do not automatically reflect in site.yaml file when the configuration settings are modified; this is an expected behavior.

Workaround: To apply the modifications made to default.yaml file, changes must be made manually to site.yaml file.
S1NPM-116660

Platform: Alerts are currently generated even when the associated device is not found in the SevOne NMS database. This behavior can result in unnecessary alert noise, particularly when a device has been intentionally removed or has not yet completed provisioning.
S1NPM-117039

Platform: For a new installation of SevOne NMS version 7.2, the Device Type Membership tab is not displaying device related details for SC CISCO ACI HYPERVISOR and SC CISCO ACI VM device types.
S1NPM-117040

Platform: In a new installation of SevOne NMS version 7.2.x, some devices are not displayed on the Device Types page.

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