Table Of Contents
Release Notes for Cisco Prime Infrastructure, Release 1.2.1.12
Introduction
Virtual Appliance - Hardware Requirements
Browser Support
Supported Software Versions
Installation Guidelines
Upgrading Cisco Prime Infrastructure
Prime Infrastructure Feedback Tool
Submitting Feedback
Prime Infrastructure License
Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.2.1.12 Supported Devices
New Features and Enhancements
Important Notes
Open Caveats
Resolved Caveats
Related Documentation
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Release Notes for Cisco Prime Infrastructure, Release 1.2.1.12
Last Updated: December 2012
OL-27652-02
These release notes contain the following sections:
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Introduction
•Virtual Appliance - Hardware Requirements
•Browser Support
•Supported Software Versions
•Installation Guidelines
•Upgrading Cisco Prime Infrastructure
•Prime Infrastructure Feedback Tool
•Submitting Feedback
•Prime Infrastructure License
•Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.2.1.12 Supported Devices
•New Features and Enhancements
•Important Notes
•Open Caveats
•Resolved Caveats
•Related Documentation
•Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Introduction
The Cisco Prime Infrastructure is a network management tool that supports lifecycle management of your entire network infrastructure from one graphical interface. Prime Infrastructure provides network administrators with a single solution for provisioning, monitoring, optimizing, and troubleshooting both wired and wireless devices. Robust graphical interfaces make device deployments and operations simple and cost-effective.
Prime Infrastructure provides two different graphical user interfaces (from which you can switch back and forth by clicking the downward arrow next to your login name):
•Lifecycle view, which is organized according to home, design, deploy, operate, report and administer menus.
•Classic view, which closely corresponds to the graphical user interface in Cisco Prime Network Control System 1.1 or Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS).
For more information on the Lifecycle view of the Cisco Prime Infrastructure features, see the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/prime/infrastructure/1.2/user/guide/prime_infra_ug.html
For more information on the Classic view of the Cisco Prime Infrastructure features, see the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/prime_infrastructure/1.2/configuration/guide/pi_12_cg.html
For more information on prerequisites, system requirements, and installation, see the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/prime/infrastructure/1.2/quickstart/guide/cpi_qsg.html
Virtual Appliance - Hardware Requirements
Table 1 lists the hardware requirements for the virtual appliance based on wired/wireless scale. For information about the number and type of devices supported by each virtual appliance size, see the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.2 data sheet at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps12239/products_data_sheets_list.html.
Table 1 Virtual Appliance—Hardware Requirements
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Processor
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DRAM
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Hard Disk
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Small Virtual Appliance
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4 vCPUs
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8 GB
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200 GB
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Medium Virtual Appliance
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4 vCPUs
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12 GB
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300 GB
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Large Virtual Appliance
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16 vCPUs
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16 GB
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400 GB
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Extra large Virtual Appliance
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16 vCPUs
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24 GB
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1200 GB
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Browser Support
Prime Infrastructure supports the following browsers:
•Google Chrome—19.0 build
•Mozilla Firefox— ESR 10.x, 13.0 and 14.0
•Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 or 9.0 with Chrome plug-in. Native Internet Explorer is not supported.
Note We recommend a minimum screen resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels.
Supported Software Versions
Table 2 lists the wireless devices and their software versions that are supported by Prime Infrastructure 1.2.1.12.
Table 2 Supported Controller Hardware Models and Software Versions
Controller Hardware Models
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Controller Software Versions
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Cisco 2100 Series
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7.0.x
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Cisco 2500 Series
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7.0 and later versions
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Cisco 4400 Series
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7.0.x
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Cisco 5500 Series
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7.0 and later versions
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Cisco Flex 7500 Series
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7.0 and later versions
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Cisco Flex 8500 Series
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7.3
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Cisco Virtual Controller
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7.3
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Cisco WiSM
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7.0.x
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Cisco WiSM2
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7.0 and later versions
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Cisco Wireless Controller on Service Ready Engine (WLCM2 on SRE)
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7.2.110.0
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Cisco Catalyst 3750G Series Integrated Wireless LAN Controllers
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7.0 and later versions
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For detailed information on the software compatibility for the Cisco wireless devices, see the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/controller/5500/tech_notes/Wireless_Software_Compatibility_Matrix.html
For detailed information on the supported device types and software versions, see the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps12239/products_device_support_tables_list.html
Installation Guidelines
For detailed information about the installation guidelines, see the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/prime/infrastructure/1.2/quickstart/guide/cpi_qsg.html#wp56681
Upgrading Cisco Prime Infrastructure
Note•Install a patch to the existing system before performing the upgrade.
•Ensure that you perform a backup before attempting to upgrade.
•Use a console connection when you upgrade, to avoid Telnet/SSH terminal timeouts.
•Remove high availability before performing the upgrade.
You can upgrade the following Cisco Prime Network Control System products to Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.2:
•Cisco Prime Network Control System 1.0.0 (NCS 1.0 MR2, 1.0.2.29)
•Cisco Prime Network Control System 1.1.0 (NCS 1.1 FCS, 1.1.0.58)
•Cisco Prime Network Control System 1.1.1 (NCS 1.1 K MR1, 1.1.1.24)
Note You cannot upgrade NCS Release 1.1.2.12 to Cisco Prime Infrastructure Release 1.2.0.103 and 1.2.1.12.
For detailed information about the upgrade methods, see the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/prime/infrastructure/1.2/quickstart/guide/cpi_qsg.html#wp56675
Prime Infrastructure Feedback Tool
There is an automated feedback tool that can be configured to send periodic information to Cisco about the features that are being used on a given server. The feedback tool feature is disabled by default. You must enable this feature to identify the most frequently used features in Prime Infrastructure. You must configure the e-mail server and then enable data collection to configure the feedback tool.
To configure the feedback tool, follow these steps:
Step 1 Choose Administration > System Settings > Mail Server Configuration.
Step 2 In the Mail Server Configuration page, enter the mail server details.
Step 3 Click Save to save the configuration settings.
Step 4 Choose Help > Help Us Improve Cisco Products.
Step 5 In the Help Us Improve Cisco Products page, select the Yes, collect data periodically option.
Step 6 Click OK.
Submitting Feedback
To obtain support assistance and deliver feedback, use the following link to communicate with the Cisco support team:
https://www.ciscofeedback.vovici.com/se.ashx?s=6A5348A76B189D9B
Prime Infrastructure License
For detailed information on the Prime Infrastructure Licensing, see the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps12239/products_data_sheets_list.html
Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.2.1.12 Supported Devices
For detailed information on the supported device types, see the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps12239/products_device_support_tables_list.html
New Features and Enhancements
There are no new features for this release.
Important Notes
•The Cisco 12.2EWA IOS Image for Catalyst 4948 does not work properly. Cisco Prime Infrastructure supports IOS Image 12.2SG for Catalyst 4948 series. This is because of different sysOId's returned by Cisco IOS Images.
•For the TACACS+/RADIUS user authentication, the custom attributes related to the new features are required to be added/appended to the existing set of attributes in AAA server to access certain pages/views. For example, Monitor Media Stream page, Virtual Domain List (to view the list of virtual domains from the Create Report page), and so on. For RADIUS authentication and authorization in Prime Infrastructure 1.2.1.12, there is an alternate method available for the AAA users. Only the user role and virtual domain attributes can be configured in AAA server (instead of copying the complete custom attribute task list from NCS to the AAA server).
Open Caveats
Table 3 lists the Open Caveats in Cisco Prime Infrastructure Release 1.2.1.12.
Click the identifier to view the impact and workaround for the caveat. This information is displayed in the Bug Toolkit. You can track the status of the open caveats using the Bug Toolkit.
Table 3 Open Caveats
Identifier
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Description
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CSCuc84622
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Unable to find the root_enable option after upgrade.
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CSCud00537
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Failback error occurs while creating instance direct: /opt/CSCOlumos
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CSCud02933
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The custom netflow reports do not show any data when some parameters are not selected.
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CSCud10462
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Full appliance backup does not work.
When doing a backup using the command line, always shut down the system before taking the backup, and add the 'application NCS' option to the backup command. For example, "backup <bkpfile> repository <repo> application NCS'.
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CSCud12229
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High Availability: Primary process failed after failback.
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CSCud12659
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Backups can be restored only on an equivalent or larger machine configurations.
For example, if a backup was taken on a machine that had 48GB of RAM installed, the backup from that machine has to be restored on a machine with a similar or a bigger RAM. This is applicable to harddisk size and CPU configurations as well.
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CSCud17017
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Sometimes the user interface is grayed or blanked out completely or does not respond. Such problems go away either after a full browser refresh, or clearing the browser cache/cookies or restarting the browser, and then relaunching the application.
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CSCud20475
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Backup or restore could fail due to lack of disk space on the system.
User can try the option of running a cleanup on the command line using the 'ncs cleanup' command to free up the disk space before re-running the task.
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CSCud20969
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In a Prime Infrastructure 1.2.1.12 system, depending on how the product was installed or upgraded or patched, might show the product version differently. If installed or upgraded to Prime Infrastructure 1.2.1.12, the reported version would be 1.2.1.12. If a 1.2.0.103 version was updated to 1.2.1.12 using a update patch, the version is still reported as "1.2.0.103", along with a patch identifier '1.2.1.12'
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CSCud22882
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The restore operation may sometimes fail because of bad copies of the backup files. The backup files could be invalid because of various reasons including—file transferred in an ASCII mode between machines with different operating systems (always use Binary mode when ftp-ing the files for copy), file not fully transferred due to network or disk space issues (check the file sizes)
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CSCud22919
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Use 'pi_1.2.1.12_update.tar.gz' to upgrade an existing 1.2.0.103 system to 1.2.1.12, and 'PI-upgrade-bundle-1.2.1.12.tar.gz' to upgrade earlier NCS version (1.0.2.29, 1.1.0.58, 1.1.1.24) to 1.2.1.12.
Do not use 'PI-upgrade-bundle-1.2.1.12.tar.gz' to upgrade an existing 1.2.0.103 system to 1.2.1.12
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CSCud26020
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When the system is operational, command line backup is not supported.
Always take a backup of the system from the user interface. Use the CLI option only when the system is not operational (stopped by administrator or down for any reason)
Before upgrading a system from earlier versions of NCS to Prime Infrastructure Release 1.2.1.12, install the corresponding upgrade patches. Upgrade could otherwise fail with errors, which may not explicitly indicate the lack of the upgrade patch.
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CSCud31252
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Though valid netflow is coming in, the netflow-based reports do not work.
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CSCud32807
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"Unable to start secondary" error appears in the user interface.
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CSCud33502
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"Failed to start NCS on primary NCS after attempting registration with secondary" error occurs.
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CSCud34687
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Unable to download the selected documents and notes in a Zip file to the client machine in an upgraded server.
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CSCud36825
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Upgrading the system from the earlier versions takes significant amount of time, sometimes even an hour per GB of backup size. This results in large downtime during upgrades.
We recommend doing the upgrade on a newer system, and remove the older one after a successful upgrade operation.
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CSCud37471
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Sometimes the system may report a startup failure, (seen through 'ncs status' command) after a restore. If the system did not startup completely, stopping the system once and restarting may resolve the problem.
Use the 'ncs stop' and 'ncs start' commands.
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CSCud39395
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The difference between the RMAN Archivelogs and the disk contents causes database crash.
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CSCud41323
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The database restore failed status is reported too late.
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CSCud62314
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The interface-related groups do not show up correctly because of the double quotes in device interface descriptions.
A workaround is to remove the interface descriptions with special characters.
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CSCud60976
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The applications list is not re-initialized after a restore operation (table remains empty)
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CSCuc74852
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Administration > Jobs Dashboard page reports an exception.
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CSCud49364
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Unable to delete device.
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CSCud54588
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A few devices are not moved under respective device groups after restoring database.
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Resolved Caveats
Table 4 lists the Resolved Caveats in Cisco Prime Infrastructure Release 1.2.1.12.
Click the identifier to view the details of the caveat. This information is displayed in the Bug Toolkit. You can track the status of the resolved caveats, using the Bug Toolkit.
Table 4 Resolved Caveats
Identifier
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Description
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CSCud45623
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Devices are not displayed for selection while Virtual Domain creation
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CSCud46180
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NAMs are not appearing in the Administrator > Data Collectors page.
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CSCud47094
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Undefined errors for Monitor Lite and Sys Mon users
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CSCud48833
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Unable to delete the added devices on a restored server.
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CSCud34774
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Unable to add virtual domain for user
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CSCud34993
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"Read Timed out" error while configuring HA in Primary Server
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CSCud45662
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Config Archive fails with Unknown Error
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CSCud24217
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Virtual Domain changes from Life cycle to Classic theme if we change to other Virtual Domain
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Related Documentation
You can access the following additional Cisco Prime Infrastructure documentation on Cisco.com:
•Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.2 Quick Start Guide
•Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.2 User Guide
•Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.2 Configuration Guide
•Open Source Used In Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.2
•Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.2 Supported Devices
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html
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