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Table Of Contents
Release Notes for Update 1 for Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.4
Virtual Appliance - Hardware Requirements
Supported Device Types and Software Versions
Upgrading Cisco Prime Infrastructure
Cisco Prime Infrastructure License
Cisco Prime Infrastructure Supported Devices
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Release Notes for Update 1 for Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.4
Last Updated: December 2013OL-27652-07These release notes contain the following sections:
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Virtual Appliance - Hardware Requirements
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Supported Device Types and Software Versions
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Upgrading Cisco Prime Infrastructure
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Cisco Prime Infrastructure License
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Cisco Prime Infrastructure Supported Devices
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New Features and Enhancements
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Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Introduction
This is a patch release for Cisco Prime Infrastructure1.4 (1.4.0.45). This patch must be installed on top of your existing Prime Infrastructure 1.4. This release supports two new AP platforms - Cisco 3700 and Cisco 1530 series access points (supported by WLC 7.6.100.0). This release also delivers a number of critical bug fixes. The update 1 for Prime Infrastructure 1.4 enables you to manage Cisco WLC 7.6.100.0 with the features of Cisco WLC 7.5.102.0 and earlier releases. This release does not support any new features of Cisco WLC 7.6.100.0.
For more information on the Prime Infrastructure release 1.4, see the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/prime/infrastructure/1.4/release/notes/cpi_rn_14.html
For more information on prerequisites, system requirements, and installation, see the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/prime_infrastructure/1.4/quickstart/guide/
cpi_qsg_1_4.htmlVirtual Appliance - Hardware Requirements
For information about the number and type of devices supported by each virtual appliance size, see the Product Specifications section of the Prime Infrastructure 1.2 data sheet at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps12239/products_data_sheets_list.html.
Browser Support
Prime Infrastructure supports the following browsers:
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Google Chrome—28.0, 29.0 or 30.0
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Mozilla Firefox— ESR 17.x, 17.0 or later
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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 Device Types and Software Versions
Table 1 lists the wireless devices and their software versions that are supported by Prime Infrastructure.
Table 1 Supported Wireless LAN Controller Hardware Models and Software Versions
Controller Hardware Models Controller Software VersionsCisco 2100 Series
7.0.x
Cisco 2500 Series
7.0 through 7.61
Cisco 4400 Series
7.0.x
Cisco 5500 Series
7.0 through 7.61
Cisco Flex 7500 Series
7.0 through 7.61
Cisco 8500 Series
7.3 through 7.61
Cisco Virtual Controller
7.3 through 7.61
Cisco WiSM
7.0.x
Cisco WiSM2
7.0 through 7.61
Cisco Wireless Controller on Service Ready Engine (WLCM2 on SRE)
7.2.110.0
Cisco Catalyst 3750G Series Integrated Wireless LAN Controllers
7.0 through 7.61
1 Update 1 for Prime Infrastructure 1.4 enables you to manage Cisco WLC 7.6.x with the features of Cisco WLC 7.5.102.0 and earlier releases.
Table 2 lists the Prime Infrastructure-supported devices for switches, wireless LAN controllers, access point images, Identity Services Engines (ISEs), and mobility services engines (MSEs).
For detailed information on the software compatibility for the Cisco wireless devices, see the following URL:
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
For detailed information on the Cisco MSE Virtual Appliance Product Specifications, see the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/wireless/ps9733/ps9742/data_sheet_c78-475378.html
Installation Guidelines
CautionWe do not recommend to uninstall or remove this patch.
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It is important to back up your system before applying this patch. Store the backup in an external repository. This will help you to revert to the original Prime Infrastructure 1.4 state. To revert to original Prime Infrastructure 1.4 state, follow these steps:
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Reinstall Prime Infrastructure 1.4 from an OVA or ISO distribution.
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Restore data from the backup that you made before applying the patch.
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Before you begin, remove any existing high availability configuration from your primary and secondary Prime Infrastructure servers. You can do this using either of the following options:
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Launch Prime Infrastructure, choose Administration > High Availability > HA Configuration, and click Remove.
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At the admin console run the ncs ha remove command.
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There is no need to shut down your server before installing this patch release. The patch installation will stop the application and restart it again.
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There is no need to reboot your system manually after applying this patch.
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The patch installation takes approximately 15-20 minutes.
Follow these steps to install the patch to your existing Prime Infrastructure 1.4 system:
Step 1
Go to the following URL to download the PI_1.4_0_45_Update_1-39.tar.gz patch to your repository:
Step 2
Open a console session and log in to the existing server as admin. Enter the password when prompted.
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If you want to know more about creating a remote repository, see the Setting Up Remote Repositories section of the Prime Infrastructure User Guide:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/prime/infrastructure/1.2/user/guide/ManageData.html#wp105609Step 3
Install the patch:
admin# patch install <patchFile> <repositoryName>
Where
<patchFile> is the name of the patch file you copied.
<repositoryName> is the name of the repository that you configured.
Once the patch is installed successfully, you can verify the patch version using the following command:
admin# show version
Sample Output:
...Version : 1.4.0.45Patch: Cisco Prime Network Control System Version: Update-1_39_for_version_1_4_0_45This patch version number is shown only when you use the show version command. On the Prime Infrastructure UI, only the base version number 1.4 appears.
For detailed installation information, see the following Prime Infrastructure guides:
Upgrading Cisco Prime Infrastructure
If you are currently using Prime Infrastructure 1.4 you can upgrade to update 1 for Prime Infrastructure 1.4.
If you are running the previous releases of Prime Infrastructure, first upgrade to Prime Infrastructure 1.4 and then apply this patch.
For detailed information about the upgrade methods, see the following URL:
Submitting Feedback
Your feedback will help us improve the quality of our product. To send your feedback, follow these steps:
Step 1
If you have configured your mail server, go to Step 8.
Step 2
Choose Administration > System Settings > Mail Server Configuration.
Step 3
In the Mail Server Configuration page, enter the mail server details.
Step 4
Click Save to save the configuration settings.
Step 5
Choose Help > Help Us Improve Cisco Products.
Step 6
In the Help Us Improve Cisco Products page, choose the Yes, collect data periodically option.
Step 7
Click OK.
Step 8
Choose Help > Submit Feedback (in the Classic view) or click the question mark icon at the top right and then click Submit Feedback (in the LifeCycle view).
Note
You must configure the e-mail server and then enable data collection to configure the feedback tool.
Cisco Prime Infrastructure License
For detailed information on the Cisco Prime Infrastructure Licensing, see the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps12239/products_data_sheets_list.html
Cisco Prime Infrastructure 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
Support for New Antenna
This release provides support for the antennas listed below:
Antenna Name Gain (dBi) LWAP DescriptionAIR-ANT2513P4M-N
Gain @ 2.4 GHz = 13 dBi,
Gain @ 5 GHz = 13 dBi
3700p
Outdoor, narrow beam, stadium
For details, see the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/antenna/installation/guide/ant2513p4mn.html
AIR-ANT2535SDW-R
Gain @ 2.4 GHz = 3 dBi,
Gain @ 5 GHz = 5 dBi measured on AP3702
1600e, 2600e, 3600e, 3600p, 3700e, 3700p
Indoor, stubby dual band monopole
For details, see the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/antenna/installation/guide/ant2535sdwr.html
AIR-ANT2547VG-N
Gain @ 2.4 GHz = 4 dBi,
Gain @ 5 GHz = 7 dBi
1530e, 1550e
Outdoor, dual band, omnistick, gray
For details, see the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/antenna/installation/guide/ant2547vn.html
Important Notes
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The Cisco IOS 12.2EWA image for the Cisco Catalyst 4948 does not work properly. Cisco Prime Infrastructure supports the Cisco IOS Release 12.2SG image for the Cisco Catalyst 4948 series. This is because of different sysOId's returned by Cisco IOS images.
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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 the AAA server to access certain pages/views. For RADIUS authentication and authorization in Prime Infrastructure 1.3.0.20, there is an alternate method available for the AAA users. Only the user role and virtual domain attributes can be configured in the AAA server (instead of copying the complete custom attribute task list from Prime Infrastructure to the AAA server).
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After performing a major version upgrade of the Prime Infrastructure application, the browser cache on the client machines used to access the older version need to be cleared once so that the data for the old application is removed from the browser cache. Afterward connecting to the upgraded server works fine.
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Prime Infrastructure uses the "show run-config commands" command to archive the configuration from WLC, but passwords are masked with asterisk characters (*) in the command output. When you rollback the archived configuration which contains the configuration lines with masked passwords, the operation fails.
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SWIM Image Management and Supported Devices—Table 3 provides a brief overview about the different processes involved in managing software images and whether the processes are supported in the Unified Wireless LAN Controllers and devices.
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SWIM and Configuration Archives support for Devices during Prime Infrastructure releases—Table 4 outlines the devices that the software image management and configuration archives support during the various Prime Infrastructure releases.
Table 4 SWIM and Configuration Archives support for Devices during Cisco Prime Infrastructure Releases
Devices Cisco Prime Infrastructure releasesCisco 4400 Wireless LAN Controller1
1.2, 1.3, and 1.4
Cisco 5500 Series Wireless LAN Controllers
1.2, 1.3, and 1.4
Cisco WiSM1 Controller
1.2, 1.3, and 1.4
Cisco 2106 Wireless LAN Controller1
1.2, 1.3, and 1.4
Cisco 2504 Wireless LAN Controller
1.2, 1.3, and 1.4
Cisco 2800 and 3800 Series Integrated Services Routers
1.2, 1.3, and 1.4
Cisco Flex 7500 Series Wireless LAN Controller
1.2, 1.3, and 1.4
Cisco 8500 Wireless LAN Controller1
1.4
Cisco Virtual Wireless LAN Controller1
1.4
Cisco WiSM2 Controller
Not supported
1 PI 1.4 does not support SWIM in Cisco 2106/4400/8500/WiSM2/Virtual WLC.
Open Caveats
Table 5 lists the open caveats in this patch release.
Click the identifier to view the impact and workaround for the caveat. This information is displayed in the Bug Search Tool. You can track the status of the open caveats using the Bug Toolkit.
For open caveats in Prime Infrastructure 1.4, see the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/prime/infrastructure/1.4/release/notes/cpi_rn_14.html#wp53609
Resolved Caveats
Table 6 lists the resolved caveats in this patch release.
Click the identifier to view the details of the caveat. This information is displayed in the Bug Search Tool. You can track the status of the resolved caveats, using the Bug Toolkit.
Related Documentation
You can access the additional Prime Infrastructure documentation at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps12239/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
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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