Cisco: ACI Multi-Site ManagerPowerPack Release Notes, version 101

Version 101 of the Cisco: ACI Multi-Site Manager PowerPack includes security updates and updates to Dynamic Applications and content libraries.

  • Minimum Required SL1 Version: 10.1.0

Before You Install

Ensure that you are running version 10.1.0 or later of SL1 before installing "Cisco: ACI Multi-Site Manager" PowerPack version 101.

For details on upgrading SL1, see the relevant SL1 Platform Release Notes.

Installing the PowerPack

By default, installing a new version of a PowerPack will overwrite all content in that PowerPack that has already been installed on the target system. You can use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting in the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) to prevent the new version of the PowerPack from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields.

If you are currently using the Dynamic Applications in this PowerPack to monitor devices, collection errors might occur for one or two polling cycles during the installation of a new version. To prevent collection errors during an upgrade, you can optionally disable collection for monitored devices before performing the following steps and re-enable collection after the upgrade.

To install version 101 of the Cisco: ACI Multi-Site Manager PowerPack, perform the following steps:

To install this PowerPack:

  1. Familiarize yourself with the Known Issues for this release.
  2. See the Before You Install or Upgrade section. If you have not done so already, upgrade your system to the 10.1.0 or later release.
  3. Download the "Cisco: ACI Multi-Site Manager" version 101PowerPack from the Support Site to a local computer.
  4. Go to the PowerPack Manager page (System > Manage > PowerPacks). Click the Actions menu and choose Import PowerPack. When prompted, import "Cisco: ACI Multi-Site Manager" version 101.
  5. Click the Install button. For details on installing PowerPacks, see the chapter on Installing a PowerPack in the PowerPacks manual.

Features

This release includes the following features:

  • Dynamic Applications that discover and collect data from ACI Multi-Site Manager devices
  • Event Policies and corresponding alerts that are triggered when ACI Multi-Site Manager devices meet certain status criteria
  • Device Classes for each type of ACI Multi-Site Manager device monitored
  • A sample credential for discovering ACI Multi-Site Manager devices

Enhancements and Issues Addressed

The following enhancements and addressed issues are included this release of the "Cisco: ACI Multi-Site Manager" PowerPack:

  • All Dynamic Applications in the PowerPack were updated to have the Collector Affinity field set to Root device collector by default.
  • Snippet logging in the PowerPack's Dynamic Applications was updated to ensure that usernames, passwords, API keys, or authorization tokens are hidden.
  • An issue was addressed in the "Cisco: ACI Multi-Site Manager Site Performance" and the "Cisco: ACI Multi-Site Manager Site Configuration" Dynamic Applications in which snippets were not collecting values properly.
  • The "silo_apps" content library was added to the PowerPack, and the "silo_core_Rest" and "silo_core" content libraries were updated.

Known Issues

The following known issues affect version 101 of the Cisco: ACI Multi-Site Manager PowerPack:

  • After upgrading the PowerPack, the "Cisco: ACI Multi-Site Manager Token" Dynamic Application will need to be manually aligned to the virtual device.