Cisco Base Pack PowerPack Release Notes, version 213

Version 213 of the Cisco Base Pack PowerPack includes updates to some Dynamic Applications to address security concerns.

  • Minimum Required SL1 Version: 8.14.0

Before You Install or Upgrade

Ensure that you are running version 8.14.0 or later of SL1 before installing "Cisco Base Pack" PowerPack version 213.

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

Installing or Upgrading 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.

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 this PowerPack:

  1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page (Product Downloads > PowerPacks & SyncPacks) at the ScienceLogic Support Site.
  2. In SL1, go to the PowerPacks page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).
  3. Click the Actions menu and choose Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack modal appears.
  4. Click Browse and navigate to the PowerPack file from step 1.
  5. Select the PowerPack file and click Import. The PowerPack Installer modal displays a list of the PowerPack contents.
  6. Click Install. The PowerPack is added to the PowerPack Manager page.

For more information about using this PowerPack, see the Monitoring Switches, Routers, and Firewalls with SNMP manual.

Features

This release includes the following features:

  • Dynamic Applications that collect CPU, environmental status, memory, and basic configuration data for Cisco devices
  • Event Policies that are triggered when Cisco devices meet certain status criteria
  • Device Classes for each type of Cisco device monitored
  • Sample Credentials for discovering Cisco devices using SNMP
  • A device Dashboard that displays host resource, interface, and topology information for Cisco devices

Enhancements and Addressed Issues

The following enhancements and addressed issues are included this release of the "Cisco Base Pack":

  • Snippet logging was updated in the following Dynamic Applications to ensure that usernames, passwords, API keys, or authorization tokens are hidden:
  • Cisco: CPU
  • Cisco: Fibre Channel Configuration
  • Cisco: Physical Memory

Known Issues

The following known issues affects this version of the PowerPack:

  • The "Cisco: Environmental Entity Status" Dynamic Application does not use any precise conversion for collected data values.

  • The "Cisco: Environmental Entity Status" Dynamic Application does not align automatically when the PowerPack is upgraded from earlier versions of this PowerPack. Nightly discovery is needed to align it, but if you need to align the Dynamic Application immediately, re-run the discovery session.
  • A known issue with versions 8.6.2.3, 8.7.0, and 8.8.0 of the ScienceLogic platform is causing false events to be triggered when configuration Dynamic Applications attempt to collect unavailable data.