Before You Install or Upgrade

Ensure that you are running version 8.7.0 or later of SL1 before installing "Cisco: Tetration" PowerPack version 103.

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

Prior to using the PowerPack, you must also create an API key and secret password on the Cisco Tetration Analytics web interface. You need this information to create a credential that enables SL1 to monitor Tetration Analytics clusters and devices. For more information, see the manual Monitoring Cisco Tetration Analytics.

Installation or Upgrade Process

To install version 103 of the Cisco: Tetration PowerPack, perform the following steps:

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 this PowerPack:

Familiarize yourself with the Known Issues for this release.
See the Before You Install or Upgrade section. If you have not done so already, upgrade your system to the 8.7.0 or later release.
Download the "Cisco: Tetration" version 103PowerPack from the Support Site to a local computer.
Go to the PowerPack Manager page (System > Manage > PowerPacks). Click the Actions menu and choose Import PowerPack. When prompted, import "Cisco: Tetration" version 103.
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, model, and collect configuration data for Cisco Tetration Analytics clusters and component devices
Device Classes for each of the Tetration Analytics components that SL1 monitors
Event policies that are triggered when Tetration Analytics root devices are reclassified, component devices are created, or a sensor has taken too long to check in
A sample Credential you can use to create credentials to connect to Tetration Analytics clusters
A Run Book Action and Policy to reclassify the Tetration Analytics root device with the proper device class

Enhancements and Issues Addressed

The following enhancements and addressed issues are included in version 103 of the "Cisco: Tetration" PowerPack:

The "Cisco: Tetration Sensor Configuration" Dynamic Application was added to the PowerPack. This Dynamic Application collects and monitors metrics for sensors on a Tetration cluster.

Known Issues

This release has no known issues.