Cisco: Video Endpoint PowerPack Release Notes, version 105

Version 105 of the Cisco: Video Endpoint PowerPack includes updates to auto-aligning Dynamic Applications.

  • Minimum Required SL1 Version: 8.7.0

Before You Install or Upgrade

Ensure that you are running version 8.7.0 or later of SL1 before installing "Cisco: Video Endpoint" PowerPack version 105.

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

Installing or Upgrading to This Release

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 the PowerPack, see the Monitoring Video Devices manual.

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.

Features

This release includes the following features:

  • Dynamic Applications that enable the ScienceLogic platform to discover, model, and monitor Cisco video endpoints
  • Event Policies that are triggered when Cisco video endpoint component devices meet certain status criteria
  • Device Classes for each type of Cisco video endpoint component device monitored
  • Sample credentials for discovering Cisco video endpoint component devices
  • A device template for manually aligning Dynamic Applications to Cisco video endpoint devices

Enhancements and Issues Addressed

The following enhancements and addressed issues are included in version 105 of the "Cisco: Video Endpoint" PowerPack:

  • An issue was addressed that was causing the following Dynamic Applications to incorrectly auto-align to VCS devices:
    • Cisco Active Call (MXP)
    • Cisco: Audio/Video (MXP)
    • Cisco: Configuration (MXP)
    • Cisco: Status Cache (MXP)
  • A new "Cisco: Video Endpoint Device Class Alignment" Run Book Action was created to align the correct video endpoint device classes when SNMP is not used.

Known Issues

The following known issues affect version 105 of the Cisco: Video Endpoint PowerPack:

  • The following Dynamic Applications might not auto-align until nightly discovery:
  • Cisco: Call Quality Statistics (Tandberg C Series)
  • Cisco: Remote Management (Tandberg C Series)
  • Cisco: Call Quality Statistics (CE Series)
  • Cisco: Environmental (CE Series)
  • Cisco: Status (CE Series)
  • A "Connection aborted" exception might appear in the system log for the "Cisco: Call Detail Records (Tandberg MXP)" and "Cisco: Call Detail Records (Tandberg C Series)" Dynamic Applications.
  • The "Cisco: Audio/Video (Tandberg C Series)" Dynamic Application might not collect HDMI input/output or DVI settings from Tandberg C Series devices with older firmware versions.