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Cisco Catalyst 8000V Edge Software Overview
About Cisco Catalyst 8000V
Cisco Catalyst 8000V Edge Software or Cisco Catalyst 8000V is a software-based, virtual router that combines the functionalities of Cisco Cloud Services Router (Cisco CSR1000V) and Cisco Integrated Services Virtual Router (Cisco ISRv) into a single image that is intended for deployment in on-prem branches, data centers, colocation data centers, and public clouds.
Cisco Catalyst 8000V supports NIM modules on Cisco ENCS platforms, runs on any x86 platform, and is supported on ESXi, KVM, NFVIS hypervisors. Further, you can deploy this router on public cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Alibaba Cloud.
When you deploy Cisco Catalyst 8000V as a VM, the Cisco IOS XE software behaves similar to a traditional Cisco router (hardware platform). You can configure different features depending on the Cisco IOS XE software version.
Features
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Hardware independence: The Cisco Catalyst 8000V router uses the benefits of virtualization in the cloud to provide hardware independence. Since the Cisco Catalyst 8000V runs as a virtual machine, you can use this router on any x86 hardware that the virtualization platform supports.
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Sharing of host hardware resources: The host server hardware resources such as CPU cores, memory, and disk are managed by the hypervisor, and these resources are shared among the guest VMs. You can regulate the amount of hardware resources assigned to a specific Cisco Catalyst 8000V VM instance.
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Flexibility in deployment: You can easily move a VM from one server to another. Thus, you can move a Cisco Catalyst 8000V instance from a server in one physical location to a server in another physical location without moving any hardware resources.
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Enhanced software security - Secure Object Store: In Cisco Catalyst 8000V, storage partitions for NVRAM, licensing, and other data are created as object stores. The individual object stores are encrypted to ensure data security, and this product is Cisco Secure Development life cycle (CSDL) compliant. Further, Cisco Catalyst 8000V supports a 16G disk cycle profile.
Hardware Requirements
For hardware requirements and installation instructions, see the Cisco Catalyst 8000V Edge Software Installation And Configuration Guide.
Software Images and Licenses
The following sections describe the licensing and software images for Cisco Catalyst 8000V.
Cisco Catalyst 8000V Software Licenses
The Cisco Catalyst 8000V is licensed based on throughput, feature-set, and the licensing term. This product supports Cisco Smart Licensing Usage Policy as well as Cisco DNA Licensing. Based on whether you want to go for purchased licenses that go with the Cisco Catalyst 8000V instance, or a subscription-based license, choose one of the following options:
Subscription-Based Licensing via Cisco DNA
You can purchase a subscription license for Cisco Catalyst 8000V through the following three licenses that are available via Cisco DNA:
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Cisco Catalyst 8000V - Network-Premier
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Cisco Catalyst 8000V - Network-Advantage
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Cisco Catalyst 8000V - Network-Essentials
For more information on Cisco Catalyst 8000V DNA licensing, see Cisco DNA Software for SD-Wan and Routing Ordering Guide.
Bring-Your-Own-Licensing
You also have an option to purchase and use licenses with Cisco Catalyst 8000V as a Bring-Your-Own-License (BYOL) instance or as a Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) instance.
To use a Cisco Catalyst 8000V - BYOL license, see Licenses and Licensing Models to know to how install and configure your license.
If you have upgraded to Cisco Catalyst 8000V from a Cisco CSR 1000V or a Cisco ISRV, you must use Smart Licensing Using Policy (SLP). Traditional licenses do not work after the upgrade.
Pay-As-You-Go Licensing
Cisco Catalyst 8000V supports the PAYG Licensing model with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure Marketplace. Cisco Catalyst 8000V hourly-billed AMI or Pay As You Go licensing model allows you to consume an instance for a defined period of time. In this licensing model, you can directly launch the instance from the AWS or Azure Marketplace and start using the instances. The licenses are embedded in the image.
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For demo or evaluation licenses, contact your Cisco Account Team if you have a direct purchase agreement with Cisco, or your Cisco Partner or Reseller. |
For a more detailed overview on Cisco Licensing, go to https://cisco.com/go/licensingguide.
Software Image Nomenclature for Installation Files
The Cisco Catalyst 8000V installation file nomenclature indicates properties supported by the router in a given release.
For example, these are filename examples for the Cisco IOS XE 17.14.1a release:
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c8000v-universalk9.17.14.01a.ova
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c8000v-universalk9.17.14.01a.iso
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c8000v-universalk9.17.14.01a.qcow2
The following table lists the filename attributes along with its properties:
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universalk9 |
Specifies the package that you are installing. Images with the universalk9 designation in the image name refers to a universal image that offers all the Cisco IOS features including strong payload cryptography features such as IPSec VPN, SSL VPN, and Secure Unified Communications. This image also supports security features like Zone-Based Firewall, Intrusion Prevention through the SECNPE-K9 license. |
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17.13.01a |
Indicates that the software image is mapped to the Cisco IOS XE 17.14.1a release. |
Product Field Notice
Cisco publishes Field Notices to notify customers and partners about significant issues in Cisco products that typically require an upgrade, workaround or other user action. For more information, see https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/web/field-notice-overview.html.
We recommend that you review the field notices to determine whether your software or hardware platforms are affected. You can access the field notices from https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/web/tsd-products-field-notice-summary.html#%7Etab-product-categories.
New and Enhanced Features for Cisco IOS XE 17.14.x
New and Enhanced Software Features in Cisco IOS XE 17.14.1a
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Cisco IOS XE 17.14.1a is the first release for Cisco Catalyst 8000V in the Cisco IOS XE 17.14.x release series. |
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From Cisco IOS XE 17.14.1a, an AWS migration tool is available as a CloudFormation template, to migrate your AWS instances from Cisco CSR1000V to Cisco Catalyst 8000V. This one-click solution consolidates and automates the migration process for a seamless migration experience, and is available in the AWS Marketplace. |
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This release introduces support for the following in Cisco SD-WAN Manager:
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Secure Service Edge is a cloud solution that provides seamless, transparent, and secure Direct Internet Access (DIA) to protect against internet-based threats. This solution can be configured through Policy Groups by using Cisco SD-WAN Manager |
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Configure SSL/TLS Proxy for Decryption of TLS Traffic on SD-Routing Devices |
The SSL/TLS Proxy feature allows you to configure an autonomous device as a transparent SSL/TLS proxy. Such proxy devices can then decrypt incoming and outgoing TLS traffic to enable their inspection by Unified Threat Defense (UTD) and identify risks that are hidden by end- to-end encryption. |
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After an SD-Routing device is deployed, you can view the unmodelled commands on Cisco SD-WAN Manager. The list of unmodelled commands are regenerated if the device reboots |
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YANG Configurational Model Support for SD-Routing Devices |
This release introduces support for the following YANG Configurational Models:
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Support to Configure VPN Solutions for SD-Routing devices |
This release introduces support for the following VPN solutions:
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The IS-IS Fast Flooding feature optimizes LSP transmission to accelerate network convergence by dynamically adjusting the LSP rate based on receiver capability. From Cisco IOS XE 17.14.1a, IS-IS Fast Flooding can be configured using the router isis lsp-fast-flooding command. The LSP transmission can be further customized with arguments such as max-lsp-tx, psnp-interval, and per-interface within the samerouter isis command, and enhanced by using the isis remote-psnp-delay command. This feature is disabled by default, and requires manual configuration to enable. |
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From Cisco IOS XE 17.14.1a, the show reload-history command is modified to show reload history. The output for the command is updated to include crash data, Cisco High Availability (HA) status, and software version. |
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This feature enables you to measure the end-to-end delay and monitor liveness towards either a specified IPv4 or IPv6 endpoint. From Cisco IOS XE 17.14.1a, you can be configure this feature using the performance-measurement endpoint and performance-measurement delay-profile endpoint commands. |
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gNMI: Stream Subscriptions with On-Change Mode |
gNMI telemetry supports on-change subscriptions on the same set of models as other telemetry protocols. |
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gNMI - SubscribeResponse with sync_response |
The sync_response is a boolean field that is part of the SubscribeResponse response message. The sync_response message is sent after the first update message. |
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From Cisco IOS XE 17.14.1a onwards, security of the communication between the client and the server is enhanced with the support of Transport Layer Security (TLS) version 1.3 and associated cipher suites. For more information, see SIP TLS Support. |
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500 Mbps Aggregate for Tier 1 and 250 Mbps Throughput Configuration in Autonomous Mode |
Starting with this release, when you configure a throughput of 250 Mbps or T1, if an HSECK9 license is available on the device, then throughput is capped at 500 Mbps (transmitted or Tx data only). In earlier releases, throughput was capped at 200 Mbps Tx. |
Resolved and Open Bugs - Cisco IOS XE 17.14.x
Resolved Bugs - Cisco IOS XE 17.14.1a
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FMTD crashes when SIG GRE tunnels configs are removed |
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SDR CLI config group issue |
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Device unexpectedly reloads due to SIGABRT |
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AAR backup preferred color is not working as expected |
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Unknown appID in ZBFW HSL log |
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Unexpected reload after re-connecting to vsmart |
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Failed to connect to device : x.x.x.x Port: 830 user : vmanage-admin error : Connection failed |
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Device crashes twice with Critical process linux_iosd_image fault on rp_0_0 error |
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Memory leak in the Crypto IKMP process |
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Devices will flap the BFD sessions if we are in a non equilibrium state and have symmetric NAT |
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Device crash caused by continuous interface flap; interface associated to many ipsec interfaces |
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Device with enterprise certificates not forming control connections with controllers after upgrade |
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Tracker state log is missing when DNS Query fails |
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Packets with Unicast MAC get dropped on a Port Channel L2 Sub-intf after a router reboot |
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Add vendor specific parameter for NBAR protocol pack version |
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Device crashes with reason Critical process fman_fp_image fault on fp_0_0 (rc=134) |
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Crash in IKEv2 Cluster Load Balancer |
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TrapOID of ciscoSdwanBfdStateChange is different from MIB file |
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IKEv2 IPv6 Cluster Load balance: Secondary in cluster unable to connect to cluster in case of FVRF |
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No error message is seen while using multicast address as system-IP in SD-routing device. |
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Segmentation fault and core files are seen on IOS-XE in controller-manged devices due to speedtest |
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IPv6 TCP adjust-mss does not work after delete and reconfigure |
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SIG tunnel: 'SIG STATEâ is showing blank value |
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Device crashes due to FTMD |
Open Bugs - Cisco IOS XE 17.14.1a
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Accelerated Networking stops working due to driver issue |
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High System CPU load reported due to unsupported number of vCPUs allocated |
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ISG: Service with no priority is not working as expected |
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After onboarding device on IOTOD, OD was not able to connect with the device |
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Unexpected reboot in WLC due to SSL |
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Endpoint tracker using DNS does not log the DOWN message when the DNS server reachability is lost |
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[SIT]: control connections in TLS with mode; vsmart & vmanage goes to 'trying' state with UTD |
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Service-policy will not be applied to a new Tunnel interface when sourced using sub-interface |
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A dmidecode: command not found error is seen when executing the show sdwan certificate validity command |
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NAT46 translations are dropped when router is configured with NAT64 and as a Carrier Supporting Carrier CE |
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IPsec PWK SPI mismatch causes cEdge bfd tunnels to remain in down state |
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SDWAN BFD Sessions flapping during IPSec Rekey in scaled environment |
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The show sdwan policy service-path command gives inconsistent results when app name is specified |
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UTD signature update fails and device does not record the update |
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Unexpected reboot due to QFP-Ucode-Radium failure |
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ZBFW FQDN patterns missing from QFP patten-list |
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Speed-test does not work for cEdge device |
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CVLA ucode crashes when attempting merge on used block |
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dns-snoop-agent has TCAM entry with all zeros for some regex patterns |
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Some of the objects of CISCO-SDWAN-APP-ROUTE-MIB are not implemented |
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appRouteStatisticsTable sequence misordered in CISCO-SDWAN-APP-ROUTE-MIB or OS returns wrong order |
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SD-Routing: Device upgrade fails with dirty config while device is in vManage mode |
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SD-WAN does not balance traffic to default route |
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Deploy of Policy Group fails after detachment of Embedded Security Policy |
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Template push fails due to service timestamps |
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DIA Endpoint tracker not working with ECMP routes when loopback is used as source |
Related Documentation
Cisco Catalyst 8000V Edge Software Product Page
Cisco Catalyst 8000V Edge Software Data Sheet
Cisco Catalyst 8000V Edge Software Installation And Configuration Guide
Cisco Catalyst 8000V Edge Software High Availability Configuration Guide
Troubleshooting Guide for Cisco Catalyst 8000V Edge Software
Smart Licensing Using Policy for Cisco Enterprise Routing Platforms
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