2022 Archived Release Notes for Cisco Crosswork Cloud
This document describes the new features released and defects resolved during the 2022 year for Cisco Crosswork Cloud.
To view the current release notes, see Cisco Crosswork Cloud Release Notes.
New Features and Resolved Bugs
The following sections list the new features and bug fixes available in Crosswork Cloud organized by product and the date in which they were released.
For information on how to use Crosswork Cloud, see Cisco Crosswork Cloud User Guide.
2022-12-15
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
Bug Fix |
CCNI-8109 |
The Path Topology tool (External Routing Analysis > Tools > Path Topology) no longer displays any data when you select the future date. |
Crosswork Cloud Traffic Analysis |
Bug Fix |
CCTA-8080 |
The default value of Device Group for traffic recommendation (Traffic Analysis > Tools > Recommendations) is no longer Unassigned. |
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
Bug Fix |
CCNI-8125 |
You can now view the topology for a prefix when an AS path advertised for it contains a single path stuffed ASN. |
Crosswork Cloud Trust Insights |
Bug Fix |
CCTI-8032 |
For the devices that no longer exist, the values under the Hardware Changes and Software Changes columns (Trust Insights > Monitor > Overview) are not clickable now. |
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
New Feature |
CCNI-8096 |
The Free Subscription banner message is now visible on Crosswork Cloud Network Insights (CCNI) free accounts regardless of whether the CCNI Free Subscription has expired or not. |
Crosswork Cloud Trust Insights |
Bug Fix |
CCTI-8027 |
The Hardware tab under the Changes tab (Devices > device-name > Trust Insights > Changes > Hardware) now displays the SFP hardware changes. |
Crosswork Cloud |
Bug Fix |
CCLD-8112 |
The Alarm Lifecycle Manager service does not restart at the end of the snooze timeout interval now. |
Crosswork Data Gateway |
New Feature |
NA |
Crosswork Data Gateway 4.0.1 is now available. For more information, see Supported Cisco Crosswork Data Gateway Version. |
2022-11-21
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
New Feature |
CCNI-7916 |
Updated the Free Subscription banner message to include a link to the documentation on free subscription plan requirements. For information on these requirements, see View Subscription Plan Options. |
2022-11-10
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud Traffic Analysis |
New Feature |
CCTA-7603 |
Added the Device Group column (without filters) in the Configure Devices page (Traffic Analysis > Configure > Devices). |
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
New Feature |
CCNI-7997 |
Removed the Last 90 Days option from the Timeframe drop-down list in the BGP Updates page (External Routing Analysis > Monitor > BGP Updates). Last 90 days of data can still be queried using the Custom timeframe option. |
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
Bug Fix |
CCNI-8019 |
Fixed the pagination for /api/beta/alarms REST endpoint. |
2022-11-01
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud Trust Insights |
Bug Fix |
CCTI-7583 |
The Last Successful Dossier column (Trust Insights > Monitor > Devices) no longer displays varying timestamps at different places for the same device. |
2022-10-19
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
New Feature |
CCNI-6935 |
The following updates have been made in the Peer Details page (Peers > Peer-IP > Overview tab):
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2022-10-12
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
New Feature |
CCNI-7298 |
The following updates have been made in the Path Topology tool (External Routing Analysis > Tools > Path Topology):
|
Crosswork Cloud Trust Insights |
New Feature |
CCTI-6273 |
The look and feel of older tables have been updated to be consistent with other Crosswork Cloud tables. |
Crosswork Cloud |
Bug Fix |
CCLD-7864 |
The link to the Release Notes has been updated on the Incompatible Browser error page. |
Crosswork Cloud |
Bug Fix |
CCLD-7863 |
You can now use Google Chrome version 106.0.5249.91 or later to log into Crosswork Cloud. |
2022-10-03
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
Bug Fix |
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The following updates have been made in the BGP Updates page (External Routing Analysis > Monitor > BGP Updates tab):
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2022-09-26
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Cisco Crosswork Cloud |
New Feature |
CCLD-7349 |
You can now remove, suspend or restore permission (enable or disable), or modify a user's role (Admin, Read Write, or Read Only) for multiple users at the same time. For more information, see Change User Permissions. |
2022-09-20
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
New Feature |
CCNI-7138 |
A new interactive dual-axis graph displaying the number of BGP advertisements and withdrawals has been added to the BGP Updates page (External Routing Analytics > Monitor > BGP Updates tab).
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2022-09-12
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
New Feature |
CCNI-7315 |
The ASN RPSL page (ASNs > ASN-ID > RPSL tab) has been updated as follows:
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2022-09-01
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
Bug Fix |
CCNI-7710 |
Endpoints are now receiving expected notifications. |
2022-08-24
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
Bug Fix |
CCNI-6404 |
Updated the formatting for Microsoft Team alarm notifications. |
Crosswork Cloud |
Bug Fix |
CCLD-7610 |
Updated help links from the Crosswork Cloud purchasing pages. |
Crosswork Cloud |
Bug Fix |
CCLD-6273 |
The look and feel of older tables have been updated to be consistent with other Crosswork Cloud tables. |
Crosswork Data Gateway |
New Feature |
NA |
Crosswork Data Gateway 4.0 is now available. For more information, see Supported Cisco Crosswork Data Gateway Version. |
2022-08-08
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud Traffic Analysis |
Bug Fix |
CCTA-7607 |
The origin ASN is now processed correctly. |
Crosswork Cloud |
Bug Fix |
CCLD-7307 |
Updated the warning banner for the supported number of devices for the subscription. |
2022-08-01
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud |
New Feature |
CCLD-7479 |
Crosswork Cloud now displays a progress bar when setting up an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace account for the first time. |
Crosswork Cloud |
Bug Fix |
CCLD-7547 |
The subscription expiry banner now directs the user to the AWS Marketplace Purchase page. |
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
Bug Fix |
CCNI-7580 |
Updated formatting layouts for rules in the policy configuration screen. |
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
New Feature |
CCNI-7437 |
The ROA Prefix page lists associated ROA details for a selected prefix (Monitor > Prefixes > prefix-id > ROA tab). The page displays the most specific ROA record found for the prefix. There may be times when the prefix subnet you are viewing has a length that is higher than the maximum prefix length of the listed ROA record. The following updates have been made to the ROA Prefix page:
For more information, see Prefix ROA Details. |
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
Bug Fix |
CCNI-7596 |
The window listing the ASN name and raw path data no longer appears behind the ASN path tree in the Prefix Path Topology tool. |
Crosswork Cloud Traffic Analysis |
Bug Fix |
CCTA-7221 |
The full ASN name now appears when you hover your mouse over the ASN description in the Top Device To/From ASNs chart. |
2022-07-15
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud |
New Feature |
CCLD-6667 |
You can now purchase Crosswork Cloud from Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace. For more information, see Purchase through Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace. |
Crosswork Cloud |
Bug Fix |
CCNI-7248 |
Crosswork Cloud now checks and alerts user to select Crosswork Cloud Traffic Analysis and/or Crosswork Cloud Trust Insights when adding a device. |
2022-07-05
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud | New Feature |
CCNI-7489 |
Crosswork Cloud now ignores extra spaces (before and after) organization names when you create accounts. |
Crosswork Cloud |
Bug Fix |
CCNI-7348 |
After reorganizing table columns, the order is now saved. |
2022-06-28
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
Bug Fix |
CCNI-6998 |
The ASN Looking Glass page no longer limits the number of prefixes that can be viewed. |
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
New Feature |
CCNI-7314 |
Updated the RPSL tab source search to make it case-insensitive for more accurate filter usability and results. |
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
Bug Fix |
CCNI-7361 |
Crosswork Network Insights now ignores extra spaces and validates the ASN, Prefix, or IP address entered in the Quick Jump field before jumping to the Details page. |
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
Bug Fix |
CCNI-7435 |
The UI informs users that the ASN allows more prefixes than previously allowed and that users must remove the extra prefixes before proceeding. |
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
New Feature |
CCNI-7433 |
The Alarm API [/api/beta/alarms] now shows the Alarm tags in the JSON response output. |
2022-06-15
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
New Feature |
CCNI-7328 |
Added a Path Topology tab in the Prefix Details window (Prefixes > prefix-ID > Path Topology tab). |
2022-06-07
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
Bug Fix |
CCNI-7085 |
Updated context-sensitive help links to more appropriate topics. |
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
Bug Fix |
CCNI-7313 |
Removed duplicate AS paths that sometimes appeared in the ASN Details window within the Path Topology tool. |
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
Bug Fix |
CCNI-7345 |
The Path Topology tool no longer gets stuck in a perpetual loading state. |
Crosswork Cloud Traffic Analysis |
Bug Fix |
CCTA-7224 |
Removed a comma from the URL when a prefix link is selected in the Traffic Prefixes table. |
2022-05-19
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud Traffic Analysis |
New Feature |
CCTA-6869 |
The Flow Replication feature (Configuration > Flow Replication) now displays the number of Average Flow Per Second (FPS) and the collection time from device and Data Gateway instances. |
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
New Feature |
CCNI-1237 |
The new Path Topology tool displays a summarized topology view of all peer, transit, and origin ASNs that are advertised in AS paths for a prefix at a selected time. For more information, see View Prefix Path Topology. |
2022-04-26
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud Trust Insights |
Bug Fix |
CCTI-7238 |
Added support to view a list of unknown files for devices running Cisco IOS XR 7.4.2 and 7.5.2. For more information, see View File Anomalies in the Cisco Crosswork Cloud User Guide. |
Crosswork Cloud Traffic Analysis |
Bug Fix |
CCTA-7205 |
The representation of NetFlow traffic direction for prefixes and ASNs has been updated to always originate from the reporting router. |
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
Bug Fix |
CCNI-7073 |
All Prefix table (Monitor > Prefixes > BGP Updates) customizations are now saved. |
2022-04-12
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud Traffic Analysis |
New Feature |
CCTA-3625 |
A new Flow Replication feature (Configuration > Flow Replication) allows you to forward NetFlow traffic to multiple IPv4 address destinations. In addition to the global forwarding address, you can specify data gateways and devices. Crosswork Traffic Analysis prioritizes the most granular configuration. For example, Crosswork Traffic Analysis will prioritize a device configuration over a data gateway configuration. |
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
Bug Fix |
CCNI-7207 |
The Relevant BPG Updates page no longer gets stuck on "Loading..." (Alarms > alarm-name > Relevant BGP Updates tab). |
2022-03-28
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud Trust Insights |
Bug Fix |
CCTI-7153 |
You can now link a device to a new Crosswork Data Gateway (CDG) VM after an older CDG VM has been deleted. |
2022-03-21
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
New Feature |
CCNI-6816 |
Active prefix withdrawal detection has been modified to filter out false alarms that occur due to peer disconnection. |
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
Bug Fix |
CCNI-7127 |
Text labels in the the BGP Updates chart where they overlapped each other are now readable. This problem occurred for users in the UTC timezone when using Crosswork Cloud Network Insights under the free subscription tier plan. |
Crosswork Cloud Traffic Analysis |
New Feature |
CCTA-7147 |
When adding a device, Crosswork Cloud Traffic Analysis now displays the destination port the device will use. |
2022-03-14
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
New Feature |
CCNI-7009 |
There is a new option to ignore the allowed Origin ASNs list when configuring the Subprefix Advertisement alarm. Toggle the Use Origin ASNs option to No if you want to receive alarms for all ASN subprefix advertisements. For example, if ASN 111 is listed in the Origin ASNs field and the Use Origin ASNs option is set to No, then an alarm will still trigger if ASN 111 advertises a subprefix. For more information about the Subprefix Advertisement alarm, see the Subprefix Advertisement topic in the Cisco Crosswork Cloud User Guide. |
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
Bug Fix |
CCNI-7073 |
Removed the following redundant information from the BGP Updates table:
|
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
New Feature |
CCNI-6876 |
There is a new BGP Updates graph in the ASN (ASN > ASN-name) and Prefix (Prefix > prefix-ID) Overview pages. The graph displays a historical summary of the number of BGP updates that have occurred in the last seven days or 24 hours (depending on your subscription plan). You can hover your mouse over a bar to see the exact number of BGP updates or click on the bar to view more details (BGP Updates table) for that particular time frame. |
Crosswork Cloud Traffic Analysis |
New Feature |
CCTA-7088 |
The Recommendations tool has been updated to provide Interbox recommendations. |
2022-02-24
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud Traffic Analysis |
New Feature |
CCTA-3604 |
The Recommendations tool analyzes network edge interfaces within a device group that have a transmitted utilization of over 80%. The tool provides you with a suggested list of prefixes where traffic from overutilized edge interfaces can be diverted to underutilized edge interfaces to normalize overall utilization. The utilization projections are estimates based on the original traffic flow. You can use these recommendations to determine how to best balance your network traffic load. For more information, see the Optimize Interface Utilization topic in the Cisco Crosswork Cloud User Guide. |
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
New Feature |
CCNI-6234 |
A new API that retrieves BGP historical updates filtered by prefix and other optional attributes is available. For more information, see the Crosswork Cloud API documentation (Help & Support icon > Documentation > APIs). |
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
Bug Fix |
CCNI-7041 |
Cleared alarms are no longer displayed as active alarms in the ASNs table. |
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
New Feature |
CCNI-7050 |
Updated the Prohibited IP Prefix alarm text for the bogon and full bogon settings. For more information, see the Prohibited IP Prefix topic in the Cisco Crosswork Cloud User Guide. |
2022-02-16
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud |
New Feature |
CCLD-2938 |
You can now view available subscription tiers and included functionality descriptions in Crosswork Cloud (Settings icon > Purchase > Subscription Tiers tab). |
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
Bug Fix |
CCNI-6892 |
The Subscribe to Prefixes page (Monitor > Prefixes > click Subscribe to Prefixes) now displays correctly. |
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
New Feature |
CCNI-6925 |
A new alarm (Prohibited IP Prefix) has been added to detect if a monitored peer has a prohibited prefix in the public IP routing space installed in its Routing Information Base (RIB) or the monitored peer is forwarding it. You can choose to be alerted only for bogon advertisements. For more information, see the Prohibited IP Prefix topic in the Cisco Crosswork Cloud User Guide. |
Crosswork Cloud Traffic Analysis |
Bug Fix |
CCTA-6915 |
Users with read/write permissions can now change a device interface flag to external or internal (Devices > Interfaces tab > interface-name > click Set External or Set Internal). |
2022-02-08
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
New Feature |
CCNI-2066 |
A new alarm (DNS Root Prefix Withdrawal) has been added to detect when well known DNS Root Server prefixes are withdrawn from a monitored peer's routing table. For more information, see the DNS Root Prefix Withdrawal topic in the Cisco Crosswork Cloud User Guide. |
2022-01-25
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
Bug Fix |
CCNI-6548 |
AS data now displays current information. |
Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
Bug Fix |
CCNI-6843 |
There is now a vertical scrollbar in the report instance Summary page (External Routing Analytics > Monitor > ASNs > ASN-number > Reports > Summary tab . |
2022-01-19
Product |
Type |
Unique Identifier |
Description |
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Crosswork Cloud Traffic Analysis |
Bug Fix |
CCTA-6697 |
The interface description now appears in the Description column for a device (Devices > device-name). |
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Crosswork Cloud Traffic Analysis |
Bug Fix |
CCTA-6689 |
The Traffic graphs no longer show gaps of time.
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Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
Bug Fix |
CCNI-6387 |
The Unable to Save dialog box no longer displays the same issue multiple times. |
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Crosswork Cloud Network Insights |
New Feature |
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This feature includes the following Prefix and ASN table updates:
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Crosswork Cloud Subscription Tiers
As of June 2021, the Cisco Crosswork Cloud subscription tiers have been renamed as follows:
PID |
Old Name |
New Name |
---|---|---|
L-SPAUTO-NI-B |
Basic |
Essentials |
L-SEC-NI-B |
Basic |
Essentials |
L-SEC-SP-NI-B |
Basic |
Essentials |
L-CLOUD-NI-B |
Essentials |
Essentials |
L-SPAUTO-NI-E |
Essentials |
Advantage |
L-SEC-NI-E |
Essentials |
Advantage |
L-SEC-SP-NI-E |
Essentials |
Advantage |
L-CLOUD-NI-E |
Advantage |
Advantage |
L-SPAUTO-NI-S |
Standard |
Premier |
L-SEC-NI-S |
Standard |
Premier |
L-SEC-SP-NI-S |
Standard |
Premier |
L-CLOUD-NI-S |
Premier |
Premier |
Supported Browsers
Crosswork Cloud products are supported on the following browsers:
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Google Chrome 70 or later
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Mozilla Firefox 62 or later
Crosswork Cloud Trust Insights Required Software
Crosswork Cloud Trust Insights requires the following software:
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The Software Maintenance Upgrade (SMU) packages as described in Table 1 below, which enables Crosswork Cloud Trust Insights to interpret and verify integrity measurements from your Cisco IOS XR routers. In future Cisco IOS XR releases, Crosswork Cloud Trust Insights support will be included in base OS images.
Note |
Some SMUs have prerequisites, which are described in the Pre-requisites section of the SMU readme. Make sure you read the readme associated with each SMU to ensure you have installed the required prerequisites. |
The following illustration shows an example of a SMU with a prerequisite.
Supported Platform |
Release |
Required SMU and Download Link |
---|---|---|
Cisco 8000 Series Routers |
IOS XR Release 7.0.12 |
Contact Cisco product management. |
Cisco NCS 5500 Series Routers |
IOS XR Release 6.6.3 |
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IOS XR Release 7.1.1 |
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Cisco NCS 540 Series Routers |
IOS XR Release 7.0.2 |
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IOS XR Release 7.1.1 |
Supported Platform |
Release |
Required SMU and Download Link |
---|---|---|
Cisco 8000 Series Routers |
IOS XR Release 7.0.14 |
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IOS XR Release 7.3.1 |
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IOS XR Release 7.3.2 |
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Cisco NCS 5500 Series Routers |
IOS XR Release 7.1.2 |
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IOS XR Release 7.2.1 |
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IOS XR Release 7.2.2 |
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IOS XR Release 7.3.1 |
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Cisco NCS 540 Series Routers |
IOS XR Release 7.2.1 |
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IOS XR Release 7.3.1 |
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Cisco NCS 540L Routers |
IOS XR Release 7.3.1 |
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Cisco ASR 9000 Series Routers |
IOS XR Release 7.1.2 |
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IOS XR Release 7.3.1 |
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IOS XR Release 7.3.2 |
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Cisco IOS XRv 9000 Router |
IOS XR Release 7.3.1 |
Supported Cisco Crosswork Data Gateway Version
Crosswork Cloud products support Cisco Crosswork Data Gateway version 4.0.1.
You can download the supported Cisco Crosswork Data Gateway version for Crosswork Cloud products from the Cisco Software Download page. For more information, see the following:
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Cisco Crosswork Data Gateway Installation and Configuration Guide for Cloud Deployment
Note
Confirm that system requirements are met (see the "Installation Requirements" chapter in the Cisco Crosswork Data Gateway Installation and Configuration Guide for Cloud Deployment).
Related Documentation
The following list contains documentation related to Crosswork Cloud.
Crosswork Data Gateway Documentation
Cisco IOS XR Documentation
Platform |
Configuration |
Command Reference |
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Cisco 8000 Series Routers |
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Cisco NCS 5500 Series Routers |
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Cisco NCS 540 Series Routers |
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Cisco ASR 9000 Series Routers |