What's New in Cisco NFVIS


Note


To achieve simplification and consistency, the Cisco SD-WAN solution has been rebranded as Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN. In addition, from Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Release 17.12.1a and Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Release 20.12.1, the following component changes are applicable: Cisco vManage to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, Cisco vAnalytics to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Analytics, Cisco vBond to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Validator, Cisco vSmart to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller, and Cisco Controllers to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Control Components. See the latest Release Notes for a comprehensive list of all the component brand name changes. While we transition to the new names, some inconsistencies might be present in the documentation set because of a phased approach to the user interface updates of the software product.
Table 1. Cisco SD-Branch Release 20.12.x

Feature

Release Information

Description

Manage Cisco NFVIS Devices Using Cisco SD-WAN Manager Via NFV Configuration Group.

Cisco NFVIS Release 4.12.1

Cisco SD-WAN Manager Release 20.12.1

You can manage the lifecycle of Cisco NFVIS devices using Cisco SD-WAN Manager.

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The hardware that supports this feature will be updated in the furture releases. You can view only the software changes.

Table 2. Cisco SD-Branch Release 20.9.x

Feature

Release Information

Description

Cisco NFVIS Schedule Software Upgrade Workflow

NFVIS 4.9 Release

Cisco vManage Release 20.9.1

This feature enables you to schedule a software upgrade workflow to upgrade your Cisco NFVIS devices.

Table 3. Cisco SD-Branch Release 20.8.x

Feature

Release Information

Description

Cisco NFVIS ISO Multi-Step Upgrade

NFVIS 4.8 Release

Cisco vManage Release 20.8.1

This feature enables you to do a skip-version and multi-step upgrade of Cisco NFVIS using the .iso file.

Table 4. Cisco SD-Branch Release 20.6.x

Feature

Release Information

Description

Support for Making Day N Changes to Profiles Attached to a Device

NFVIS 4.6 Release

Cisco vManage Release 20.6.1

This feature allows you to make changes to Network Design profiles even after they are attached to a device.

Support for Uploading Different VNF Image Packages

NFVIS 4.6

Cisco vManage Release 20.6.1

This feature allows you to register a VNF image by uploading seperate VNF packages for image package, scaffold, and disk image.

Table 5. Cisco SD-Branch Release 20.5.x

Feature

Release Information

Description

Support for Single IP Address for NFVIS and the Router VM

NFVIS 4.5 Release

Cisco vManage Release 20.5.1

This release extends the support for using a single public IP address between NFVIS and the router VM to the SD-Branch solution.

Start, Stop, and Restart WAN Edge Devices

NFVIS 4.5 Release

Cisco vManage Release 20.5.1

This release extends the support for start, stop, and restart of the deployed VMs.