Release Notes for Cisco Intelligent Wide Area Network Application (Cisco IWAN App) Release 1.0.0
Supported Multi-Center Devices
Supported Cisco Platforms and Software Releases
Open Caveats in IWAN Release 1.0.0
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
These release notes provide a summary of the components in Cisco Intelligent Wide Area Network Application (Cisco IWAN App) Release 1.
This release notes contain the following sections:
Cisco IWAN App (or the Cisco IWAN on APIC-EM) extends Software Defined Networking to the branch with an application-centric approach based on business policy and application rules. This provides IT centralized management with distributed enforcement across the network.
Cisco IWAN App automates and orchestrates Cisco IWAN deployments with an intuitive browser-based GUI. A new router can be provisioned in a matter of minutes without any knowledge of the Command Line Interface (CLI). Business priorities are translated into network policies based on Cisco best practices and validated designs. Cisco IWAN App dramatically reduces the time required for configuring advanced network services through the use of automation and simple, predefined workflows.
Cisco IWAN App offers a turnkey solution that allows IT to get out of the weeds of managing low-level semantics like VPN, QoS, optimization, ACL policies. Instead, IT can focus on the bigger picture, such as, aligning network resources with business priorities and delivering outstanding user experience that result in better business outcomes.
Cisco IWAN App includes the following features:
■Zero touch provisioning—Plug and play for remote devices without user intervention
■Simple workflows—Use case driven with step-by-step and site-to-site provisioning
■Business level policies—Rules drive network actions, abstraction of underlying policy configuration
The following sections describe the system requirements for Cisco IWAN App:
■Supported Multi-Center Devices
Cisco IWAN App requires a server with the following capabilities/software:
Note: For a multi-host hardware deployment (two or three hosts), 32GB RAM is sufficient for each host.
–License—Image with licenses for Advanced IP Services or Advanced Enterprise Services
■ASR 1002—Dedicated multi-center
■ASR 1001x—Hub or dedicated multi-center
■ASR 1002x—Hub or dedicated multi-center
■ASR1006—Hub or dedicated multi-center
■ASR1004—Hub or dedicated multi-center
■ISR 4451—Hub, branch, or dedicated multi-center
■ISR 4431—Hub, branch, or dedicated multi-center
NetFlow collector provides Application Visibility. The two supported NetFlow collectors for Cisco IWAN App are: Cisco Prime and LiveAction.
Cisco Prime Infrastructure Release 3.0 or higher is supported by Cisco IWAN App. See Related Documentation.
LiveAction version 4.1.2 or higher is supported by Cisco IWAN. See http://www.liveaction.com.
Cisco IWAN App supports the following Cisco router platforms and software releases.
The Cisco IWAN App can support up to 500 sites simultaneously contacting the server and being provisioned, and up to 1000 network devices managed in the Cisco IWAN application for APIC-EM.
See the Release Notes for Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module for APIC-EM device support guidelines.
■Service updates are not supported.
Note: Branch provisioning will fail if this is skipped and there is no recovery mechanism available other than resetting the Grapevine.
■IWAN interaction with Plug and Play (PnP) for handling unclaimed device may not work as expected on very slow WAN links.
■IP Prefix auto-learning identifies direct connected routes only, and does not recognize and subnets behind the core device.
■Spoke sites behind Network Address Translation (NAT) is not supported.
■A colocated Performance Routing (PFR) Master Controller (MC), integrated with a hub border router is supported in Proof of Concept (POC) or test environments only. The supported configuration for a real time environment is separate hosts—Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers or Cisco Cloud Services Router (CSR) 1000V Series—acting as MC. A colocated MC hub topology enabled for a POC or test environment will not be upgraded to a real time environment and a new Cisco IWAN App instance must be created for the real time environment.
■Open Caveats in IWAN Release 1.0.0
Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module Deployment Guide |
Information about the underlying Cisco APIC-EM product including deployment steps, verification, and troubleshooting. |
Cisco IWAN designs are explained in the Cisco IWAN technology design guides. Look for the guides in the Cisco Validated Designs (CVDs) at |
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Refer to this guide for information about Cisco Prime Infrastructure, which can be used to configure Cisco IWAN. |
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Overview of the Plug and Play solution, component descriptions, summary of major use cases, and basic deployment requirements, guidelines, limitations, prerequisites, and troubleshooting tips. |
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Information about the installation, deployment, configuration of Cisco IWAN on APIC-EM. Explains the Cisco IWAN GUI and how to manage connected devices and hosts within your network. |
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Description of the features and caveats for Cisco Network Plug and Play. |
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Release Notes for the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module |
Description of the features and caveats for the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module (Cisco APIC-EM). |
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