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Release Notes for Cisco Plug and Play Connect, Release 1.0x

First Published: 2017-4-17

Last Updated: 2019-12-10

These release notes apply to the following software releases of Cisco Plug and Play Connect:

n June 2018 Release

n July 2017 Release

n General Availability Release 1.0

These release notes contain the following sections:

n Introduction

n What’s New in June 2018 Release

n What’s New in July 2017 Release

n Supported Platforms and Software Requirements

n Redirecting a Device That Has Been Assigned a Loopback Profile

n Related Documentation

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Introduction

The Cisco Plug and Play Connect cloud service works with your Smart Account and the Cisco Plug and Play solution to provide automatic plug and play server discovery when other methods such as DHCP or DNS are not available. A Cisco network device contacts the Plug and Play Connect cloud service to obtain the IP address of the appropriate plug and play server that is defined for your organization. The Plug and Play Connect web portal is linked to Cisco Commerce Workspace (CCW), facilitating automatic registration of the serial numbers and PIDs of purchased devices in Plug and Play Connect, and these can then be synced to Plug and Play in the Cisco DNA Center or APIC-EM controller. For more information, see the Plug and Play Connect website:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/buy/smart-accounts/plug-play-connect.html

Cisco Plug and Play Connect requires a Smart Account during device procurement. Simply assign a Smart Account when you order eligible products with Cisco Plug and Play in CCW.

What’s New in June 2018 Release

The Cisco Plug and Play Connect cloud service integrates with Cisco DNA Center 1.2 and later.

The beta feature that previously allowed you to optionally associate a device with a configuration or configuration template has been removed.

What’s New in July 2017 Release

Users with Virtual Account Admin and Virtual Account User roles have access to all of the Cisco Plug and Play Connect cloud service functionality. Previously, only Smart Account Admins had access.

Note: The Click to Accept agreement can be accepted only by users with the Smart Account Admin role.

Supported Platforms and Software Requirements

The following tables list Cisco routers, switches, wireless access points, NFVIS platforms, and minimum software releases that support Cisco Plug and Play Connect.

Table 1 Supported Cisco Switches

Platform

Models

Software Release (Minimum Supported)

Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series Switches

2960-C

2960-Plus

2960-S

2960-SF

2960-X

2960-XR

15.2(4)E6

2960-CX 1

15.2(4)E6

2960-L

15.2(5)E2

Cisco Catalyst 3560 Series Switches

3560-C

3560-X

15.2(4)E6

3560-CX 1

15.2(4)E6

Cisco Catalyst 3650 SeriesSwitches

3650

16.6.1

Cisco Catalyst 3750-X Series Switches

3750X

15.2(4)E6

Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches

3850

16.6.1

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches

Supervisor 7-E/7L-E

Supervisor 8-E/8L-E

Supervisor 9-E

3.6.7E, 3.8.5E, 3.9.2E

Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches

4500X

3.6.7E, 3.8.5E, 3.9.2E

Cisco Catalyst 4900 Series Switches

4900M

4948E

15.2(4)E6

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches

Supervisor 2T

Supervisor 6T

15.5(1)SY2

Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches

6807-XL

6824-X-LE

6832-X-LE

6840-X

6880-X

15.5(1)SY2

Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches

9200

16.9.1

Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

9300

16.6.1

Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series Switches

9400

16.6.1

Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

9500

16.6.1

Cisco Catalyst Digital Building Series Switches

CDB-8

15.2.6E

Cisco Industrial Ethernet 2000 Series Switches

IE2000

15.2(5)E2

Cisco Industrial Ethernet 3000 Series Switches

IE3000

15.2(5)E2

Cisco Industrial Ethernet 4000 Series Switches

IE4000

15.2(5)E2

Cisco Industrial Ethernet 5000 Series Switches

IE5000

15.2(5)E2

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Table 2 Supported Cisco Routers

Platform

Models

Software Release (Minimum Supported)

Cisco 800 Series Industrial Integrated Services Routers

807

809

829

15.7.3M1

Cisco 800 Series Integrated Services Routers

819

866

867

881

886

887

888

891

892

896

897

898

899

15.5.3M1

Cisco 1000 Series Connected Grid Routers

1120

1240

15.7.3M1

Cisco 1100 Series Integrated Services Routers

1101

1109

16.8.1

1111

1116

1117

16.6.2

1112

1113

16.7.1

Cisco 1900 Series Integrated Services Routers

1905

1921

1941

15.5.3M1

Cisco 2900 Series Integrated Services Routers

2901

2911

2921

2951

15.5.3M1

Cisco 3900 Series Integrated Services Routers

3925

3925E

3945

3945E

15.5.3M1

Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers

4221

4321

4331

4351

4431

4451-X

16.4.2

Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers

ASR1001-X

ASR1001-HX

ASR1002-X

ASR1002-HX

ASR1004

ASR1006

ASR1006-X

ASR1009-X

ASR1013

16.4.1

Cisco Cloud Services Router

CSR 1000V 2

16.4.1

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Table 3 Supported Cisco Wireless Access Points

Platform

Models

Software Release (Minimum Supported)

Cisco Aironet 1500 Series

1542

1562

8.5.140.0

Cisco Aironet 1800 Series

OEAP1810

1810w

1815i

1815m

1815t

1815w

1830i

1832i

1852e

1852i

8.5.140.0

Cisco Aironet 2800 Series

2802e

2802h

2802i

8.5.140.0

Cisco Aironet 3800 Series

3802e

3802i

3802p

8.5.140.0

Cisco Aironet 4800 Series

4800i

8.7.106.0

Table 4 Supported NFVIS Platforms

Platform

Models

Software Release (Minimum Supported)

Cisco ENCS

ENCS5104/K9

3.6.2

ENCS5406/K9

ENCS5408/K9

ENCS5412/K9

3.5.1

Cisco UCS-C Series

UCSC-C220-M4S

3.5.1

Cisco UCS-E Series

UCS-E180D-M2/K9

UCS-E160S-M3/K9

UCS-E160D-M2/K9

UCS-E140S-M2/K9

3.5.1

UCS-E180D-M3/K9

UCS-E1120D-M3/K9

3.6.1

Note: Only official software releases obtained from the Cisco.com software download website are supported for image deployment. Engineering builds are not supported.

Enhanced Capabilities with Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.5.1

For Cisco network devices running Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.5.1 or later, Plug and Play Connect can take advantage of additional capabilities built into the Plug and Play IOS Agent in the device, as follows:

n Support for standard and non-standard HTTP/HTTPS ports. Earlier releases support only the standard ports of 80/443.

n Support for certificate installation to initialize an HTTPS connection to an on-premises APIC-EM controller. Earlier releases do not support certificate installation.

n Support for both primary and secondary controllers in the PNP profile for redundancy (designed for Network Services Orchestrator). Earlier releases support only a primary controller.

n Network devices contact the Plug and Play Connect service every 10 minutes to get controller information. Network devices with earlier releases contact the Plug and Play Connect service every 3 minutes.

Redirecting a Device That Has Been Assigned a Loopback Profile

If a device in the Plug and Play Connect portal is not associated with any controller profile or configuration within 24 hours of its first contact with the portal, the device is deemed as not intended for using Plug and Play Connect and is assigned a loopback profile (127.0.0.1) by the portal.

If you want to redirect this device to a controller later, follow these steps:

1. Define a controller profile in the Plug and Play Connect portal.

2. Associate the device with that controller profile.

3. Reset the device to a factory default state.

4. Reload the device to cause it to recontact the Plug and Play Connect portal, where it will be redirected to the specified controller. Note that the reload is included in the reset procedures linked in Step 3.

Related Documentation

Cisco DNA Center Controller

n Plug and Play Connect website—Documentation for Plug and Play Connect.

n Release Notes for Cisco DNA Center—Release Notes for Cisco DNA Center.

n Cisco DNA Center User Guide (Release 1.2 and later)—For Release 1.2.8 and later, see the “Provision Your Network” chapter for information on how to use Plug and Play in Cisco DNA Center to onboard devices. For Releases 1.2 through 1.2.7, see the “Network Plug and Play” chapter.

n Other Cisco DNA Center documentation—For all other Cisco DNA Center documentation.

APIC-EM Controller

n Release Notes for Cisco Network Plug and Play—Release Notes for Cisco Network Plug and Play on APIC-EM.

n Solution Guide for Cisco Network Plug and Play—Solution Guide for the Cisco Network Plug and Play solution on APIC-EM.

n Configuration Guide for Cisco Network Plug and Play on Cisco APIC-EM—Describes how to use the Network Plug and Play application in the APIC-EM to configure Cisco network devices.

n Cisco Open Plug-n-Play Agent Configuration Guide—Describes how to configure the Cisco Open Plug-n-Play Agent software application that runs on a Cisco IOS or IOS-XE device.

n Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module Deployment Guide—Describes how to deploy and troubleshoot the Cisco APIC-EM controller.

n Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module Configuration Guide—Describes how to configure settings for the Cisco APIC-EM controller.

n Release Notes for the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module—Release Notes for the Cisco APIC-EM.

n Release Notes for Cisco Intelligent Wide Area Network Application (Cisco IWAN App)—Release Notes for Cisco IWAN.

n Software Configuration Guide for Cisco IWAN on APIC-EM—Configuration Guide for Cisco IWAN.

n Open Source Used In Cisco Plug and Play Connect—List of open source code used in the Cisco Plug and Play Connect cloud portal.

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1.

Limited feature support: Trustpool support for devices with smaller NVRAM space is only by using the DHCP options T and Z.

2.

The CSR 1000v router supports Plug and Play discovery only on an ISO deployment, not when deployed with an OVA.