Information About Amazon S3 Support
In Cisco Catalyst devices, the need for storage capacity is growing due to factors such as larger software images and increased logging rates demanded by customers. Additionally, there is a growing need to distribute software images, provide service maintenance updates (SMUs), and run diverse scripts across numerous devices. The built-in persistent storage available in the devices falls short of meeting these demands. In such situations, a reliable cloud storage solution becomes crucial for enhancing the existing onboard storage by seamlessly incorporating cloud-based storage solutions.
From IOS-XE 17.13.1 release, Amazon S3 or Amazon Simple Storage Service is supported for Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers. The Amazon S3 is a service offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that provides scalable storage infrastructure through a web service interface. Using Amazon S3, you can seamlessly supplement built-in persistent storage with cloud-based storage.
Restrictions and Guidelines
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The cloud storage is accessible only to the active device.
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Cloud reachability can be established through any service port, including device management ports, or forwarding interfaces on the device.
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Multiple cloud storage configuration profiles can be created for the same S3 bucket with different configuration parameters.
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Virtual device instances (like C9800-CL) hosted on AWS can use the Identity and Access Management (IAM) role infrastructure to access S3 storage.