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About this document About this document Cisco UCS Performance Manager Release Notes contains important information about the current version of the following products: Cisco UCS Performance Manager Express Cisco UCS Performance Manager Note For convenience, the documentation set uses "Cisco UCS Performance Manager" generically, and notes explicitly any differences in the licensing and functionality available between Cisco UCS Performance Manager Express and Cisco UCS Performance Manager. 3
Cisco UCS Performance Manager Release Notes Supported operating systems and browsers The following table identifies the supported combinations of client operating systems and web browsers. Client OS Windows 7 and 8.1 Windows 10 Windows Server 2012 R2 Macintosh OS/X 10.9 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5, CentOS 6.5 Supported Browsers Internet Explorer 11 (Enterprise mode only; compatibility mode is not supported.) Internet Explorer 10 * Internet Explorer 11 (Enterprise mode only; compatibility mode is not supported.) Internet Explorer 10 * Firefox 50 and later Chrome 54 and later Microsoft Edge Firefox 30 Chrome 36 Firefox 30 and above Chrome 36 and above Firefox 30 and above Chrome 37 and above Firefox 30 and above Chrome 37 and above * Support for Internet Explorer 10 will be withdrawn beginning with the next feature release of Cisco UCS Performance Manager. 4
Cisco UCS Performance Manager 2.5.0 Cisco UCS Performance Manager 2.5.0 1 New features Cisco UCS Performance Manager 2.5.0 provides the following new features: Upgrade path In order to upgrade to version 2.5.0, you must start from version 2.0.1, 2.0.2 or 2.0.3. If you want to upgrade from an earlier version, you first need to upgrade to version 2.0.3, then upgrade again to version 2.5.0. For more information on the upgrade process, see the Cisco UCS Performance Manager Upgrade Guide. Multi-host deployment communications security In multi-host deployments, all communications among Control Center hosts are now authenticated. During an upgrade, all existing delegate hosts must install unique credentials, which are generated on the master host. The installation steps are included in the Cisco UCS Performance Manager Upgrade Guide. Docker upgrade This release replaces Docker 1.12.1 with Docker Community Edition (CE) 17.03.1. The update process handles the change. Appliance installation changes and new storage layout Cisco UCS Performance Manager now has two appliances (one for the master host and one for the delegate). This has the advantage of a better storage layout so that the master is now split into 7 parts on separate virtual disks while the delegate has a reduced storage footprint. The new storage format is only applicable to new installs. Upgraded systems will still have the same storage layout as before the upgrade. Emergency shutdown Cisco UCS Performance Manager will automatically shutdown if storage space is predicted to fill up, which avoids a full disk causing data corruption. The affected services are marked as having been emergency stopped and will not start again until this condition is cleared by the administrator. For more information, see the Cisco UCS Performance Manager Administration Guide Maintenance window performance Improved performance by reducing the time it takes to change the production state on a large number of devices and devices with many components. Rolling restart of services Services with multiple instances will restart one at a time and will pull an image before stopping to minimize downtime. 5
Cisco UCS Performance Manager Release Notes Memory requirements for best performance Ensure that hosts have sufficient memory resources as follows: Single host environment: 64GB (You must change the default of 16GB.) Multi-host environment: Master host: 16GB Delegate hosts: 32GB Monitoring updates Cisco UCS Fixed issues Support for 2+ Mini Chassis Support for converged UCS-Manager (v3.1.1+) Support for C-3260 with UCS Manager Support for Standalone C-Series using the CIMC XML API Modeling and correlation of local attached storage Server storage mapping Hardware Inventory report includes storage details VMware - vcenter Support for vcenter 6.5 Filtering options in reports Performance and scale improvements to handle large vcenters Health report for troubleshooting Storage monitoring - EMC Additional LUN metrics Support for newer versions of SMI-S providers Support for VNX file and block mode and VMAX devices Storage monitoring - NetApp Support for newer versions of OnTap Performance and scale improvements to handle large filers Updates to status monitoring (vserver, Disk Shelf, Volumes, and LUNs) Updates to include FC and Port components Operating systems - Windows and Linux Support for Windows Server 2016 Performance and scale improvements Storage monitoring and mapping: Hard disks and volumes Updates to service modeling and monitoring Table 1: Release 2.5.0 ID ZEN-17746 ZEN-22549 Description UCS Capacity Interface Utilization report does not include UCS interfaces. Linux/Windows CPU Utilization shows N/A and contains invalid fields. 6
Cisco UCS Performance Manager 2.5.0 ID ZEN-22689 ZEN-23134 ZEN-25804 ZEN-26487 ZEN-26589 ZPS-70 ZPS-753 ZPS-1190 Description Add device and licensing information to support bundles. Show all the protocols supported for Network devices in the Add Infrastructure page. Appliance does not utilize all available space. Include tcpdump in the appliance. Could not add multiple UCS domains separated by a comma with a space. Changing zucsmanagerperfinterval value is not honored in all graphs. Some UCS Capacity templates contain mismatches between datasources and derived datapoints. Misleading values in graphs due to erroneous values being collected. Known issues Table 2: Release 2.5.0 ID Description Status ZEN-26308 Add a column indicating Device Status to the INFRASTRUCTURE page. Open Notes and workarounds ZEN-26898: Component count changes between versions 1.1.x and 2.x The following component counts are changed between versions 1.1.x and 2.x: Host Ethernet Interfaces In version 1.x, servers that are in the Removed state are shown and reflected in the Host Ethernet Interfaces count. They are not counted in version 2.x. Management Interfaces Only Model Management interfaces for their IPs are modeled. The../if-2 management interfaces are redundant and always have the same IP address as their */if-1 equivalent, so they can be ignored. See ZEN-12112. Aggregation Pools Port Channels and Standalone ports are now shown. Service Profiles, Virtual NICs, Virtual HBAs For service profiles, only instances are shown not templates. The Service Profile templates and related vhbas and vnics will be rejected on modeling. Only "instance" type service profiles are shown now. This affects vhbas and vnics component counts. For more information, see ZEN-15556. ZEN-27784: Default memory for master host might be insufficient By default, the master host is deployed with 16GB of memory. For best performance, specify memory as follows: Single host environment: 64GB 7
Cisco UCS Performance Manager Release Notes Multi-host environment: Master host: 16GB Delegate hosts: 32GB CC-3541: Initial deployment might fail if host resources are not sufficient The VMware host resources must be adequate to run Cisco UCS Performance Manager. As a workaround, wait a few minutes and then try the deployment again. 8
Limitations, errata, and documentation Limitations, errata, and documentation A This section includes the following information: Known limitations of Cisco UCS Performance Manager Release-specific documentation errata, if any Descriptions of additional documentation Additional information All Cisco UCS Performance Manager distributions include PDF versions of the following documents: Cisco UCS Performance Manager Installation Guide Cisco UCS Performance Manager Upgrade Guide Cisco UCS Performance Manager Migration Guide Cisco UCS Performance Manager Getting Started Guide Cisco UCS Performance Manager User Guide Cisco UCS Performance Manager Administration Guide The documentation included in a release is in synch with the release. That is, instead of inserting errata into release notes, document errors are corrected, and the corrected documents are included in the upgrade or patch release. Similarly, when a feature change or addition is included in an upgrade or patch release, the documentation is also updated. Documentation feedback To provide technical feedback on this document, or to report an error or omission, please send your comments to ucs-docfeedback@cisco.com. We appreciate your feedback. 9