Cisco Prime infrastructure 3.0

1. Prakash Rajamani - Manager – Product Management
Rashmi Ramesh – Technical Marketing Engg
April 2015
Wireless Update

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 Prime Infrastructure 2.2 Update
 Prime Infrastructure 3.0
 Demo – PI 3.0
Agenda

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 Customer adoption of PI 2.2
 Wireless expanding to wired
management with PI
 Continuous delivery
 Tech Pack – Wireless
(Converged Access and
Meraki)
 PI 2.1
 Security fixes (POODLE/etc)
 Tech Pack Data center (VM
Management and vPC)
Success of PI 2.2
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
2.2
2.1
2.0
1.x

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 “I was able to update the maps for my conference center at 15% of
the time compared to PI 2.1”
 “I am happy with the stability of PI 2.2 and now have added routers
and switches to be managed by PI”
 “I am moving the enterprise network management to PI 2.2 and have
decommissioned other management tools such as CA Spectrum”
Customer Testimonial of PI 2.2

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Prime Infrastructure
- UCS-Based Physical Appliance (Gen 2)
Generation 1
PRIME-NCS-APL-K9
2.4 GHz, Intel E5620
Generation 2
PI-UCS-APL-K9
UCSC-C220-M4S
2.30 GHz E5-2650
v3/105 W 10C/25 MB
Cache/DDR4 2133 MHz
CPU
MEM
HDD
1 RU, dual power supply,
hot-swappable HDD
EoS/EoL May 2015
PI 2.2 or lower
Niihau Maint Rel.
1 RU, dual power supply,
hot-swappable HDD
8 cores
16 GB
4 x 300 GB
RAID 5
ISO Image Available Today
10 cores
64 GB
4 x 900 GB
RAID 10RAID
ISO Image Available Today
Gen1 Appliance
Scale
Gen 2Appliance
Scale
5000 Max unified Aps 20,000
3000 Max autonomous APs 3000
500 Max WLAN controllers 1000
6000 Max wired (switches, routers) 13,000
10 Max MSE 25
500 NAMs 1000
10,000 Max number of devices
(Combination of wired,
wireless)
20,000
FCS April 3, 2015
Downloadable
ISO Image, Install
Guide
Supports PI 2.2 or
higher

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 Support for 5520 and 8540 platforms
 Configuration and monitoring at 8.0 feature
parity
 Support for 8.1 (monitoring) at 8.0
feature parity
 ISE 1.3 and MSE 8.0
Prime Infrastructure 2.2.2

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Wireless Platform Management with Prime Infrastructure
AP 1700
AP 1572
World Reg Domain
WLC 5520
WLC 8540
AP 1850
Halo module
Halo Antenna
Gladiator
Orstead
PI 3.0
MSE 8.0
ISE 1.3
PI 2.2
MSE 8.0
ISE 1.3
PI 2.2.2
MSE 8.0
ISE 1.3
Platforms
Management

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Prime Infrastructure 3.0 (June 2015)
CUWN - 8.1 –
ATE, MS Lync
Wireless Wired DatacenterPlatform
Alarm Flexibility
Modern User
Interface
UCS Service
Profiles
Configuration
Compliance
Nexus - Overlay
Complete IWAN
support with APIC
EM Integration
Rogue
Management PfR Monitoring
AVC for Flex Converged
Access Workflows
UCS-C, UCS-E
Performance
Multi-NAM /vNAM
deployment
Client
Troubleshooting
Out of box Port
Monitoring

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 AP 1850
 Hyperlocation module with advanced
security (MSE 8.x integration)
 Hyperlocation antenna (configuration and
monitoring – no MSE integration)*
 mGig Platform
 4500 Switches with CA
*MSE 10.x integration with PI Lanai Release
Wireless Platforms

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 Tablet friendly
 Metrics widgets
 Same menu as 2.2
 Correlated Charts
 No more flash
 Dashboard Export
New User Interface

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 Leveraged from Prime Network (SP Offering)
 Works on most common Cisco platforms
IOS, IOS-XE, IOS-XR, NX-OS, StarOS
 Flexible Rules engine including
Input Parameters, Complex Logic,
Condition Checking
 Customizable Policy including
Violation Message, Severity & Fix CLI
 Ability to schedule recurring jobs
Industry Class Config Baseline Compliance
Compliance
Policy
Rule

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 Inventory sync nightly (even quicker if required)
 No more basic audit
 Configuration Archive for config change during inventory sync
 Access Points associated to Groups (Site/Location/Custom)
 Config push for AP based on Groups
 Wireless CLI configuration based on velocity templates
(convergence on Wireless and Wired CLI template engines)
Inventory and Configuration

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 Composite Reports
 In-line upgrade from PI 2.2 to PI
3.0
 Alarm customization (Tech pack
in Aug)
 EoL/EoS/PSIRT reports are back
Platform Enhancements
 Gen 1 Appliance supported with
PI 3.0 – MR1 release
 Background task optimized
 No more dependency between
tasks
 Tasks run at scheduled intervals

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Client Troubleshooting Enhanced
Easy client status visualization
Status of client statistics
Easy to get to next steps

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 Quickly identify client
infrastructure connectivity
issues
 Easy navigation to detailed
troubleshooting
 Switch between DB mode and
real-time mode
 Visualize RSSI/SNR via color
coding
Client Troubleshooting Enhanced

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 Bulk Update of Rogue Alarms
 Sorting/Filtering/Searching of all
of the columns in the rogue
alarms
 Automated update of OUI
signatures from IEEE website
 Auto Switch port tracing
enhancements
Rogue Management Simplified

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 Integration with MS Lync
SDN Server
 Configuration
 Lync policy
 Lync profiles
 Monitoring
 Site to site traffic
 Wired vs Wireless
 User specific metrics and
troubleshooting
MS Lync Troubleshooting For Wireless deployments

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 View Primary and
Secondary controllers
 Performance statistics of
both controllers
 Events/Alarms for HA
controller failure and alarm
generation
 HA status summary in
primary and secondary
controllers in DWC
HA monitoring for WLC

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 Redundant guest anchor
 Channel Utilization breakdown per AP
 ATF Monitoring
 AVC on flex – configuration and
monitoring
 VLAN support/Native VLAN for Flex-
connect
 WiFi interference awareness
(configuration)
Other Capabilities

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Correlated Charts – Comparative Troubleshooting
Alarms
Config Changes

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Access Point Support – Device Pack
New AP Support via
Device Pack
AP support at
existing feature
parity of WLC
release
Simple download
available via in-
product update

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 Mobility Express
 Mingle-Lite
 Bulk Update AP/Refresh AP
 RMA AP with same AP model
 Refresh infrastructure with new upgraded AP eg Migrate from 1700 to
1850
 Preserves the map location
 Association to controller and AP group/flex connect group (reboot of AP
required)
Prime Infrastructure 3.0 – MR1

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 Number of SKU’s reduced
 Almost No change in pricing for Wireless and Converged Access
switches
 Most customers should see prices reduced
 New Lifecycle + Assurance PID available
 Assurance PID available for existing Lifecycle customers to just add
assurance
Prime Infrastructure 3.0 Licensing –
Wireless Impact
Webinar on PI 3.0 Licensing will follow SEVT

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 Wireless Application based on enterprise policy
 Primary Use cases
 MS Lync
 AP Plug and Play (Zero touch deployment for wireless)
 Path Visualization
APIC-EM – Wireless Application Planning –
Not
commited

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 End User Experience Monitoring
 Best practices available out of the box
 Configuration compliance for Wireless integrated with Wired devices
 WLC 8.3 and new platforms
 Integration with APIC-EM for Wireless
 AP Plug and Play
 Branch Service Automation for Wireless (flexconnect provisioning
simlification)
Prime Infrastructure – Lanai Release

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AP Plug and Play deployment workflow
Remote Site
Internet
PnP Agent DHCP Request1
APIC EM
DHCP Response2
DHCP option 43 and
60
PnP server IP
3
PnP Server
IP Available
4
PnP Agent on AP sends the serial #/MAC Address
PnP Server sends the Controller IP Address
PnP Service Trust
Manager
Service
Prime
Infrastructure

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The Key Takeaways of this presentation were:
 PI 2.2 is our FIPS compliant release and migrate customers to this release
with confidence
 PI 2.2.2 will support 5540 and 8540 – encourage customers to migrate to
this version
 PI 3.0 is the ONE assurance platform for Wired/Wireless and Data center
 For large scale deployments use the new UCS based appliance
Key Takeaways

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Prime Infrastructure – 2014 - 2015
Roadmap
Released: Dec 2014
Wireless
• AireOS 8.0 feature/
platforms
• IOS 3.6/3.7 support
• Maps enhanced
Wired
• QoS Management
• IWAN Workflows
• Topology
Datacenter
• UCS assurance
Platform
• Tech Pack
• PI Operations Center
Target: June 2015
Wireless
• WLC 8.1 feature configuration
support
• Wireless device packs
Wired
• Configuration Baseline
• Alarm Customization
Platform
• APIC-EM PnP/PKI Integration
• Stack convergence
Target: Dec 2015
Wireless
• Wireless 8.2 Support
• New Platforms
Wired
• User Tracking
• Reporting customization
• IPSLA
Datacenter
• UCSD and APIC Integration
Platform
• System of Record for APIC-
EM
PI 2.2 PI 3.0 (Niihau) Lanai
Tech Packs
• Wireless (Converged Access and
Meraki)
• Data center (vPC, VMWare)
Tech Packs
• Datacenter (VDC, vPC, VXLAN,
Service Profile monitoring)
• Platform (vNAM provisioning)

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Every Monday Cisco Prime IP Express
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(San Jose time)
(90 mins)
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No registration required
Every Tuesday Cisco Prime™
Collaboration
Every Wednesday Cisco®
Prime NAM and NGA
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(Paris, Berlin)
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No registration requiredEvery Thursday Cisco Prime Infrastructure
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OpentoCustomers,PartnersandCiscoPeople
Evaluations | VoDs | Product Info | Etc. www.cisco.com/go/prime-demo
* Exceptions: No sessions on major public holidays for a given region or during the Cisco shutdown

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Resources on Cisco.com
Cisco Prime™
Cisco® Prime Infrastructure
Cisco Prime Partner Community
Free Trial and NFR Software Downloads
www.cisco.com/go/prime
www.cisco.com/go/primeinfrastructure
https://communities.cisco.com/community/partner/cisco-prime
www.cisco.com/go/nmsevals
Cisco Prime™ Demo Series
http://www.cisco.com/go/prime-demo

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Learning Resources
Fee-Based and Free Resources Are Available
Instructor-led training (fee)
 Three days of training available from learning partner
www.cisco.com/go/primeinfrastructure and select Get Training
Electronic-led training (free)
 More than three hours of training available on Cisco.com
www.cisco.com/go/primeinfrastructure and select Get Training
Cisco Prime™ Demo Series (free)
 Weekly 90-minute customer facing webinars
http://www.cisco.com/go/prime-demo

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The Software Integration and Orchestration (SIO) CoE offers services around NMS and the
Cisco Prime Infrastructure application.
These services include:
• Solution Plan and Build (also know as PDI – Plan Design Implement)
• AS Fixed Price Offerings
• Application Optimization and Integration (Post Implementation)
• OSS Optimization (Day 2 Services)
For more information on these services please reach out to your local Account or Sales
team

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Prime Infrastructure 2.x
Scale and Sizing Guidelines (1 of 2)
*ESXi 4.x is no longer supported
**Gen 2 Cisco UCS®-based physical appliance will be available in Q1CY2015
***Max groups: user-defined plus out of the box plus device groups plus port groups)
Virtual Appliance Options Physical Appliance Options
Appliance image format OVA OVA OVA OVA Bare Metal/ISO Bare Metal/ISO
VM ESXi version* 5.0/5.1/5.5 5.0/5.1/5.5 5.0/5.1/5.5 5.0/5.1/5.5
Equivalent PI 1.x Small Medium Large Extra Large Phys Appl Phys Appl
PI 2.x => EXP EXP-PLUS STD PRO Gen 1 Gen 2**
System
Requirements
CPU (cores, vCPUs) 4 vCPU 8 vCPU 16 vCPU 16 vCPU 8 C/16 T 10 C/20 T
Memory 12 GB 16 GB 16 GB 24 GB 16 GB 64 GB
Disk capacity and RAID level 300 GB 600 GB 900 GB 1,200 GB 4 * 300 GB 8 * 900 GB
RAID 5 RAID 10
Disk I/O speed 200 MBps 200 MBps 200 MBps 200 MBps 200 MBps 200 MBps
Devices Maximum unified AP 300 2500 5000 20,000 5000 20,000
Maximum autonomous AP 300 500 3000 3000 3000 3000
Maximum WLAN controllers 5 50 500 1000 500 1000
Maximum wired (switches, routers) 300 1000 6000 13,000 6000 13,000
Maximum MSE 10 10 10 25 10 25
NAMs 5 5 500 1,000 500 1000
Maximum number of devices 1000 3000 10,000 20,000 10,000 20,000
Continued

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Prime Infrastructure 2.x
Scale and Sizing Guidelines (2 of 2)
Virtual Appliance Options Physical Appliance Options
Appliance image format OVA OVA OVA OVA Bare Metal/ISO Bare Metal/ISO
VM ESXi version* 5.0/5.1/5.5 5.0/5.1/5.5 5.0/5.1/5.5 5.0/5.1/5.5
Equivalent PI 1.x Small Medium Large Extra Large Phys Appl Phys Appl
PI 2.x => EXP EXP-PLUS STD PRO Gen 1 Gen 2**
Clients Wired clients 5,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000
Wireless clients 5,000 30,000 75,000 200,000 75,000 200,000
Changing clients (every 5 min.) 1000 5000 25,000 40,000 25,000 40,000
Monitoring Events sustained rate (events/sec) 100 100 300 1000 300 1000
NetFlow rate (flows/sec) 3000 3000 16,000 80,000 16,000 80,000
Max interfaces 12,000 50,000 250,000 350,000 250,000 350,000
Max NAM data polling enabled 5 5 20 40 20 40
System Max number sites/campus 200 500 2500 2500 2500 2500
Max groups*** 50 100 150 150 150 150
Max virtual domains 100 500 1200 1200 1200 1200
System Users Concurrent GUI clients 5 10 25 50 25 50
Concurrent API clients 2 2 5 5 5 5
*ESXi 4.x is no longer supported.
**Gen 2 Cisco UCS®-based physical appliance will be available in Q1CY2015
***Max groups: user-defined + out of the box + device groups + port groups)