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About EdgeView 16.1.0 Release Notes

This document describes new features, the latest hardware and software requirements, known limitations and other pertinent release information for the latest release of EdgeView 16.1.0 .

Related Documentation

The EdgeView 16.1.0 documentation is located at the following Ribbon Wiki space: EdgeView 16.1.0 Documentation Home .

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Problems or Questions

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  • Ribbon Support Portal: https://ribboncommunications.com/services/ribbon-support-portal
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About EdgeView Service Control Center

EdgeView Service Control Center  offers a multi-tenant approach for remote configuration and central management of Ribbon Communications Intelligent Edges . The Service Control Center also offers auto-provisioning of VoIP phones without the overhead of running a complex software on separate hardware.

Using the EdgeView software, enterprises and service providers can monitor and troubleshoot VoIP performance statistics from a central location, thus enhancing the support services provided to their customers. As a virtualized micro-services based appliance, EdgeView offers excellent scale, high performance, agility, and cost-effectiveness providing a solid secure foundation for those enterprises and managed service providers considering hosted or managed, premise cloud or hybrid UCaaS offerings.

EdgeView manages networks of all sizes. EdgeView can be deployed as a standalone system or in a high-availability virtualized micro-service configuration for carrier-grade environments.

Supported Platforms

EdgeView version 16.1.0 supports the following platforms:

  • 302/304
  • 2900
  • 4550v2
  • 4806v2
  • 4808v2
  • 6000
  • 7304

Refer to EdgeView and EdgeMarc Interoperability Matrix for a detailed EdgeView interoperability matrix.

Required Software Versions

The following software versions are required for this release and are available for download from the Customer Portal:

ProductDateSoftware/Update Package
EV 16.1.0 Software
12/18/220

Filename : cluster-install-ev.sh Filesize26408 
Filename: install-ev.sh Filesize:  26714
Filename: ev-fullpkg.tar.xz  Filesize: 3492719423 

How to Verify Currently Installed Software/Firmware Versions

Use the EdgeView SCC WebUI to verify the currently installed software version.

  1. Open the WebUI and click the Admin tab.
  2. On the Admin page, you can see the current software version under Software Version.

Upgrade Notes

This section contains specific upgrade notes for customers planning to upgrade to EdgeView 16.1.0. For details on supported releases and upgrades, see Upgrade EdgeView .


For an EdgeMarc Swap (eSWAP) use case, EdgeView can be configured to automatically import legacy EdgeMarc devices and collections from 14.x.x to 16.x.x. Once configured, any future 14.x.x modifications are automatically reflected on 16.x.x. To synchronize an EdgeView 14 with an EdgeView 16, refer to Synchronize EdgeView 14 with EdgeView 16.

Resolved Issues - Severity 1

There are no resolved issues of high severity in this release.

Resolved Issues - All Other Severities


Issue IDCase No.SevProblem DescriptionResolution
1SCC-8133201005-3391312

The EdgeMarc container was not recovering from a container based interruption.

This has been fixed.
2SCC-8111

200929-338234, 201016-341086, 201130-347809

2

The EdgeView GUI seems slow (when changing between devices in the 'Device List' page) as a result of the EdgeMarc container being unhealthy.

This has been fixed.
3SCC-8082-3Navigation Bar to only show what is VisibleThe options in the top navigation bar are visible according to the user's provisioned roles.
4SCC-7593200519-3173603High Availability clusters that were running inside of environments that prohibit direct root ssh access during cluster formation were unable to successfully form.Alternative mechanisms were implemented to allow cluster formation and operations to occur on different ports without direct root ssh access between the cluster members.
5SCC-8220

201026-342386, 201016-341086, 201130-347809

3Cassandra container was not healthy Software improvements made to Cassandra configuration to address this. 


Known Issues - Severity 1


Issue IDCase No.SevProblem DescriptionResolution
1SCC-8272-

Elastic indexing of cassandra SIP calls causes performance issue.

Indexing each from/To DID SIP calls takes up lots of CPU time giving a slow performance. 

For this release, the indexing is disabled. Other options are being explored to index the DIDs to achieve search by DIDs functionality without degrading the performance.

1SCC-8465-
MOS and other call aggregation code is creating a huge load on the system.TBD

Known Issues - All Other Severities


Issue IDCase No.SevProblem DescriptionResolution
1SCC-6842201207-3488093

Add an EdgeMarc to EdgeView (primary VM) after EdgeView HA deployment:

  1. Login to EdgeView .
  2. Select an EdgeMarc from the Device > List page.
  3. Go to the Analysis page.
  4. Click on the TAKE SNAPSHOT button.

Once the action is completed, and you try to download the logs by clicking on the download icon, the following is observed: the "Snapshot doesn't exist" message is displayed in the EdgeView , even though the Action log reported "Completed successfully".

To be Resolved post Release 16.1.0

2 SCC-8028 -3

Inbound/Outbound call:

  1. Log in to  EdgeView and navigate to the node.
  2. In EdgeMarc , check Recent call logs under the System Analysis page - OUT MOS under Analysis page - Displays N/A.
TBD
3EM-25755201201-3479783

VOS version 15.6.0 is the minimum VOS for this NEW 2900PoE when EdgeView 15.x or 16.x is being deployed.

in VOS 15.6.0 and earlier for the new 2900PoE, the /var/ewn_model parameter is not present, which is required by EdgeView to display the correct model in the EdgeView UI.

2900PoE RevB with VOS 15.6.0 or lower the EdgeMarc displays incorrectly in EdgeView.

EdgeMarc 2900PoE RevB must have a minimum VOS of 15.6.0 for EdgeView 16.0.4 or greater. The label located on the bottom of the system is 125-2900EPoE-01-B for identification purposes.

4SCC-8328

201124-347101


3

eSWAP process ends with “unsuccessful” error message w/ EV 16.0.2.


Validate status of EdgeMarc and ignore error message if the actual eSWAP was completed successfully.

5-

201207-348811

-

Request for Feature: Unable to remove the corrupted (e.g. incompatible FW release) EdgeMarc and start over w/ EdgeView 16.0.2 & EdgeMarc VOS 15.5.1.

Investigation started.
6SCC-8438201223-3513363

EdgeView 16.0.4 has stopped to display an IP address of any EdgeMarc model for an unknown reason.

Upgrade EdgeMarc to 15.6.0 or later firmware. Older firmware like 15.5.1 does not send the NAT’ed IP to EdgeView and only the public address.  If an EdgeMarc has been running 15.6.0 firmware, managed by EdgeView and downgraded to 15.5.1, EdgeView will continue to show that NAT’ed IP.

7SCC-8009-4

Unable to open SWe Lite and other EdgeMarc devices immediately after registering to EdgeView.

Wait 10 - 15 minutes and the system will open.
8SCC-8436201222-3513302

Password requirement for EdgeMarc router is different when configured in EV16 vs directly on EdgeMarc.

This is as designed. The EdgeView System is a central management piece and always enforces the latest security requirements as intended to manage the latest VOS on all EdgeMarc routers.


New Features in This Release

SCC-7171 EdgeView uses Unique Device Certificates for EMpath Communication

EdgeView  uses unique certificates to manage mutual authentication between EdgeMarc s and EdgeView

SCC-8016 The Enhanced Collection card displays Rolled up Status from Devices within the Collection Hierarchy

The collection card displays rolled up details from devices within the collection hierarchy. The enhancements made to the collection card include:

  • Search collection and enhanced collection details
  • For Legacy collection, only the EdgeMarc details are displayed and the Legacy label is shifted to the top-right.
  • EdgeMarc path warning is displayed for SBC devices as well.
  • EdgeMarc/EdgeView with Active and Down device count 0 will display N/A in the donut.
  • The collection name tooltip is displayed on the Collection name hover.

SCC-8017  EdgeView Admin is able to change the Application Logo and Footer Text 

The  EdgeView admin is able to update the white label data and there is a button to restore the default white labelling data. The EdgeView admin can:

  • see a separate section for branding with the required fields on the Configuration page.
  • see the required information in the form of a tooltip when hovers the mouse over the information icon in the Branding section. 
  • can upload footer text and logo. The company logo at the bottom and the footer text are collectively known as the white labelling data.
  • can restore the default logo and text by clicking the Restore Default button in the Branding section. 

SCC-7674  EdgeView provides Basic Inventory Report Enhancements

The basic inventory report is enhanced in order to cater to the requirements of small-scale customers. The inventory report now includes  EdgeMarc's hostname, MAC, primary WAN IP, Reachability status, VOS version, age of reachability status, hardware model, uptime, and license status. 

Reports are provided for pre-canned Total Calls and Peak Calls for EdgeMarc and EdgeView SweLite, and MOS Score for the EdgeMarc devices viewable in the GUI. For reports more than 24hrs and CDR report, the users have to submit a reporting job and are able to see the status of it under the Report jobs list once complete. This report is for Device Inventory as well.  

SCC-5957 Key Items to Run on  EdgeView 15 Report

Three critical items namely; Total calls, Peak calls and Average MOS are run on a daily basis from EdgeView reports. It has the ability to run the report as well. The user needs to download the report and the downloaded report is in JSON format. Reports which are dependent on aggregation scripts such as Average MOS, Total Calls and Peak Calls report, only works for the call data generated on EdgeView 16.1.0  and not for the old call data.

SCC-5737 Method Implemented to Export CDR from  EdgeView to a Third Party Server using Schedule Report

A new support feature is implemented to export CDR from an  EdgeView device to a third party server or supported  EdgeMarc and SWelite devices using Schedule Report.  With this, the user can:

  • Generate CDR report from Report jobs with search by collection level.
  • Generate CDR report from Report jobs with search by device level.
  • Download the completed CDR report files. 

SCC-4116 An Option Included to get   EdgeMarc details using Export as JSON Option

An option is included to get EdgeMarc details using Export as JSON. The JSON file contains the MAC address, platform details, firmware details, and vendor details of all connected  EdgeMarc devices. The u ser is able to retrieve Device Inventory details by  submitting a report or calling EdgeView-API ​.

SCC-8082, SCC-8157 The Navigation bar on  EdgeView displays only the Options that the Logged-In user can use

 For a View-only user, the following options are hidden or disabled on the navigation bar:

  • The  Auto-Provision Devices  and  Policies  option from the top navigation bar.
  • The  Add New Rule  and  Schedule A Job  buttons at applicable places.
  • The  Add Recipients  button and  Active/Status  checkboxes on the  Rules List  and  Schedule Jobs List  pages (including Collection rules and Jobs).

Under the  Rules List  and  Schedule Jobs List  pages, a view-only user can only see the  User List  or the 'Yes/No' option below  Status. Also. a view-only user can navigate to  Auto-Provision Devices  page by selecting the  Status  option under the Provisioning  tab.

SCC-8257 EdgeView allows multiple replacements on the same legacy device

EdgeView allows replacing the same legacy device multiple times to facilitate lab testing before rolling into production.