December 8, 2020
New features
| Feature | Details | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Enhanced heartbeat and metric interval support in Groups. | You can now configure the heartbeat interval and periodic metrics interval for IR8xx and IR1101 devices. This also helps in determining how long the system will wait before changing the device status to "Down". After making changes to the Group, you must click Push Config to apply the changes. |
Add and manage configurations |
| Change in interface state is reflected immediately. | Changes to the interface state within a device are received immediately. Refresh the page to see updated information. | Monitoring Devices |
September 17, 2020
Initial release
New features
The first release of the Cisco Edge Device Manager includes the following main features.
| Feature | More Information |
|---|---|
| Zero-touch deployment (ZTD) | Quick and easy provisioning of IoT network devices minimizes costly manual work. Using Secure Device Onboarding (SDO) and Cisco Plug and Play Connect, Cisco industrial routers call home to Cisco IoT automatically, over cellular, or Ethernet, for onboarding and provisioning upon power up. An intuitive GUI enables you to create groups and apply configuration templates or custom template to one or thousands of devices. - Accelerate device setup and configuration. - Reduce deployment cost and project risk associated with time-consuming and error-prone manual configuration. - Avoid the training costs associated with more complex deployment models. |
| Device lifecycle management | Properly maintain your network devices with - Software upgrades - Configuration updates - Device monitoring - Device diagnostics - Alerts and Events |
| Cellular visibility | Control Center integration. Gain real-time visibility into cellular signal strength and aggregated cellular data usage. |
| End-to-end security | Ensure your data is protected with Cisco security at many levels: Enable certificate-based authentication during the device-claiming process. |
| Device dashboard | View the location of your devices on a map and status summaries of device health, cellular usage, and more. |
| User and organization management | Gain greater control over user access and permissions with: - Multi-tenancy - Role-based access control (RBAC) - Single sign-on (SSO) authentication with SAML |
Supported firmware
| Edge Device | Minimal Firmware Version (IOS Version) | Recommended Firmware Version (IOS Version) |
|---|---|---|
| IR807, IR809, and IR829 Single LTE | 15.8(3)M2a | 15.9(3)M2a |
| IR829 Dual LTE | 15.9(3)M2a | 15.9(3)M2a |
| IR1101 | 17.01.01 (17.02.01 is not supported) |
17.03.01 |
Note: Factory resetting a network device restores the network device to it's original firmware version. See Updating firmware to upgrade the network device to the latest version.