Cisco Cisco Prime Network 3.8 Release Notes

All the information relevant to this release is consolidated in these release notes. The full documentation 
set will be updated for the next major release of Prime Network.

The following new features and enhancements have been introduced in Prime Network 3.8.1:

Network Discovery—Allows users to automatically discover the devices that exist in the network, 
and then to create a virtual Network Element (VNE) for each discovered device to be managed with 
Prime Network. See 

 for more information.

Find Mode vs. Automatic Data Retrieval in Prime Network Events—Allows users to set Prime 
Network Events to operate in Find mode. In this mode, there is no automatic retrieval of events from 
the database and users can search for the specific events they want to see. See 

 for more information.

Support for E-Line Service Activation on 7600 WS Line Cards—Prime Network 3.8.1 now 
supports E-line point-to-point service activations on 7600 device ES line cards and the following 
WS line cards: WS-X6708-10GE, WS-X6748-GE-TX, WS-X6704-10GE, WS-X6724-SFP, 
7600-ES20-10G3C. See 

 for more information.

Change and Configuration Management (CCM) additional device support—CCM now 
provides support for the Cisco ASR 5000 series, Cisco ASR 901, and Cisco ASR 903 routers. See 

 for more information.

This section includes installation and upgrade information specifically relevant to the Cisco Prime 
Network 3.8.1 release. The information in this section should be read as a supplement to the 

To perform a standard installation of Prime Network 3.8.1, follow the instructions for installing Prime 
Network 3.8 that are documented in the 

To upgrade to 3.8.1, follow the Upgrading from Cisco ANA 3.7.x to Cisco Prime Network 3.8  section 
in the 

.  The procedure is the same, with these differences:

You do not have to delete the $ANAHOME/main/drivers content from all of the units before you 
perform the upgrade.  (This is stated in a Before You Begin note at the beginning of the upgrade 
procedure, but you can ignore it.)