Compatibility Matrix

cureThis article provides a comprehensive compatibility matrix for Cisco Provider Connectivity Assurance, showing how platform components, collectors, sensors, and software versions work together across the entire solution.

Solution Overview

The Provider Connectivity Assurance solution consists of multiple interconnected components. Use this matrix to understand compatibility requirements when deploying or upgrading.

Browser Compatibility

For supported browsers and display requirements, see Browser and Connectivity Requirements.

Sensor Control Release Compatibility

The following table shows minimum compatible release versions for Provider Connectivity Assurance components when using Sensor Control (VCX).

Notes:

• Sensor Management and Analytics are capabilities included in Provider Connectivity Assurance 25.7. In later releases, an option to deploy Provider Connectivity Assurance with only the Sensor Management capability (without Analytics) will be available.

• If you roll back to an earlier release, roll back all software components to compatible versions.

Module Dock Remote Device Compatibility

The following table shows the remote device firmware suite versions that each Module Dock release can configure.

Sensor Management Device Compatibility

The following table details the device firmware releases that are known to interoperate with Sensor Management.

For release-specific details, see the Sensor Management Release Notes.

Notes:

• Releases prior to 23.04 cannot provide RTT values for TWAMP and ETH-DM using Sensor Control releases 22.12 or later.

• If you intend to deploy Sensor Control 22.06 - 24.11.1 to your network, please ensure you have first upgraded to release 24.09 or later.

• If you intend to deploy Sensor Control 25.07 or 25.07.1 to your network, please ensure you have first upgraded to release 24.09.1 or later.

Sensor Agent Deployment Compatibility

Assurance Sensor Agents deploy as containers. The following table shows the deployment requirements by release. For installation details, see Sensor Agent Installation Guidelines.

Notes:

• Sensor Agents use a container-based deployment model. The host OS must support the required Docker version.

• Agents use a destroy-redeploy upgrade model—configuration is stored in the orchestration system, not the agent container.

• Docker-compose configurations are backwards compatible to release 21.12.

Sensor Capture Hypervisor Compatibility

Assurance Sensor Capture can be deployed in virtualized environments. For deployment instructions, see How to Deploy Assurance Sensor Capture Virtual Appliance in VMware and How to Deploy Sensor Capture Virtual Appliance in Hyper-V.

Notes:

• DVS and ERSPAN require VMware vSphere Enterprise+ license.

• VSS requires the Sensor Capture VA to be on the same ESX host as the VMs being monitored.

• DVS allows the Sensor Capture VA to be on a different ESX host but on the same L2 network.

• ERSPAN allows the Sensor Capture VA to be on a different L3 network.

Telemetry Collector Router Compatibility

The Telemetry Collector ingests Model Driven Telemetry (MDT) from Cisco IOS XR and IOS XE routers. For complete setup instructions, see Telemetry Ingestion Solution Guide.

Note: If your use case requires MDT telemetry data not covered by the default metrics, contact Sales for a customization quote.

Related Documentation

• Release Compatibility Matrix (Sensor Control)

• Sensor Collector System Requirements

• Sensor Agent Installation Guidelines

• How to Deploy Sensor Capture in VMware

• How to Deploy Sensor Capture in Hyper-V

• Telemetry Ingestion Solution Guide

• Browser and Connectivity Requirements

• Installation on Kubernetes

• Splunk Alert and Metric Integration

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