August 15th 2023 Updates (GovCloud)

Juniper Mist on US GovCloud is a special cloud instance that addresses specific regulatory and compliance requirements of US government agencies at the federal, state, and local level; contractors; educational institutions; and other US customers that run sensitive workloads in the cloud. Juniper Mist on US GovCloud runs on AWS GovCloud (US) Regions allowing customers to adhere to Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s (FedRAMP) moderate impact level. AWS GovCloud (US) is provided for entities that choose, or are required, to utilize US persons-only cloud environment.

This page lists the Juniper Mist product updates released on US GovCloud on August 15, 2023.

Wireless Assurance

AP FIPS version support

The supported AP43 FIPS version is .10 firmware.

Wired Assurance

New user role: Switch Port Operator

Switch Port Operator (SPO) user role provides the ability to configure ports that are allowed by a Super User on the UI. This role also inherits all the properties of the Helpdesk role.

To allow this user role to configure a single or multiple ports, a Super User needs to set Allow switch port operator to modify port profile to yes under port configuration.

On the ports with configuration allowed, an SPO can:

• Create a new port configuration from the port configuration module.

• Select the port and edit the port configuration from the switch front panel.

Support for 3-stage IP Clos fabric

Campus Fabric provides support for 3-stage IP Clos fabric for users to connect their Access switches directly to Core switches with the distribution layer being optional. IP Clos networks provide increased scalability and segmentation using a well-understood standards-based approach (EVPN-VXLAN with GBP). For more details: https://www.mist.com/wp-content/uploads/Campus-Fabric-IP-Clos-Wired-Assurance.pdf

IP address as variable

Users will now have the ability to provide IP addresses as a variable for switch configuration under device/site/org template for scalability in large deployments. The required variables can be defined under the site configuration which can be used for switch configuration.

Currently we support variables for the following inputs:

• IP configuration (Out of Band)

• IP configuration

• Additional IP configuration

• Port Configuration → L3 interface

• Networks → Subnet

Switch upgrade events

Now Mist UI provides more switch events with details for the switch upgrade process.

VC formation support for EX4650 & QFX5120

In addition to EX2300 VC formation, Mist UI now supports VC formation for EX4650 and QFX5120 in managed mode.

 

VC formation can be done for all the other supported platforms as well, beyond EX2300, EX4650 and QFX5120. Please see Virtual Chassis – Mist.

BGP summary

The Switch Insights and Campus Fabric pages now provide the BGP neighbor state and summary to view active connections. This information is helpful in troubleshooting and monitoring data.

Campus Fabric support for Junos EVO platforms – QFX5130 and QFX5700

Customers will now be able to form EVPN-MH and Campus Fabric IP Clos with Juniper EVO platforms QFX5130 and QFX5700 on the Mist dashboard.

Customers will also be able to form CRB and ERB with Juniper EVO platforms QFX5130 and QFX5700 on the Mist dashboard.

Group Based Policies for your campus fabric

You can now configure and apply Group Based Policies (GBPs) on switches for your campus fabric IP Clos deployments. GBPs enable you to achieve micro segmentation in the network, giving you a practical way to create network access policies that are independent of the underlying network topology. The GBP configuration involves creating GBP tags and including them in switch policies. The GBP tags allow you to group users and resources. In GBP, you match a user group tag to a resource group tag to provide the specified users access to the specified resources. GBP leverages the underlying VXLAN technology to provide location-agnostic endpoint access control and allows you to implement consistent security policies across the enterprise network domains.

Only the following devices that run Junos Release 22.4R1 and later support GBPs: EX4400, EX4100, EX4650, QFX5120-32C and QFX5120-48Y.

You can configure GBPs through the switch configuration templates (Organization > Switch Templates) or from the switch dashboards (Switches > switch-name). The following image shows the GBP configuration sections in a switch template:

Support for auto configuring router IDs and loopback interfaces per VRF

You can configure the following topology settings in the Campus Fabric Configuration page (Organization > Campus Fabric > Create Campus Fabric).

• Auto Router ID Subnet—This subnet is used for automatically assigning a router-id to each device in the fabric (including access devices irrespective of whether they are configured with EVPN or not). Router IDs are loopback interfaces (lo0.0) used for overlay peering between devices. For new topologies, this field auto-populates a default subnet value (172.16.254.0/23), which can be modified. When you edit an existing topology, this field doesn’t populate any default value.
• Loopback per-VRF subnet—This subnet is used for automatically configuring loopback interfaces (lo0.x) per VRF used for services such as DHCP relay. For new topologies, this field auto-populates a default subnet value (172.16.192.0/19), which can be modified. When you edit an existing topology, this field doesn’t populate any default value.

Note: You must configure separate subnets for underlay, Auto Router ID, and Loopback per-VRF. The subnets should not overlap with each other.

Port stats now available inside campus fabric ports panel

On the Ports tab of the Campus Fabric Configuration page (Organization > Campus Fabric), you can now view the port stats by hovering the mouse over the port icon. This view is similar to the port stats view on the front panel of a switch dashboard. You can also select a port to get a detailed view that includes neighbor information such as hostname, MAC address, IP address, and manufacturer.

OSPF configuration and monitoring

You can now configure the following additional OSPF settings for your switches.

• Include Loopback—Enable this feature to include loopback interface addresses in an OSPF area. Loopback interfaces (lo0.0) are the router IDs (usually the IP address of the device) used by OSPF to identify the routing device from which a packet originated. You can configure this setting in the OSPF AREAS tile in the switch configuration template at the organization level (Settings > Switch Templates), at the site level (Sites > Switch Configuration), or at the device level (Switches).
• OSPF Metric—Configure OSPF metric. Routes with lower metrics or cost are preferred to those with higher path metrics. You can configure this setting in the Add OSPF Network window in the OSPF AREAS tile in the switch configuration template. Range: 1 through 65535.
• BFD Interval—Specify the interval at which the device exchanges BFD packets with its peer. You can configure this setting in the Add OSPF Network window in the OSPF AREAS tile in the switch configuration template. Range: 1 through 255000 (in milliseconds).
• OSPF Reference Bandwidth—Set the reference bandwidth used for calculating the default interface cost. You can configure this setting in the Routing tile in the switch dashboard.

The following image shows the new OSPF settings:

We have also enhanced the Switch Insights page (Switches > switch name > Switch Insights) to display OSPF errors such as MTU mismatch, duplicate router ID, area # mismatch, netmask mismatch, area type mismatch, OSPF Interface type mismatch.

Customer Engagement

API support for Assetfitlers Service UUID

Users can now add Assetfilters for Service UUID payloads for both org and site level via the API, which can be found under the Asset Filters section in Mist API Documentation:

https://api.mist.com/api/v1/docs/Site#asset-filters

https://api.mist.com/api/v1/docs/Org#org-asset-filters

NOTE: This feature can be used for Wiliot Solutions and passing Service UUID data along via discovered-raw-rssi web-hook topic, which can be found under the Client Raw Data Webhooks section in Mist API Documentation: https://api.mist.com/api/v1/docs/Site#webhooks (this web-hook needs to be enabled via the API currently).

Faster data flow for Named Assets Service UUID

On AP firmware version 0.12.26796 or higher, Service UUID data will now go on a faster topic for web-hook option asset-raw-rssi, which can be found under the Client Raw Data Webhooks section in Mist API Documentation: https://api.mist.com/api/v1/docs/Site#webhooks. The webhook needs to be enabled via the API currently. This will allow for faster updates for named assets that have Service UUID data within the BLE packets payload.

NOTE: Primary use cases for this feature include staff duress or patient duress solutions. It leverages the kontakt.io badges with button press technology capability, sending specific Service UUID data out near real time whenever a button is pressed.

Network Programmability

AP as an IEEE 802.1X supplicant

This week we are adding UI support for IEEE 802.1X supplicant on AP’s Ethernet Port. The feature is supported on firmware version 0.14.x or newer, which will be available over the next few weeks.

Mist Edge

Serial number in Mist Edge inventory

The Mist Edge Inventory page now shows serial numbers for greenfield Mist Edges, as well as brownfield Mist Edges running the latest Mist Edge firmware.

Enhancements to Mist Edges

We have made the following enhancements to the Mist Edges view:

• Added the following new columns to the Mist Edge Clusters section: Tunterm IPs (Tunnel Termination IPs), Tunnel Host Selection (shows Shuffle or Shuffle by site method), and Radsec Proxy (indicates if Radius Proxy is enabled).

• Added the following new columns to the Mist Tunnels section: Anchor Mist Tunnel and Auto Preemption Enabled (indicates if the Auto Preemption feature is enabled or not).
• Renamed the RadSec Proxy tile to Radius Proxy in the Mist Edge Clusters section.

Behavior Changes

Changes to /self API

The /self API query will only report explicit granted privileges. It will not report the inherited privileges of the user. To view the inherited privileges, you need to run the GET API query at the Org level (/orgs/:org_id/sites) to see sites.

	Previous Navigation	New Navigation
Mist Edge Page	Organization > Mist Edges	Mist Edges (Available as a main menu item)
Mist Tunnels	Organization > Mist Tunnels
Site Edges	Site > Mist Edges
Site Mist Edge Configuration	Organization > Site Configuration	No change.

Site level configuration remains unchanged in the site settings for when Mist Edges are assigned to a specific site (site edge).

AP uplink monitoring

A configuration option is introduced to control the monitoring of an AP’s uplink port.  Starting from 0.10 firmware, APs monitor their uplink ethernet port for link status and automatically disable their WLANs upon loss of link. Now, with the introduction of this configuration option, uplink monitoring can be disabled.  This is useful for when you expect the AP to have power, but no ethernet link.  Such as during an AP survey when powered by a battery pack.

By default, uplink monitoring is enabled.  To disable it navigate to Organization->Site Configuration and uncheck the AP Uplink Monitoring check box.

Please note: Uplink monitoring is automatically disabled for Mesh Relay APs.

Google sign-in not supported

Mist does not support sign-in to GovCloud via Google. We will remove the Google sign-in option in a future update.

Switch firmware upgrade

Switch firmware upgrade via UI is currently not available.

Simplified Operations

Port up/down notifications

The Mist portal now enables you to configure alerts and email notifications for the interface up and down events on specified ports of a switch or WAN Edge. To configure these alerts and notifications, do the following:

1. Configure the port to support alerts.

   • To configure a WAN Edge port to support alerts, select the Enable “Up/Down Port” Alert Type checkbox in the LAN or WAN configuration section of the WAN Edge page (Organization > WAN Edge Templates).

   • To configure a switch port to support alerts, select the Enable “Up/Down Port” Alert Type checkbox on the Port Config tab in the Select Switches Configuration rule in the switch template (Organization > Switch Templates).

2. On the Monitor > Alerts > Alerts Configuration page (see the image below), use the following checkboxes to enable alerts for the selected port.

• • Critical WAN Edge Port Up

  • Critical WAN Edge Port Down

  • Critical Switch Port Up

  • Critical Switch Port Down

Import and export options for site-level PSKs are generally available

We have made the options to import and export the site-level pre-shared keys (PSKs) generally available to the Mist users. You require a Super User or Network Admin role to use these options. Click Site > Pre-shared Keys to access site-level PSKs.

Support for tracking assets more accurately

We have now enabled the named assets to gravitate towards the wayfinding paths when they get within a few meters of those paths, providing a more accurate asset tracking experience to users. Wayfinding paths are designed to guide the assets along the path to a destination.

Guest access with WPA3 security modes

We have made the ‘Guest Access with Mac Authentication Bypass’ WLAN security option available for the following additional WLAN security types:

• WPA3 Personal – WPA3+WPA2 Transition
• OWE
• OWE Transition

Search filter for Device Profiles

We have added a search bar on the Device Profiles page to help you filter profiles by a keyword.

Enhancements to the Alerts page

We have added the following new features to the Alerts page (Monitor > Alerts) with a view to making your interactions with the page easier:

• Group-wise stats—Filter and view alerts related to Infrastructure, Marvis, or Security groups. You can also view the total number of alerts. To filter the alerts, just click the group button at the top, on the dashboard banner.
• Download icon—Click the Download icon on the top right of the page to download the alert details for the selected scope in a CSV file.
• Search filter—Filter and view alerts based on keywords.
• Links to related pages—Use the hyperlinks in the new Details column to access the related Mist portal pages quickly. The Details column provides links to:
  • The Marvis Actions page when Marvis alerts are present.
  • The relevant insights pages when infrastructure alerts are present. Links to site insights are displayed when the Alerts page generates the same alert for more than one device in a site. Links to the AP, switch, or WAN Edge insights page are displayed when the alerts are present on one device.
  • The network security page (Site > Security) when a security alert is present.

Customer-specific notes in subscriptions

You can now add notes to your subscription orders on the Organization > Subscription > Orders page. This feature helps you track subscriptions based on custom requirements. For example, if the subscription budget is tied to a site or department, you can use the notes to track the same. To add a note, click inside the NOTES column against a subscription order, and type the notes.

Operating mode status for APs

For each AP that operates in a reduced functionality mode, the Access Point page provides a warning icon along with a tooltip displaying the AP’s operating mode details such as the configured radio bands and the supported antenna chains in each band. To view the operating mode information of an AP that is in a reduced functionality mode, hover over the warning icon displayed alongside the AP status.

Only AP43 and AP45 support the reduced functionality mode, when specific configurations are applied. An AP45 requires the 802.3bt standard for a 4×4 antenna chain support in all the radio bands configured. However, if you enable this AP with the 802.3at standard, it operates with a fewer number of chains. The AP43 operates in the reduced functionality mode when USB peripherals are activated.

GA release for Device Profiles

Device Profiles are now generally available to all Wireless customers.

 

To read more about the Device Profile feature, please visit this page: https://www.mist.com/documentation/device-profiles/

PSK Portal BYOD – Regenerate PSK

For PSK Portal, a BYOD user can now regenerate the PSK after successful authentication with SSO.

Previously if a user logged back into the PSK portal, they would see their existing passphrase. Now they have an option to generate a new passphrase. When a new passphrase is generated, the old passphrase remains valid for 24 hours to give time for the user to transition their devices to the new passphrase.

To learn more about BYOD PSK Portals, please visit this page: https://www.mist.com/documentation/client-onboarding-psk-portals/

Audit logs for PSK import

Now, audits logs will be generated whenever a user creates PSKs using the “Import“ option.

Navigate to Organization > Audit Logs to view your full list of Audit logs.

Auto-Provisioning enhancements

Auto-Provisioning UI will now restrict users from choosing both Ignore the last n and Select first n characters rules simultaneously.

Please see Auto-Provisioning to learn more.

AP hostname to allow “.”

The AP hostname will be updated to retain any “.” characters in its name. Previously the “.” character would get stripped from the AP name when converted to the hostname for things such as LLDP system name, DHCP option 12, and AP name in beacon.

Security Alerts

End of support for cipher suites using the CBC mode

On July 19th, 2023, at 9am PST, Juniper Mist ended support for cipher suites using the Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) mode of operation on our cloud endpoints. These cipher suites are known to be susceptible to attacks such as padding oracle attack, which can lead to data leaks and other security issues.

For more information, refer to End of support for cipher suites using the CBC mode.