New and Changed Information
The table below summarizes the new and changed features for the Cisco APIC-EM Release 1.3.0.x that are covered in this guide. For information about all of the new features in the release, see the Release Notes.
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New Dashboard tab located in Home page. |
The Dashboard tab contains up to six widgets that display data about the controller's applications. |
See Chapter 6, Configuring the Cisco APIC-EM Settings, "Reviewing the Dashboard Tab". |
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New Discovery Credentials functionality. |
You can now create global credentials (CLI and/or SNMP) when configuring a discovery job in the Discovery window of the controller's GUI. |
See Chapter 6, Configuring the Cisco APIC-EM Settings, "Discovery Credentials". |
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New Device Controllability feature support. |
You can now enable the controller to configure network devices with SNMP values during the discovery process. |
See Chapter 6, Configuring the Cisco APIC-EM Settings, "Enabling Device Controllability". |
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New Groups feature support. |
You can now create groups (selected network devices) and limit access to these groups through the user's RBAC scope. |
See Chapter 6, Configuring the Cisco APIC-EM Settings, "Configuring Groups for User Permissions". |
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New PKI subordinate certificate support. |
You can change the Device PKI certificate for the controller from a root certificate to a subordinate certificate using the controller's GUI. |
See Chapter 6, Configuring the Cisco APIC-EM Settings, "PKI Certificate Management". |
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New configurable certificate lifetimes for the network devices. |
You can change the certificate lifetime of network devices using the controller's GUI. |
See Chapter 6, Configuring the Cisco APIC-EM Settings, "PKI Certificate Management". |
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New default tunneling configuration for inter-host communications (Internet Protocol Security or IPsec). |
The previous default tunneling protocol was Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE).
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See Chapter 5, Deploying the Cisco APIC-EM, "Configuring Cisco APIC-EM as a Single Host Using the Wizard". |
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New controller management support for individual applications on the Cisco APIC-EM. |
You now have the ability to enable and disable the IWAN and Network PnP applications on the Cisco APIC-EM. |
See Chapter 7, Managing the Cisco APIC-EM and Applications. "Cisco APIC-EM Application Separation". |