New and Changed Information
The table summarizes the new and changed features for the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 7.x and tells you where they are documented.
Feature |
Description |
Changed in Release |
Where Documented |
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IP Routing |
Added a command that sets the logging conditions for IP packets that the NX-OS software forwards. |
7.0(3)I7(7) |
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BGP Routing |
The suppress-map route-map configuration supports suppressing certain more-specific routes from being advertised to peers, or advertising the more-specific routes with some community attributes set on them. |
7.0(3)I7(6) |
"Configuring Aggregate Addresses" in Configuring Advanced BGP. |
BGP Routing |
Supports the ability to specify a DSCP value for locally originated packets for IPv4 and IPv6 as part of configuring BGP. |
7.0(3)I7(6) |
"Configuring DSCP" in Configuring Advanced BGP. |
BGP Routing |
For next-hop-self , added the optional all argument which controls whether reflected routes have their next hops changed. |
7.0(3)I7(6) |
Controlling Reflected Routes Through Next Hop Self |
BGP PIC edge |
Introduced this feature for Cisco Nexus 9200, 9300-EX, 9300-FX, 9300-FX2, and 9300-FXP platform switches and Cisco Nexus 9500 platform switches with -EX and -FX line cards. |
7.0(3)I7(5) |
Configuring Basic BGP |
HSRP subnet VIP |
Introduced this feature for Cisco Nexus 9508 platform switches with the N9K-X9636C-R, N9K-X9636C-RX, and N9K-X9636Q-R line cards. |
7.0(3)F3(3) |
Configuring HSRP |
Policy-based routing (PBR) |
Introduced this feature for Cisco Nexus 9508 platform switches with the N9K-X9636C-R, N9K-X9636C-RX, and N9K-X9636Q-R line cards. |
7.0(3)F3(3) |
Configuring Policy-Based Routing |
IS-IS |
Added support for IS-IS over segment routing. |
7.0(3)I7(3) |
Guidelines and Limitations for IS-IS |
Layer 3 routing |
Added support on FEX ports and FEX port channels for Cisco Nexus 9300-EX platform switches. |
7.0(3)I7(1) |
Guidelines and Limitations for Unicast |
Local proxy ARP |
Added the ability to suppress ARP broadcasts on corresponding VLANs while enabling local proxy ARP on SVIs for all Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switches. |
7.0(3)I7(1) |
Configuring Local Proxy ARP on SVIs |
HSRP |
Added the ability to configure an HSRP subnet virtual IP address in a different subnet than that of the SVI IP address. |
7.0(3)I6(1) |
Configuring HSRP |
IPv4 and IPv6 |
Added the LPM Internet-peering routing mode for Cisco Nexus 9300-EX Series switches and Cisco Nexus 9500 Series switches with X9700-EX line cards. |
7.0(3)I6(1) |
Configuring IPv4 and Configuring IPv6 |
BGP Monitoring Protocol (BMP) |
Introduced this feature. |
7.0(3)I5(2) |
Configuring Advanced BGP |
DNS |
Added IPv6 support. |
7.0(3)I5(1) |
Configuring DNS |
IPv4 and IPv6 |
Added the LPM dual-host routing mode for Cisco Nexus 9200 and 9300-EX Series switches. Also added support for host to LPM spillover. |
7.0(3)I5(1) |
Configuring IPv4 and Configuring IPv6 |
OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 |
Changed the multi-area adjacency configuration such that specifying an instance is now optional. |
7.0(3)I5(1) |
Configuring OSPFv2 and Configuring OSPFv3 |
Policy-based routing |
Added IPv4 and IPv6 support for Cisco Nexus 9200 and 9300-EX Series switches and IPv4 support for Cisco Nexus 9500 Series switches with the X9732C-EX line card. |
7.0(3)I5(1) |
Configuring Policy-Based Routing |
IPv4 and IPv6 |
Added the LPM heavy routing mode for Cisco Nexus 9200 and 9300-EX Series switches and the Cisco Nexus 9508 switch with an X9732C-EX line card. |
7.0(3)I4(4) |
Configuring IPv4 and Configuring IPv6 |
Route Policy Manager |
Added mask support for IP prefix lists and the match ospf-area command. |
7.0(3)I4(1) |
Configuring Route Policy Manager |
OSPFv2 | Added support for HMAC-SHA authentication and RFC 5709. |
7.0(3)I3(1) |
Configuring OSPFv2 Appendix A, IETF RFCs Supported by Cisco NX-OS Unicast Features |
OSPFv3 |
Added support for IPsec authentication and partial support for RFC 4552. |
7.0(3)I3(1) |
Configuring OSPFv3 Appendix A, IETF RFCs Supported by Cisco NX-OS Unicast Features |
BGP |
Added support for RFC 5549. |
7.0(3)I2(1) |
Configuring Basic BGP Configuring Advanced BGP Appendix A, IETF RFCs Supported by Cisco NX-OS Unicast Features |
BGP |
Separated the neighbor ip-address remote-as as-number commands into two commands. |
7.0(3)I2(1) |
Configuring Basic BGP Configuring Advanced BGP |
HSRP |
Added support for having the same HSRP groups on all nodes in a double-sided vPC. |
7.0(3)I2(1) |
Configuring HSRP |
VRF route leaking |
Added route leaking support from a non-default VRF to the default VRF. |
7.0(3)I2(1) |
Configuring Layer 3 Virtualization |
BFD |
Added IPv6 support for bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD) for BGP, EIGRP, IS-IS, and OSPFv3. |
7.0(3)I1(1) |
Configuring OSPFv3 Configuring EIGRP Configuring IS-IS Configuring Advanced BGP |
EIGRP |
Added a command to cause EIGRP to wait for the convergence of redistributed protocols before installing its own routes in the Routing Information Base (RIB) during nonstop forwarding (NSF). |
7.0(3)I1(1) |
Configuring EIGRP |
IPv4 and IPv6 |
Added the ALPM routing mode for Cisco Nexus 9300 Series switches. |
7.0(3)I1(1) |
Configuring IPv4 and Configuring IPv6 |
VRRP |
Added support for VRRPv3 and VRRS. |
7.0(3)I1(1) |
Configuring VRRP |