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New and Changed Information

New and Changed Information

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This chapter provides release-specific information for each new and changed feature in the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Interfaces Command Reference. The latest version of this document is available at the following Cisco website:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/sw/5_x/nx-os/interfaces/command/reference/if_cmd_ref.html

To check for additional information about Cisco NX-OS Release 6.x, see the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Release Notes, Release 5.x, available at the following Cisco website:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9402/prod_release_notes_list.html

The following table summarizes the new and changed features for the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Interfaces Command Reference and tells you where they are documented.

Table 1 New and Changed Information for Release 6.x 

Feature	Change Description	Changed in Release	Where Documented
Result bundle hash load balancing	Added the system module-type command.	6.1(3)	system module-type
	Added the port-channel load-balance hash modulo command.	6.1(3)	port-channel load-balance hash-modulo
F2 vPC+ without SSID	Added the port-channel limit command.	6.1(2)	port-channel limit
slow drain configuration commands for Ethernet interfaces	Added the system default interface congestion timeout, system default interface congestion mode, system default interface pause timeout, system default interface pause mode commands.	6.1(1)	system default interface congestion timeout system default interface congestion mode system default interface pause timeout system default interface pause mode
	Changed the show interface command output.	6.1(1)	show interface
Virtual Port Channel (vPC) enhancements	Added the ability to shut down the vPC when the peer link is down.	5.2(1)	vpc orphan-ports suspend
	Added the support for the vPC auto recovery.	5.2(1)	auto-recovery
BFD SHA1 Authentication	Added the ability to support SHA-1 authentication for BFD packets.	5.2(1)	bfd authentication
SVI Autostate Exclude	Added the ability to exclude a port from the VLAN interface link-up calculation when there are multiple ports in the VLAN.	5.2(1)	switchport autostate exclude
Added support for vPCs	•Command to use gateway MAC for all packets •Command to maintain specified VLAN interfaces if the vPC peer devices fail •Command to delay the vPC secondary device coming up after reload	4.2(1)	delay restore delay restore interface-vlan peer-gateway
Port profiles	Added commands to enable and configure port profiles that you can apply to ranges of interfaces.	4.2(1)	port-channel load-defer show port-profile state enabled
Tunnels can use VDCs and VRFs	Added support for tunnel interfaces to use VDCs and VRFs other than defaults.	4.2(1)	tunnel use-vrf
Default values changed for delay command	The default delay was 100 microseconds for all interfaces. Beginning with Release 4.2(1), the default delays are as follows: •10 microseconds for all interfaces except loopback ports •5000 microseconds for loopback ports	4.2(1)	delay
Error disable	Added parameter vpc-peerlink to errdisable recovery cause command.	4.1(3)	errdisable recovery cause
vPC commands	Added commands to enable and configure virtual port channels (vPCs) as well as commands to display vPC information	4.1(3)	clear vpc statistics feature vpc peer-keepalive destination role priority show startup-config vpc show startup-config vpc show vpc consistency-parameters show vpc peer-keepalive show vpc role show vpc statistics vpc vpc domain vpc peer-link
Carrier delay	The carrier-delay command was added on VLAN interfaces only.	4.0(3)	carrier-delay