New and Changed Information

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New and Changed Information

The following tables provide an overview of the significant changes to this guide up to this current release. The table does not provide an exhaustive list of all changes made to the guide or of the new features up to this release.

Table 1. New Features and Changed Information for Cisco APIC Release 6.2(2)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

ERSPAN Type III (Version) Header Support

ERSPAN Type III introduces a flexible composite header designed to capture original frame parameters for improved network management, security monitoring, and precise latency analysis by providing deeper visibility into mirrored traffic.

About SPAN

SNMP AES-256 Privacy Encryption Support

The ACI fabric now includes support for the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 256-bit encryption algorithm for SNMPv3 privacy. AES-256, a symmetric encryption algorithm, utilizes a 256-bit key to ensure strong security for SNMP traffic. You can now choose AES-256 as a privacy type when configuring SNMP through the APIC GUI or REST API.

SNMP AES-256 Privacy Encryption
Table 2. New Features and Changed Information for Cisco APIC Release 6.2(1)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

TCP Syslog Sessions Support

APIC sends a KeepAlive packet over the syslog TCP sessions to ensure the connection is not considered idle or expired.

Creating a Syslog Destination and Destination Group

Local SPAN with the switch CPU as the destination

This feature allows you to send SPAN packets to the CPU port of the leaf switch for packet analysis.

CPU as a destination port for a SPAN session