New and Changed Information
The following table provides an overview of the significant changes to the organization and features in 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.
Feature or Change |
Description |
Where Documented |
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Support for PAYG Licensing Model on Cisco Catalyst 8000V in Cisco Cloud APIC |
Cisco Cloud APIC supports Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) Licensing Model on Cisco Catalyst 8000V which allows users to deploy a Catalyst 8000V instance in the cloud based on the VM size and purchase the usage on an hourly basis. |
Feature or Change |
Description |
Where Documented |
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Move from the Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000v to the Cisco Catalyst 8000V |
Cisco Cloud APIC moves from the Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000v to the Cisco Catalyst 8000V beginning with release 25.0(3). |
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Terms used for Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000v and Cisco Catalyst 8000V |
The following terms are used for the two types of routers described above:
In addition, throughout this document, CCR is used as a generic term for either of the routers described above, depending on your release. |
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Change in name of Multi-Site Orchestrator |
Cisco ACI Multi-Site Orchestrator (MSO) has changed to Cisco Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator (NDO) beginning with the MSO release 3.4.1 on August 15, 2021. Every instance of MSO is now NDO in this Cisco Cloud APIC documentation. |
Feature or Change |
Description |
Where Documented |
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Increased number of regions per site. |
Beginning with Cisco Cloud APIC Release 25.0(2), you can have a maximum of sixteen regions per site. |
Feature or Change |
Description |
Where Documented |
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Change in release numbering for Cisco Cloud APIC |
Beginning with release 25.0(1), the release numbering has changed for Cisco Cloud APIC. The sequential order of releases for Cisco Cloud APIC is as follows:
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Updates to external connectivity options |
Beginning with release 25.0(1), support is now available for IPv4 connectivity from the infra VPC/VNet CCRs and cloud native routers to any external device, including to another cloud native router. In addition, support is also available for external connectivity between cloud native routers in the same cloud or between two different cloud vendors. |
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Support for configuring routing and security policies separately |
Prior to release 25.0(1), routing and security policies are tightly coupled together through contracts. Beginning with release 25.0(1), support is now available for configuring routing and security policies separately. |