Platform Support for Layer 2

This chapter defines platform support for features that are not supported across the entire suite of Cisco Nexus platforms.

Platform Support for Layer-2

The following table describes platform support for features that are not supported across the entire suite of Cisco Platforms. You should refer to each release's installation guide and release notes for details about the platforms supported in the initial product release.

Feature

Supported Platform(s) or Line Cards

First Supported Release

Platform Exceptions

Private VLAN with Inner VLAN Tag Preservation

Cisco Nexus 9300-EX, 9300-FX, 9300-FX2, 9300-FX3, 9300-GX, and 9300-GX2B TOR platform switches.

Cisco Nexus NX-OS Release 10.2 (3)F

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  • VPC

  • 200k Mac scale

  • Dot1x

  • Port-security

  • Selective QinQ

  • Selective QinQ with multiple provider Vlan

Added support for Cisco N9K-9332D-GX2B platform switches.

Cisco Nexus NX-OS Release 10.2 (2)F

-

Virtual Ethernet Port Aggregator (VEPA)

Added support for Cisco N9K-9332D-GX2B platform switches.

Cisco Nexus NX-OS Release 10.2 (2)F

-

Storm Control

Added support for Cisco N9K-9332D-GX2B platform switches.

Cisco Nexus NX-OS Release 10.2 (2)F

-

PVLAN and Flex Links

Added support for Cisco N9K-9332D-GX2B platform switches.

Cisco Nexus NX-OS Release 10.2 (2)F

-

Storm Control Two-Level Threshold and Logging Support for BUM Traffic

Cisco Nexus N9K-C93108TC-FX, N9K-C93180YC-FX, N9K-C93216TC-FX2, N9K-C93240YC-FX2,and N9K-C93360YC-FX2

Cisco Nexus NX-OS Release 10.1 (2)

-

PVLAN

N9K-C93180YC-FX3S

Cisco Nexus NX-OS Release 9.3 (5)

-

PVLAN and Flex Links

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9300-GX platform switches.

Cisco Nexus NX-OS Release 9.3 (5)

-

  • VPC

  • 200k Mac scale

  • Dot1x

  • Port-security

  • Selective QinQ

  • Selective QinQ with multiple provider Vlan

Cisco Nexus C9316D-GX, C93600CD-GX and 9364C-GX switches.

Cisco Nexus NX-OS Release 9.3 (3)

Virtual Ethernet Port Aggregator (VEPA)

Cisco Nexus C9316D-GX, C93600CD-GX and 9364C-GX switches.

Cisco Nexus NX-OS Release 9.3 (3)

-

Storm Control

Cisco Nexus C9316D-GX, C93600CD-GX and 9364C-GX switches.

Cisco Nexus NX-OS Release 9.3 (3)

-

Flex links

Cisco Nexus N9K-9300-EX, N9K-9300-FX ,N9K-9300-FX2 and N9K-C9364C switches are supported.

Cisco Nexus NX-OS Release 9.2(3)

-

Reflective Relay

Cisco Nexus N9K-C93180YC-FX and N9K-C93180TC-FX Series switches.

Cisco Nexus NX-OS Release 9.2 (1)

-

Reflective Relay

Cisco Nexus C93180YX-EX and C93180LC-EX Series switches.

Cisco Nexus NX-OS 7.0(3)I7(1)

-

Switching modes

Cisco Nexus 9500 Series switches with the 9636PQ line card.

Cisco Nexus NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I6(2)

-

VLAN translation

Cisco Nexus 9300-EX switches.

Cisco Nexus NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I6(1)

-

PVLANs

PVLAN support for vPCs and port channels on Cisco Nexus 9500 Series switches.

Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I5(2)

PVLANs are not supported on Cisco Nexus 9500 Series switches with N9K-X9636C-R, N9K-X9636Q-R, N9K-X9636C-RX line cards.

PVLAN configurations are not supported on the ALE ports of Cisco Nexus 9300 Series switches

PVLANs

Cisco Nexus 9200, 9300-EX, 9300-FX, and Cisco Nexus 9500 platform switches with EX/FX line cards.

Cisco Nexus 9396PQ and 93128TX switches.

Cisco Nexus NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I5(1)

N9K-X9432C-S

PVLANs are not supported over vPCs and port channels for the Cisco Nexus 3232C and 3264Q switches.

Cisco Nexus 3164Q switch

VLAN translation

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switches with a Network Forwarding Engine (NFE)

Cisco Nexus NX-OS Release 6.1(2)I3(4)