New and Changed Information

New and Changed Information

Table 1. New and Changed Features
Feature Description Changed in Release Where Documented

VXLAN EVPN Resilient ECMP

Enables resilient ECMP hashing at the VRF level for VXLAN EVPN overlays. Supported on Cisco Nexus FX2, FX3, GX, GX2, and HX platform switches.

10.6(3)F

VXLAN EVPN Resilient ECMP Groups

Guidelines and Limitations for VXLAN EVPN Resilient ECMP

Configure VXLAN EVPN Resilient ECMP

SMET route for multi-site with TRM

Beginning with Cisco NX-OS Release 10.6(3)F, SMET route for multisite with TRM is supported on all Nexus 9000 switches.

10.6(3)F

Feature support and limitations for multicast Layer 2 EVPN Type-6 routes

Port VLAN Mapping (PV mapping)

Beginning with Cisco NX-OS Release 10.6(3)F, port VLAN mapping is supported on Cisco Nexus 9300-SE1 switches.

10.6(3)F

Guidelines and Limitations for Port VLAN Mapping

ND Suppression

ND suppression feature is supported on Cisco N9324C-SE1U, N9348Y2C6D-SE1U Smart switches and Cisco Nexus 9300-SE1 switches.

10.6(3)F

Best practices for ND suppression

Proxy ARP enhancement

Added a new proxy option to enable enhanced local proxy ARP on EVPN enabled SVIs.

10.6(3)F

Configure SVI for host-facing VXLAN routing

MultiHop BFD support for VXLAN with IPv6 underlay

Beginning with Cisco NX-OS Release 10.6(3)F, you can configure MultiHop BFD sessions for VXLAN overlays operating over an IPv6 underlay.

10.6(3)F

MultiHop BFD for VXLAN with IPv6 Underlay

GPO SGACL for ESI multi-homing

Added support for GPO and SGACL for ESI multi-homing

10.6(3)F

Guidelines and limitations for ESI multi-homing

Proportional Multipath for VNF support for VXLAN overlays with IPv6 underlay

Beginning with Cisco NX-OS Release 10.6(3)F, you can configure Proportional Multipath for VNF with VXLAN overlays operating over an IPv6 underlay.

10.6(3)F

Guidelines and Limitations for Proportional Multipath for VNF

Multisite support for Private VLANs over VXLAN

Starting with Cisco NX-OS Release 10.6(3)F, multisite support is added for Private VLANs over VXLAN on Cisco Nexus platform switches.

10.6(3)F

Guidelines and Limitations for Private VLANs Over VXLAN

Intra-ESG isolation

Added support for intra-ESG isolation

10.6(3)F

Guidelines and limitations

Intra-ESG isolation

vPC BGW with IPv6 underlay

Prior to Cisco NX-OS Release 10.6(3)F, vPC BGW supported only IPv4 underlay. Starting with Cisco NX-OS Release 10.6(3)F, vPC BGW also supports IPv6 underlay.

10.6(3)F

VXLAN EVPN multi-site deployments with IPv6 underlays

Best practice for VXLAN EVPN Multi-Site with IPv6 Underlay

Configure multi-site with vPC support on IPv6 underlay

Guidelines for configuring TRM Multi-Site with IPv6 underlay

TRM multicast routes bridging in the same subnet.

Beginning with Cisco NX-OS Release 10.6(2)F, Tenant Routed Multicast (TRM) routes supports bridging the traffic with source and receiver in the same VLAN on Cisco Nexus 9000 switches.

10.6(2)F

Configure TRM for same subnet bridging

VXLAN support on Cisco N9300 Series switches

Added VXLAN support on Cisco N9324C-SE1U and N9348Y2C6D-SE1U Smart switches.

10.6(2)F

Guidelines and Limitations for VXLAN

Supported features and configuration limits for VXLAN BGP EVPN

Supported features for VXLAN EVPN with downstream VNI

Supported platforms and configuration guidelines for VXLAN EVPN Multi-Site

Supported platforms and releases for VXLAN NGOAM

DHCP relay in VXLAN BGP EVPN supported release and platform

Supported platforms and limitations for vPC fabric peering

TRMv4 support on Cisco N9300 Series switches

Added TRMv4 support on Cisco N9324C-SE1U and N9348Y2C6D-SE1U Smart switches for

  • Standalone, vPC, vPC fabric peering inner and border leaf

  • Multi-site Anycast BGW and vPC BGW.

10.6(2)F

Features and limitations of Tenant Routed Multicast

Supported features and limitations of Layer 3 TRM

VXLAN BGP EVPN Multi-Site vPC BGW on Cisco N9300 Smart switches

Added VXLAN BGP EVPN Multi-Site vPC BGW support on Cisco N9324C-SE1U and N9348Y2C6D-SE1U Smart switches

10.6(2)F

Guidelines and Limitations for VXLAN

Supported platforms and configuration guidelines for VXLAN EVPN Multi-Site

Features and limitations of Tenant Routed Multicast

Supported features and limitations of Layer 3 TRM

SR-MPLS to VXLAN handoff support on Cisco N9300 Smart switches

Added support for seamless handoff between Segment Routing MPLS (SR-MPLS) and VXLAN overlays on Cisco N9324C-SE1U and N9348Y2C6D-SE1U Smart switches. This enables interoperable Layer 3 extension between VXLAN EVPN-based data center domains and SR-MPLS-based WAN/core domains.

10.6(2)F

SR MPLS to VXLAN Handoff feature

VXLAN support on Cisco N9300-SE1 Series switches

Added VXLAN support on Cisco Nexus 9396Y12C-SE1 and 9396T12C-SE1 switches.

10.6(2)F

Guidelines and Limitations for VXLAN

Supported features and configuration limits for VXLAN BGP EVPN

Supported platforms and configuration guidelines for VXLAN EVPN Multi-Site

Supported features for VXLAN EVPN with downstream VNI

Supported platforms and releases for VXLAN NGOAM

DHCP relay in VXLAN BGP EVPN supported release and platform

Supported platforms and limitations for vPC fabric peering

TRMv4 support on Cisco Nexus 9336C-SE1 Series switches

Added TRMv4 support on Cisco Nexus 9396Y12C-SE1 and 9396T12C-SE1 switches for

  • Standalone, vPC, vPC fabric peering inner and border leaf

  • Multi-site Anycast BGW and vPC BGW.

10.6(2)F

Features and limitations of Tenant Routed Multicast

Supported features and limitations of Layer 3 TRM

VXLAN BGP EVPN Multi-Site vPC BGW on Cisco Nexus 9336C-SE1 Series switches

Added VXLAN BGP EVPN Multi-Site vPC BGW support on Cisco Nexus 9336C-SE1, 9396Y12C-SE1, and 9396T12C-SE1 switches

10.6(2)F

Guidelines and Limitations for VXLAN

Supported platforms and configuration guidelines for VXLAN EVPN Multi-Site

Features and limitations of Tenant Routed Multicast

Supported features and limitations of Layer 3 TRM

SR-MPLS to VXLAN handoff support on Cisco Nexus 9336C-SE1 Series switches

Added support for seamless handoff between Segment Routing MPLS (SR-MPLS) and VXLAN overlays on Cisco Nexus 9396Y12C-SE1 and 9396T12C-SE1 switches. This enables interoperable Layer 3 extension between VXLAN EVPN-based data center domains and SR-MPLS-based WAN/core domains.

10.6(2)F

SR MPLS to VXLAN Handoff feature

Layer 3 Port channel support for VXLAN on Cisco Nexus 9800 Series switches

Added Layer 3 Port channel support for VXLAN uplinks on Cisco Nexus 9800 Series switches.

10.6(2)F

Guidelines and Limitations for VXLAN

DCI multicast support with Anycast BGW on Cisco Nexus 9800 Series switches

Added DCI multicast support with Anycast BGW on Cisco Nexus 9800 Series switches.

10.6(2)F

Guidelines and Limitations for VXLAN

VXLAN vPC Fabric peering support on Cisco Nexus 9364E-SG2 Series switches

Added VXLAN vPC Fabric peering support on Cisco Nexus 9364E-SG2 Series switches.

10.6(2)F

Supported platforms and limitations for vPC fabric peering

Dynamic Host Tracking for VNF Next-Hops

Added Dynamic Host Tracking for EVPN VXLAN on Cisco Nexus 9300 FX, FX3, GX, and GX2 platform switches.

10.6(2)F

Dynamic Host Tracking for VNF Next-Hops

How Dynamic Host Tracking Works

Guidelines and Limitations for Dynamic Host Tracking

Configure Dynamic Host Tracking

Verify Dynamic Host Tracking

eMuBGP AF Multicast support in the underlay with TRM

Added support for eMuBGP AF Multicast support in the underlay with TRM.

10.6(2)F

Underlay Considerations

L2MAC Seg without SVI - L2 to L3 migration support - allow SVI configuration

Added support for L2MAC Segmentation without SVI, L2 to L3 migration support, and allow SVI configuration.

10.6(2)F

Guidelines and limitations

EVPN ESI Multi-Homing

Added the EVPN ESI multi-homing feature, a standardized solution that uses BGP-EVPN-based communication between ESI peers. The feature provides redundancy similar to vPC and vPC fabric peering, and it supports 2-way, 3-way, and 4-way multi-homing on PIP or VIP modes.

10.6(1)F

Supported topologies for multicast Layer 2 EVPN Type-6 routes

EVPN Ethernet Segment Identifier Multi-Homing

VXLAN support on Cisco Nexus 9336C-SE1 switches

Added VXLAN support on Cisco Nexus 9336C-SE1 switches.

10.6(1)F

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Supported features and configuration limits for VXLAN BGP EVPN

Guidelines and limitations for VXLAN Multi-Site support on Cisco Nexus 9336C-SE1 switches

Supported features for VXLAN EVPN with downstream VNI

Supported platforms and releases for VXLAN NGOAM

DHCP relay in VXLAN BGP EVPN supported release and platform

Supported platforms and limitations for vPC fabric peering

TRMv4 support on Cisco Nexus 9336C-SE1 switches

Added TRMv4 support on Cisco Nexus 9336C-SE1 switches for

  • Standalone, vPC, vPC fabric peering inner and border leaf

  • Multi-site Anycast BGW.

10.6(1)F

Features and limitations of Tenant Routed Multicast

Supported features and limitations of Layer 3 TRM

L2VLAN segmentation with SVI and without SVI

Added support for MAC based L2 VLAN micro-segmentation with and without SVI.

10.6(1)F

Guidelines and limitations

Creating security group using MAC

Micro-segmentation Match Criteria: Port+VLAN

Added support for port along with VLAN based micro-segmentation.

10.6(1)F

Guidelines and limitations

Create a security group

PIM graceful-spt feature is now default

Added support to make PIM graceful-spt feature a default feature.

10.6(1)F

Features and limitations of Tenant Routed Multicast

Match Criteria: Port+VLAN

Added support for port along with VLAN based micro-segmentation.

10.6(1)F

Guidelines and limitations

Create a security group

VXLAN Anycast BGW (L2VNI) and RFC5549

Added L2VNI and RFC5549 underlay support for VXLAN Anycast BGW on Cisco Nexus 9364E-SG2-Q and 9364E-SG2-O switches.

10.6(1)F

Guidelines and Limitations for VXLAN

Best practice for deploying VXLAN BGP EVPN with RFC 5549 underlay

Best practice for VXLAN EVPN Multi-Site with RFC 5549 underlay

SMET route Interoperability support

Added a new encoding option, format rfc6625 , to the advertise evpn multicast command for EVPN route Type 6, 7 and 8. This addresses interoperability issues between Cisco NX-OS and devices from other vendors that result from different multicast route encoding methods.

10.6(1)F

Feature support and limitations for multicast Layer 2 EVPN Type-6 routes

Configure IPv4 IGMP Snooping