New and Changed Feature Information

This table summarizes the new and changed features, the supported platforms, and links to features.

Table 1. New and Changed Feature Information

Feature

Release & Platform

Provisioning

Zero-Touch Provisioning

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.5.1a

  • Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.5.1b

  • Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.2

  • Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.7.1

  • Cisco ASR 1000 Aggregation Services Routers (ASR1001-X, ASR1001-HX, ASR1002-X, ASR1002-HX)

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.8.1a

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500-High Performance Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.8.2

  • Cisco ASR 1000 Aggregation Services Routers (ASR1004, ASR1006, ASR1006-X, ASR1009-X, ASR1013)

Zero Touch Provisioning: HTTP Download

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.8.1

  • Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers

  • Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.8.1a

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500-High Performance Series Switches

DHCPv6 Support for Zero-Touch Provisioning

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.9.1

  • Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

iPXE

Cisco IOS XE Denali 16.3.2 and Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.5.1a

  • Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.1

  • Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.2

  • Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.8.1a

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500-High Performance Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.9.2

  • Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches

Shells and Scripting

Guest Shell

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.5.1a

  • Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.5.1b

  • Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.2

  • Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.7.1

  • Cisco ASR 1000 Aggregation Services Routers (ASR1001-X, ASR1001-HX, ASR1002-X, ASR1002-HX)

  • Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.8.1

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500-High Performance Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.9.1

  • Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers

Python APIs

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.5.1a

  • Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.5.1b

  • Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.2

  • Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.7.1

  • Cisco ASR 1000 Aggregation Services Routers (ASR1001-X, ASR1001-HX, ASR1002-X, ASR1002-HX)

  • Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.8.1a

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500-High Performance Series Switches

Python CLI Module

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.5.1a

  • Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.5.1b

  • Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.2

  • Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.7.1

  • Cisco ASR 1000 Aggregation Services Routers (ASR1001-X, ASR1001-HX, ASR1002-X, ASR1002-HX)

  • Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.8.1

  • Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Router models with a minimum of 4 GB RAM.

  • Cisco ASR 1000 Aggregation Services Routers (ASR1004, ASR1006, ASR1006-X, ASR1009-X, ASR1013)

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.8.1a

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500-High Performance Series Switches

EEM Python Module

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.5.1a

  • Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.5.1b

  • Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.2.

  • Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.7.1

  • Cisco ASR 1000 Aggregation Services Routers (ASR1001-X, ASR1001-HX, ASR1002-X, ASR1002-HX)

  • Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.8.1a

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500-High Performance Series Switches

Model-Driven Programmability

NETCONF Protocol

Cisco IOS XE Denali 16.3.1

  • Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers

  • Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers

  • Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.5.1a

  • Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.2

  • Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.8.1a

  • Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers

  • Cisco ASR 900 Series Aggregation Services Routers

  • Cisco ASR 920 Series Aggregation Services Routers

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500-High Performance Series Switches

  • Cisco cBR-8 Converged Broadband Router

  • Cisco Network Convergence System 4200 Series

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.9.2

  • Cisco Catalyst 9200 and 9200L Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9300L SKUs

Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.10.1

  • Cisco Catalyst 9800-40 Wireless Controllers

  • Cisco Catalyst 9800-80 Wireless Controllers

  • Cisco Network Convergence System 520 Series

NETCONF and RESTCONF IPv6 Support

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.8.1a

  • Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers

  • Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers

  • Cisco ASR 900 Series Aggregation Services Routers

  • Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

  • Cisco cBR-8 Converged Broadband Router

  • Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series

NETCONF Global Lock and Kill Session

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.8.1a

  • Cisco 1100 Series Integrated Services Routers

  • Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers

  • Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers

  • Cisco ASR 900 Series Aggregation Services Routers

  • Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

  • Cisco cBR-8 Converged Broadband Router

  • Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000v Series

RESTCONF Protocol

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.1

  • Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Router

  • Cisco ASR 1000 Aggregation Services Routers

  • Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.8.1a

  • Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers

  • Cisco ASR 900 Series Aggregation Services Routers

  • Cisco ASR 920 Series Aggregation Services Router

  • Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500 and 9500-High Performance Series Switches

  • Cisco cBR-8 Converged Broadband Router

  • Cisco Network Convergence System 4200 Series

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.9.2

  • Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches

gNMI Protocol

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.8.1a

  • Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.10.1

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500-High Performance Series Switches

Model-Based AAA

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.8.1

  • Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers

  • Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers

  • Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers

  • Cisco ASR 900 Series Aggregation Services Routers

  • Cisco ASR 920 Series Aggregation Services Routers

  • Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000v Series

  • Cisco Network Convergence System 4200

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.8.1a

  • Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

Model-Driven Telemetry NETCONF Dial-In

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.1

  • Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.2

  • Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.7.1

  • Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers

  • Cisco ASR 1000 Aggregation Services Routers (ASR1001-HX, ASR1001-X, ASR1002-HX, ASR1002-X

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.8.1

  • Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers

  • Cisco ASR 1000 RP2 and RP3 Series Aggregation Services Routers

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.8.1a

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500-High Performance Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.9.1

  • Cisco ASR 900 Series Aggregation Services Routers

  • Cisco ASR 920 Series Aggregation Services Router

  • Cisco cBR-8 Converged Broadband Router

  • Cisco Network Convergence System 4200 Series

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.9.2

  • Cisco Catalyst 9200 and 9200L Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9300L SKUs

Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.10.1

  • Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000v

  • Cisco Network Convergence System 520 Series

Model-Driven Telemetry gRPC Dial-Out

Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.10.1

  • Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers

  • Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers

  • Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers

  • Cisco ASR 900 Series Aggregation Services Routers

  • Cisco ASR 920 Series Aggregated Services Router

  • Cisco Catalyst 9200 and 9200L Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9300 and 9300L Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500 and 9500-High Performance Series Switches

  • Cisco cBR-8 Converged Broadband Router

  • Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series

  • Cisco Network Convergence System 520 Series

  • Cisco Network Convergence System 4200 Series

In-Service Model Updates

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.5.1a

  • Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.5.1b

  • Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.1

  • Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.2

  • Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.7.1

  • Cisco ASR 1000 Aggregation Services Routers

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.8.1a

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500-High Performance Series Switches.
OpenFlow

OpenFlow

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.9.1

  • Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

  • Catalyst 9400 Series Switches

  • Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

  • Catalyst 9500 Series High Performance Switches