New and Changed Information

This chapter provides release-specific information about all features.

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 Series 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

  • Cisco Catalyst 9300L SKUs

Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.11.1

  • Cisco Catalyst 9600 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 16.8.1a

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500-High Performance Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.9.1

  • Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers

Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.11.1b

  • Cisco Catalyst 9800-40 Wireless Controllers

  • Cisco Catalyst 9800-80 Wireless Controllers

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 Series 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

Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.11.1

  • Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Switches

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

Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.11.1

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500-High Performance Series Switches

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

Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.11.1

  • Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9800-CL Wireless Controllers

  • Cisco Catalyst 9800-40 Wireless Controllers

  • Cisco Catalyst 9800-80 Wireless Controllers

  • Cisco Network Convergence System 520 Series

NETCONF and RESTCONF Service-Level ACLs

Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.11.1

  • Cisco ASR 900 Series Aggregation Services Routers

  • Cisco ASR 920 Series Aggregated Services Routers (RSP2)

  • Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst IE 3200, 3300, 3400 Rugged Series

  • Cisco Embedded Services 3300 Series Switches

  • Cisco IR1101 Integrated Services Router Rugged

  • Cisco Network Convergence System 4200 Series

  • Cisco Network Convergence System 520 Series

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

Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.11.1

  • Cisco Catalyst 9600 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

Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.11.1

  • Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Switches

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

Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.11.1

  • Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Switches

Model-Driven Telemetry: Kill Subscription

Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.11.1

  • Cisco ASR 900 Series Aggregation Services Routers

  • Cisco ASR 920 Series Aggregated Services Routers (RSP2)

  • Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series Switches

  • Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

  • 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