New and Changed Feature Information

This table summarizes the new and changed feature information for the Interface and Hardware Component Configuration Guide for Cisco NCS 5500 Series Routers, and tells you where they are documented.

Interface and Hardware Component Features Added or Modified in IOS XR Release 6.3.x

Feature Description Introduced/Changed in Release Where Documented

Network Interface Speed

Configuring 1Gig interface's speed

 Release 6.3.2 Network Interface Speed
Change in BVI number range The number range that BVI interface supports is increased to 4294967295. Release 6.3.1 Bridge-Group Virtual Interface

Y.1731 Performance Monitoring

Support for Two-Way Delay Measurement and Synthetic Loss Measurement introduced.

Release 6.3.1 Y.1731 Performance Monitoring

CFM over bundle

Cisco supports CFM over bundle interfaces, bundle sub-interfaces, and bundle member interfaces.

Release 6.3.1 CFM Over Bundles

LLDP Model Local System Information

The LLDP model local system information feature provides Open-Config (OC) Model support for LLDP.

Release 6.3.2

See the Release Notes for Cisco NCS 5500 Series Routers, IOS XR Release 6.3.2.

LLDP Supported on Management Interface

This feature requires support from SPIO as LLDP uses SPIO for both its frame transmission and reception

 Release 6.3.2

See the Configuring Ethernet Interfaces chapter of Interface and Hardware Component Configuration Guide for Cisco NCS 5500 Series Routers, IOS XR.

DWDM Tunable Optics

The dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) wavelengths of the DWDM-SFP10G-C module on the Cisco NCS 5500 Series Aggregation Services Routers is tunable.

Release 6.3.2

Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing Tunable Optics

Bit Error Rate (BER)

Bit Error Rate (BER) is a number of bit errors per unit time that determines the reliability of a link.

Release 6.3.2 Bit Error Rate