Support for custom EPG names for VMM domains

You can now give EPGs a custom name that carries over to a VMware vCenter port group or a Microsoft VM network. The feature is available for VMware vSphere Distributed Switch, Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), and Cisco ACI Virtual Edge.

The chapter "Custom EPG Names and Cisco ACI" in the Cisco ACI Virtualization Guide

Support for Layers 4 to Layer 7 service graphs is extended to Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Virtual Edge when it is part of Cisco ACI Virtual Pod.

• The chapter Layer 4 to Layer 7 Services in this guide for information specific to Cisco ACI Virtual Edge

• The Cisco APIC Layer 4 to Layer 7 Services Deployment Guide for detailed information and configuration instructions

Cisco ACI Virtual Edge Release 2.2(1).

Enhanced uplink configuration

You can configure up to 32 uplinks for each Cisco ACI Virtual Edge distributed virtual switch (DVS), and rename them.

You also can configure failover for uplinks within endpoint groups (EPGs) associated with the DVS.

Configuring and Managing Uplinks for VMware VDS and Cisco ACI Virtual Edge

Cisco ACI Virtual Edge Release 2.2(1).

Microsegmentation with Cisco ACI support for Cisco ACI vPod

Support for Microsegmentation with Cisco ACI is extended for Cisco ACI Virtual Edge endpoints for Cisco ACI Virtual Edge when it is part of Cisco ACI vPod.

The chapter "Microsegmentation with Cisco ACI" in Cisco ACI Virtualization Guide Release 4.2(1)

Cisco ACI Virtual Edge Release 2.2(1).

DHCP relay support for Cisco ACI vPod

Support for configuring a DHCP relay policy is extended to Cisco ACI Virtual Edge virtual machines (VMs) when Cisco ACI Virtual Edge is part of Cisco ACI vPod.

The section “Configuring a DHCP Relay Policy” in the chapter “Provisioning Core ACI Fabric Services” of the Cisco APIC Basic Configuration Guide, Release 2.2(1)