New and Changed Information
The following table provides an overview of the significant changes to the organization and features in this guide up to this current release. The table does not provide an exhaustive list of all changes that are made to the guide or of the new features up to this release.
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Feature or Change |
Description |
Where Documented |
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Automatic configuration of the |
You can use auto-continue to apply the continue statement in a route map for all user-configured sequences (contexts) in a given BGP route profile. Auto-continue is enabled per BGP route profile. |
BGP Route Map Continue with Auto-Continue in this guide. |
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Interleak redistribution of direct routes for MP-BGP |
Beginning in the Cisco APIC 4.2(6h) release, you can configure a route map policy for the interleak redistribution of direct routes for MP-BGP. |
Overview Interleak Redistribution for MP-BGP in this guide. |
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Feature or Change |
Description |
Where Documented |
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Enhancements for remote leaf switches |
Starting with release 4.2(4), the following enhancements have been introduced for remote leaf switches:
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Remote Leaf Switches in this guide. |
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Feature or Change |
Description |
Where Documented |
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Enhancements for Match Prefix |
Two new fields (From Prefix and To Prefix fields) are now available in the Match Prefix field to specify the mask range when you create a prefix match rule and enable aggregation. |
Route Control in this guide. |
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Increased range for equal-cost multi-path (ECMP) routing paths |
The range for the maximum number of equal-cost paths for eBGP and iBGP load sharing is now from 1 to 64, with a default value of 16. |
Routing Protocol Support in this guide. |
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Feature or Change |
Description |
Where Documented |
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Remote leaf failover |
In a multipod setup, if a remote leaf switch in a pod loses connectivity to the spine switch, the remote leaf switch now moves to another pod. This ensures that traffic continues to flow between endpoints of remote leaf switches that are connected to the original pod. |
Remote Leaf Switch Failover in this guide. |
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Feature or Change |
Description |
Where Documented |
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New Create L3Out wizard |
A new Create L3Out wizard is introduced in Cisco APIC release 4.2(1) that provides a straightforward walkthrough for configuring an L3Out. |
Entire document. |
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Support for BGP IPv4/IPv6 multicast address-family |
The BGP multicast address-family feature adds support for IPv6 for BGP peers towards external routers in the tenant VRF on the border leaf switch. |
IP Multicast in this guide. |
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Support for BGP neighbor shutdown and soft reset |
Support is now available for the following features:
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Routing Protocol Support in this guide. |
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Support for Layer 3 IPv6 multicast |
Cisco ACI fabric now supports Layer 3 IPv6 multicast. |
IP Multicast in this guide. |
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Support for redistributing static routes to BGP with prefix list |
For Cisco APIC releases before release 4.2(1), you can configure a route map policy for the redistribution of transit routes into BGP using the Create Route Map/Profile feature, which defines the route map for BGP dampening and route redistribution. Beginning with Cisco APIC release 4.2(1), this feature is also being extended for static routes. This allows you to configure a route map policy that will be applied while redistributing static routes into BGP. |
Interleak Redistribution for MP-BGP in this guide. |
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Support for route control per BGP peer |
Support is now available for route control per BGP peer. |
Route Control in this guide. |
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