New and Changed Information

This chapter contains the following sections:

New and Changed Information

The following tables provide an overview of the significant changes to this guide up to this current release. The table does not provide an exhaustive list of all changes made to the guide or of the new features up to this release.

Table 1. New Features and Changed Information for Cisco APIC Release 4.2(6)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

Support for SNMPv3 trap aggregation and forwarding

SNMPv3 trap aggregation and forwarding is supported.

SNMP Trap Aggregation

Support for SHA-2 with SNMPv3

SNMPv3 supports the Secure Hash Algorithm-2 (SHA-2) authentication type.

About SNMP

Link-level flow control

Link-level flow control is a congestion management technique that pauses data transmission until the congestion in the system is resolved.

About Link-Level Flow Control
Table 2. New Features and Changed Information for Cisco APIC Release 4.2(5)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

Link Flap Policies

A link flap policy specifies when to disable a switch port due to link flapping errors.

 Link Flap Policies
Table 3. New Features and Changed Information for Cisco APIC Release 4.2(3)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

First Time Setup Wizard introduced

The First Time Setup Wizard, with the Rogue EP Control option, is now available.

 First Time Setup Wizard

COOP Endpoint Dampening

To relieve pressure on COOP traffic, the spine asks all leaf switches to ignore updates from a misbehaving EP for a specified period.

Configure COOP
Table 4. New Features and Changed Information for Cisco APIC Release 4.2(1)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

First release of this guide