New and Changed Information

This chapter provides release-specific information for each new and changed feature in the Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS System Management Command Reference. The latest version of this document is available at the following Cisco website:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11541/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

To check for additional information about this Cisco NX-OS Release, see the Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switch Release Notes available at the following Cisco website:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11541/prod_release_notes_list.html

Table 1 summarizes the new and changed features for Cisco NX-OS and tells you where they are documented.

 

Table 1 New and Changed Information

Feature
Description
Changed in Release
Where Documented

Precision time protocol

The sync interval range is now 2 to 4.

7.0(3)I2(1)

ptp sync interval

Precision time protocol

The announce timeout range is now 2 to 4.

7.0(3)I2(1)

ptp announce

Show monitor session

The number of TCAM entries available for ACL SPAN has been reduced by 6 entries.

7.0(3)I2(1)

show monitor session

show logging onboard

While the induced errors are corrected on the switches, the log messages that notify the corrections stop after hitting a threshold (usually after 15 or 19 corrections). Also, an extra message gets printed when the parity error is injected.

7.0(3)I2(1)

show logging onboard

Show monitor session

The option for filter VLANs has been removed. This feature now displays rx, tx, and both for the source VLANs.

7.0(3)I2(1)

show monitor session

Snmp-server contact

This command no longer has a default name and must be configured to enable callhome.

7.0(3)I2(1)

snmp-server contact

Clear sflow statistics

This command no longer clears the Total Samples and Dropped Samples fields.

To clear Total Samples: clear hardware rate-limiter sflow
To clear Total Packets: clear hardware rate-limiter sflow

7.0(3)I2(1)

clear sflow statistics

Clock protocol

This command will no longer set the clock. To change the clock manually, see the Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS Fundamentals Configuration Guide.

7.0(3)I2(1)

clock protocol

Syslog for ALPM mode

A new CLI command [no] hardware profile unicast syslog host-table-detail has been added.

6.0(2)U5(4)

hardware profile unicast syslog host-table-detail

ERSPAN Enhancements

The egress interface information is added for the ERSPAN source session in the show monitor session <session-number> command..

6.0(2)U5(1)

show monitor session

MPLS output statistics

The MPLS output statistics are displayed in show forwarding mpls stats command.

6.0(2)U5(1)

show forwarding mpls stats

MPLS Stripping

This feature was introduced.

6.0(2)U2(5)

clear counters mpls strip

clear mpls strip label dynamic

mpls strip dest-mac

mpls strip

mpls strip label

mpls strip label-age

show mpls strip labels

Tap Aggregation

This feature was introduced.

6.0(2)U2(3)

hardware profile parity-error

mode tap-aggregation

Soft Error Recovery

This feature was introduced.

6.0(2)U2(1)

show hardware forwarding memory health summary

NTP Server

This feature was introduced.

6.0(2)U2(1)

feature ntp

mpls strip dest-mac

ntp access-group

ntp master

ntp broadcast

ntp multicast

SPAN with ACL filtering

This feature was introduced.

6.0(2)U2(1)

filter access-group

Configurable SPAN buffer limit

This feature was introduced.

5.0(3)U5(1)

switchport mode monitor buffer-limit

Syslog user-configurable source-IP

This feature was introduced.

5.0(3)U5(1)

logging source-interface

sFLOW

This feature was introduced.

5.0(3)U4(1)

clear sflow statistics

feature sflow

sflow agent-ip

sflow collector-ip

sflow collector-port

sflow counter-poll-interval

sflow data-source

sflow max-datagram-size

sflow max-sampled-size

sflow sampling-rate

show sflow

show sflow statistics

Syslog Thresholds for System Resources

This feature was introduced.

5.0(3)U3(2)

filter access-group

Store and Forward Switching

This feature was introduced.

5.0(3)U3(1)

switching-mode store-forward

Scheduler

This feature was introduced.

5.0(3)U3(1)

clear scheduler logfile

feature scheduler

scheduler

show scheduler

Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable (QSFP+) Port

Updated the filter access-group command.

5.0(3)U3(1)

filter access-group

Embedded Event Manager

This feature was introduced.

5.0(3)U3(1)

action cli

action counter

action event-default

action policy-default

action reload

action snmp-trap

action syslog

description

event cli

event counter

event fanabsent

event fanbad

event manager applet

event manager environment

event manager policy

event manager policy internal

event memory

event oir

event policy-default

event snmp

event storm-control

event syslog

event sysmgr

event temperature

event track

show event manager environment

show event manager event-types

show event manager history events

show event manager policy-state

show event manager script system

show event manager system-policy

show running-config eem

show startup-config eem

tag

terminal event-manager bypass

ERSPAN

This feature was introduced.

The monitor session command was updated to include the erspan-destination and erspan-source keywords.

5.0(3)U2(2)

description (SPAN, ERSPAN)

destination ip (ERSPAN)

destination interface (ERSPAN)

monitor erspan origin ip-address

monitor session

shut (ERSPAN)

source (SPAN, ERSPAN)

source ip (ERSPAN)

vrf (ERSPAN)

show monitor session

show running-config monitor

Precision Time Protocol (PTP)

This feature was introduced.

5.0(3)U2(2)

clear ptp counters

clock protocol

feature ntp

ptp

ptp announce

ptp delay-request minimum interval

ptp domain

ptp priority1

ptp priority2

ptp source

ptp sync interval

ptp vlan

show ntp trusted-keys

show ptp clock

show ptp clock foreign-masters-record

show ptp corrections

show ptp parent

show ptp port

show ptp time-property

show running-config ptp

show startup-config ptp

40-Gigabit Ethernet Quad small form-factor pluggable (QSFP+) port

This feature was introduced to support 40-Gigabit Ethernet on QSFP+ ports.

The following command was added in this release:

  • hardware profile portmode

5.0(3)U2(1)

filter access-group

Domain Name System (DNS)

This feature was introduced.

You can configure a DNS host, server, or name and enable the DNS lookup feature.

5.0(3)U1(1)

ip domain-list

ip domain-lookup

ip domain-name

ip host

ip name-server

show hardware forwarding memory health summary

Network Time Protocol (NTP)

This feature was introduced.

You can configure NTP peers and servers.

5.0(3)U1(1)

mpls strip dest-mac

ntp abort

ntp access-group

ntp disable

ntp logging

show mpls strip labels

show ntp pending-diff

show ntp pending-diff

show ntp status

Call Home

This feature was introduced.

You can configure the Cisco Smart Call Home service and parameters on a Cisco NX-OS switch.

5.0(3)U1(1)

abort (Call Home)

alert-group (Call Home)

callhome

callhome send diagnostic

callhome test

commit (Call Home)

contract-id (Call Home)

customer-id (Call Home)

destination-profile (Call Home)

duplicate-message throttle (Call Home)

email-contact (Call Home)

enable (Call Home)

ntp trusted-key

phone-contact (Call Home)

show callhome

show callhome destination-profile

show callhome transport-email

show callhome user-def-cmds

show running-config callhome

show startup-config callhome

show tech-support callhome

site-id (Call Home)

streetaddress (Call Home)

switch-priority (Call Home)

transport email (Call Home)

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

This feature was introduced.

You can configure an SNMP server and trap, or enable SNMP notifications for a VTP domain.

5.0(3)U1(1)

snmp-server community

snmp-server contact

snmp-server context

snmp-server enable traps

snmp-server enable traps link

snmp-server globalEnforcePriv

snmp-server host

snmp-server location

snmp-server mib community-map

snmp-server tcp-session

snmp-server user

snmp trap link-status

show snmp community

show snmp context

show snmp engineID

show snmp group

show snmp host

show snmp sessions

show snmp trap

show snmp user

Virtual forwarding and routing (VRF)

This feature was introduced.

You can configure VRF, VRF-lite features, and the IP features for a VRF.

5.0(3)U1(1)

ip domain-list

ip domain-lookup

ip domain-name

ip host

ip name-server

show hardware forwarding memory health summary

System Management

You can use the system management commands to enable logging messages, configure a remote syslog server, or verify a session configuration.

5.0(3)U1(1)

abort (session)

clear counters mpls strip

clear logging nvram

clear logging onboard

clear logging session

clear mpls strip label dynamic

clear ntp statistics

commit (session)

diagnostic bootup level

ip access-list (session)

ip port access-group (session)

logging abort

logging commit

logging console

logging distribute

logging event

logging event port

logging logfile

logging module

logging monitor

logging server

logging timestamp

show diagnostic bootup level

show diagnostic result

show hardware forwarding memory health summary

show logging console

show logging info

show logging last

show logging level

show logging logfile

show logging module

show logging monitor

show logging nvram

System Management ( continued)

 

 

show logging onboard

show logging pending

show logging pending-diff

show logging session status

show logging server

show logging status

show logging timestamp

verify (session)

Remote Monitoring (RMON)

This feature was introduced.

You can configure RMON alarms on a Cisco NX-OS switch.

5.0(3)U1(1)

rmon alarm

rmon event

rmon hcalarm

show rmon