New and Changed Information

This chapter provides release-specific information for each new and changed feature in the Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 6.x. The latest version of this document is available at the following Cisco website:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9670/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html

To check for additional information about Cisco NX-OS Release 6.x, see the Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Release Notes, Release 6.0 available at the following Cisco website:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9670/prod_release_notes_list.html

Table 1 summarizes the new and changed features for the Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 6.x, and tells you where they are documented.

 

Table 1 New and Changed Features

Feature
Description
Changed in Release
Where Documented

Support for Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol version3 (VRRPv3) and Virtual Router Redundancy Service (VRRS)

VRRP version 3 enables a group of switches to form a single virtual switch to provide redundancy and VRRS improves scalability of VRRPv3.

7.3(0)N1(1)

VRRPv3 and VRRS, page 18-6

Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)

This feature was introduced for OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, VRRP, HSRP, and Static Routes.

6.0(2)N2(1)

For OSPFv2, see BFD, page 4-11 .

For EIGRP, see BFD, page 6-7 .

For Advanced BGP, see BFD, page 8-9 .

For Static Routes, see BFD, page 10-3 .

For HSRP, see BFD, page 16-7 .

For VRRP, see BFD, page 18-5 .

Policy-Based Routing (PBR)

This feature was introduced.

6.0(2)N2(1)

Configuring Policy-Based Routing, page 14-1

ECMP maximum paths

For BGP, EIGRP, and OSPF, the number of maximum paths that can be load-balanced to a destination in equal-cost multi-path (ECMP) routing has increased from 16 to 64.

6.0(2)N2(1)

Load Balancing and Equal Cost Multipath, page -6

Configuring Optional Parameters on an OSPFv2 Instance, page 4-15

Creating an OSPFv3 Instance, page 5-14

Load Balancing, page 6-6

Configuring Load Balancing in EIGRP, page 6-22

Configuring Load Sharing and ECMP, page 8-33

ACLs for ip directed-broadcast command

This BGP command was introduced.

6.0(2)N1(2)

Configuring IP Directed Broadcasts, page 2-14

BGP local-AS enhancement

This feature was introduced.

6.0(2)N1(2)

Configuring Advanced BGP, page 8-1

Glean Throttling

This feature was introduced.

6.0(2)N1(2)

Glean Throttling, page 2-6

Cisco Nexus 5500 switch

Initial product release

6.0(2)N1(1)