New and Changed Information

New and Changed Information

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Feature Name

Description

Changed in Release

Where Documented

Enabling batching of SVIs on vPC

Starting from Cisco NX-OS Release 8.2(7), enabling batching of SVIs on vPC is supported.

8.2(7) and 8.2(7a)

Enabling batching of SVIs on vPC

QSA support for M3/F4 modules

Added support to bring up the link with CVR-QSFP-SFP10G adapter in a M3/F4 100G module.

8.4(2)

Guidelines and Limitations for Breakout

BFD Multihop Sessions

Starting from Cisco NX-OS Release 8.4(1), the BFD multihop feature is supported over IPv6.

8.4(1)

Active member links in a port channel

Added support for 32 active member links in a port channel. This is supported only on M3-Series and F4-Series I/O modules.

8.4(1)

Configuring Port Channels

Breakout

Added support for the Breakout feature that enables splitting of both 40 Gigabit and 100 Gigabit ethernet ports on the Cisco Nexus 7700 F4-Series 30-port 100-Gigabit Ethernet I/O module.

8.4(1)

Configuring Interfaces in Breakout Mode

IPv6 addressing support to configure peer-keepalive

Allows you to configure peer-keepalive link using IPv4 or IPv6 address.

8.2(1)

Configuring a vPC Keepalive Link and Messages

Configuring Slow Drain Device Detection and Congestion Avoidance

Modified the Slow Drain congestion timeout and pause timeout commands to align with the commands used in Fibre Channel.

8.2(1)

Configuring Slow Drain Device Detection and Congestion Avoidance

IP TCP MSS

The IP TCP Maximum Segment Size (MSS) feature enables a switch to set a maximum segment size for all TCP connections that originate from or terminate at a Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switch.

8.2(1)

Configuring IP TCP MSS

Support for Layer 3 routing over vPC on Cisco Nexus M3 Series modules for IPv6 unicast traffic

Added support for Layer 3 routing over vPC on Cisco Nexus M3 Series modules for IPv6 unicast traffic.

8.2(1)

Configuring vPCs

Support for Layer 3 routing over vPC on Cisco Nexus M3 Series modules for IPv4 unicast traffic

Added support for Layer 3 routing over vPC on Cisco Nexus M3 Series modules for IPv4 unicast traffic.

8.1(1)

Configuring vPCs

Control Plane Independent Bit Setting

Added support for Control Plane Independent Bit setting for outgoing BFD packets.

8.0(1)

Port Channels Hash Distribution

Added support for Port Channels Hash Distribution on M3 modules.

8.0(1)

Configuring Port Channels

FEC Support on Optic Modules

Added FEC support for optic modules on M3 line cards.

8.0(1)

Configuring FEC on Optic Modules

Breakout

Added support for the Breakout feature on the following I/O Modules:

  • Cisco Nexus 7000 M3-Series 24-port 40-Gigabit Ethernet Module

  • Cisco Nexus 7700 M3-Series 24-port 40-Gigabit Ethernet Module

8.0(1)

Configuring Interfaces in Breakout Mode

Ethernet OAM

Added support for the following modules:

  • M3-Series 48-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Module for Cisco Nexus 7000 Switches and Cisco Nexus 7700 Switches

  • M3-Series 24-Port 40 Gigabit Ethernet Module for Cisco Nexus 7000 Switches and Cisco Nexus 7700 Switches

  • M3-Series 100 Gigabit Ethernet Module for Cisco Nexus 7000 Switches

8.0(1)

Configuring Ethernet OAM