New and Changed Information

New and Changed Information

This table summarizes the new and changed features for the Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide, Release 10.6(x) and where they are documented.

Table 1. New and Changed Features

Feature

Description

Changed in Release

Where Documented

FIPS MACSec Certification

The bootup diagnostic process is enhanced by introducing a mandatory security check for C9364D-GX2A, C9348D-GX2A and C9332D-GX2B hardware platforms.

10.6(3)F

Bootup Diagnostics

Configuration Candidate Session

Allows you to stage, review, and validate configuration changes before committing them to the running configuration on Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches.

10.6(3)F

Configuration Candidate Session

Exclude control packets from packet truncation

Provided option to exclude control packets from truncation at the system level or at the interface level

10.6(3)F

Guidelines and limitations for packet truncation

Configure packet truncation to exclude control packets

PTP support on N9300 Smart switches

PTP support is added on Cisco N9324C-SE1U and N9348Y2C6D-SE1U Smart switches.

10.6(3)F

Guidelines and limitations for PTP

Syslogd console logging performance improvement

Improved syslogd responsiveness by handling console logging in the background so slow or unresponsive console output does not block syslog processing. Console messages may be dropped if internal buffering is full. Added console-specific drop/error statistics to show logging dropcount and clear logging dropcount .

10.6(3)F

Guidelines and Limitations

TCP Keepalive for Syslog Logging

Added support for configurable TCP keepalive idle timeout on syslog TCP connections to maintain reliable log delivery and prevent session drops due to idle network timeouts.

10.6(3)F

TCP Keepalive for Syslog Logging

GOLD support on N9164E-NS4-O switch

Added support for Generic On-Line Diagnostics (GOLD) on N9164E-NS4-O switch

10.6(2n)

Guidelines and limitations for online diagnostics

SNMP support on N9164E-NS4-O switch

Added support for SNMP on N9164E-NS4-O switch

10.6(2n)

Guidelines and Limitations

GIR support on N9300 Smart Switches

Added support for Graceful Insertion and Replacement (GIR) on N9324C-SE1U and N9348Y2C6D-SE1U Smart Switches

10.6(2)F

N9300 Smart Switches Guidelines

Sampled NetFlow

Added support for packet-level traffic sampling for IPv4 and IPv6 flows to collect representative network data at a configurable sampling rate.

10.6(2)F

Sampled Netflow

Create Flow Monitor

Base NetFlow

Added support for ingress NetFlow on N9336C-SE1, N9396T12C-SE1, N9396Y12C-SE1, N9348Y12C-SE1, N9324C-SE1U, and N9348Y2C6D-SE1U switches.

10.6(2)F

Ingress NetFlow

Egress NetFlow

AuditD Implementation

Added support for AuditD

10.6(2)F

Guidelines and Limitations

Configure AuditD

SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, and SNMPv3 support on N9300 Smart Switches

Added support for SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, and SNMPv3 on N9324C-SE1U and N9348Y2C6D-SE1U Smart Switches

10.6(2)F

Cisco N9300 Smart Switches

sFlow support on N9300 Smart Switches

Added support for sampled Flow on N9324C-SE1U and N9348Y2C6D-SE1U Smart Switches

10.6(2)F

N9300 Smart Switch Guidelines

LLDP support on N9300 Smart Switches

Added support for LLDP on N9324C-SE1U and N9348Y2C6D-SE1U Smart Switches

10.6(2)F

N9300 Series Smart Switch Guidelines

ERSPAN support on N9300 Smart Switches

Added support for ERSPAN on N9324C-SE1U and N9348Y2C6D-SE1U Smart Switches

10.6(2)F

ERSPAN Guidelines and Limitations for N9300 Smart and Nexus 9324C-SE1U Switches

SPAN support on N9300 Smart Switches

Added support for SPAN on N9324C-SE1U and N9348Y2C6D-SE1U Smart Switches

10.6(2)F

N9300 Smart Switches

GOLD support on N9396T12C-SE1

Added support for Generic On-Line Diagnostics (GOLD) on N9396T12C-SE1 switch

10.6(2)F

Guidelines and limitations for online diagnostics

GOLD support on N9396Y12C-SE1

Added support for Generic On-Line Diagnostics (GOLD) on N9396Y12C-SE1 switch

10.6(2)F

Guidelines and limitations for online diagnostics

Dropped flow notification

Added support to capture dropped packets and export the information on Nexus 9300-SG2 switches

10.6(2)F

Ingress NetFlow

Guidelines and Limitations for Egress NetFlow

Dropped flow notification

LLDP support on N9336C-SE1 switch

Added support for LLDP on N9336C-SE1 switch

10.6(1)F

Guidelines and Limitations

PTP support on N9336C-SE1 switch

Added support for PTP on N9336C-SE1 switch

10.6(1)F

Guidelines and limitations for PTP

SPAN support on N9336C-SE1 switch

Added support for SPAN on N9336C-SE1 switch

10.6(1)F

Cisco Nexus 9336C-SE1 switch

ERSPAN support on N9336C-SE1 switch

Added support for ERSPAN on N9336C-SE1 switch

10.6(1)F

Guidelines and Limitations

sFlow support on N9336C-SE1 switch

Added support for sFlow on N9336C-SE1 switch

10.6(1)F

Guidelines and Limitations

SPAN for L2 ports on 9800 switches

Added support for SPAN on Layer 2 ports on Nexus 9800 switches

10.6(1)F

Cisco Nexus 9800 Platform Switches

ERSPAN for L2 ports on 9800 switches

Added support for ERSPAN Layer 2 ports on 9800 switches

10.6(1)F

Guidelines and Limitations

SPAN to CPU support on 9300-SG2 switches

Added support for SPAN to CPU on Nexus 9364E-SG2 switches.

10.6(1)F

Cisco Nexus 9364E-SG2 switches

ERSPAN Tx mirroring support on 9300-SG2 switches

Added support for ERSPAN Tx mirroring packets on Nexus 9364E-SG2 switches.

10.6(1)F

Guidelines and Limitations

Egress Traffic Analytics support on FX and FX2

Added support for egress Traffic Analytics on 9300-FX and -FX2 TOR switches

10.6(1)F

Guidelines and limitations for Traffic Analytics

Packet truncation

Added support for packet truncation

10.6(1)F

Packet truncation

Support AuditD

Added support for AuditD feature.

10.6(1)F

Configure Audit Log Reporting