New and Changed Information

This chapter provides release-specific information for each new and changed feature in the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide.

New and Changed Information

This table summarizes the new and changed features for the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide and where they are documented.

Table 1. New and Changed Features

Feature

Description

Changed in Release

Where Documented

Configuring ECMP Load Balancing based on Inner NVGRE Header Support to enable ECMP load sharing based on IPv6 inner NVGRE header for IPv6 packets on Cisco Nexus 9500-FM-E platform switches.

7.0(3)I7(8)

Configuring ECMP Load Balancing based on Inner NVGRE Header

Command interface port-channel all Added support to select the configuration a port channel and then apply that configuration to the member ports of all the configured port channels using interface port-channel all command.

7.0(3)I7(8)

Guidelines and Limitations

Applying Port Channel Configuration to all Configured Port Channels

FEC Information.

Added support to display FEC information.

7.0(3)I7(7)

Best practices for manual breakout configuration

Debounce timer for the link-up events Added support to configure debounce timer for the link-up events on Cisco Nexus N9K-C9732C-FX, N9K-C9364C and N9K-X97160YC-EX switches.

7.0(3)I7(6)

Configure debounce timers for Ethernet ports

QSFP-100G SRBD Added support for QSFP-100G SRBD on Cisco Nexus N9K-C93180YC-FX and N9K-C93180TC-FX switches.

7.0(3)I7(5)

Guidelines and Limitations

Debounce timer for the link-up events Added support to configure debounce timer for the link-up events on Cisco Nexus N9K-C9336C-FX2 and N9K-C93240YC-FX2 switches.

7.0(3)I7(5)

Configure debounce timers for Ethernet ports

Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) vPC convergence Added support for Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) vPC convergence on Cisco Nexus 9500 Series Switches.

7.0(3)I7(5)

Configuring LACP vPC Convergence

Configuring MAC addresses Limitation on a VLAN

Added support to configure MAC addresses Limitation on a VLAN

7.0(3)F3(4)

Configuring MAC addresses Limitation on a VLAN

Configuring Custom EtherType or Tag Protocol Identifier (TPID)

Added support to Custom EtherType or Tag Protocol Identifier

7.0(3)F3(4)

Change the EtherType for Q-in-Q

QinQ Double Tagging

Added support to configure the switch to all multi-tagged BPDUs on a tunnel port.

7.0(3)I7(3)

Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling

Configure the Q-in-Q Double Tagging

GPRS Tunneling Protocol

Added support to deliver mobile data on wireless networks via Cisco Nexus 9300-EX Series switches.

7.0(3)I7(3)

GTP Tunnel Load Balancing

Tunnel Source Direct

Support added for the tunnel source direct command.

7.0(3)I7(3)

Guidelines and Limitations

1024 x 50-G Interfaces

Added support to breakout 100-G ports into two 50-G interfaces for slots 8 to 16 in the Cisco Nexus 9516 switch for -EX line cards.

7.0(3)I7(3)

Configuring Interface Breakout Profile for 50-G Interfaces in a 16-Slot Chassis

QSFP 40/100-G BiDi

QSFP 40/100-G BiDi comes up in the highest possible speed available on the port.

7.0(3)I7(3)

Guidelines and Limitations

LACP System MAC and Role

Added support to configure the MAC address used by the LACP for protocol exchanges and the option role.

7.0(3)I7(3)

Configuring LACP System MAC and Role

mac-address bpdu source version 2 command.

Triggers STP to use the new Cisco MAC address (00:26:0b:xx:xx:xx).

7.0(3)I7(2)

Enabling STP to Use the Cisco MAC Address

Breakout support for the Cisco Nexus C93180LC-EX switch

Added breakout support for the Cisco Nexus C93180LC-EX switch. (TOR switch)

7.0(3)I7(1)

Cisco Nexus 9000 C93180LC-EX switch - Operation and breakout modes

ECMP Resilient Hashing Added support for the Cisco Nexus 9200 and Cisco Nexus 9300-EX platform switches. 7.0(3)I7(1)

Hitless vPC Role Change

Added support for hitless vPC role change.

7.0(3)I7(1)

Hitless vPC Role Change

IP Unnumbered on SVI Secondary VLAN on the Gateway

Added support for IP unnumbered on the secondary SVI in the gateway.

7.0(3)I7(1)

Configuring IP Unnumbered on SVI Secondary VLAN on the Gateway

vPC Fast Convergence Convergence

Introduced this feature.

7.0(3)I7(1)

Configuring Fast Convergence

Configuring LACP vPC Convergence

mac-address bpdu source version 2 command.

Triggers STP to use the new Cisco MAC address (00:26:0b:xx:xx:xx).

7.0(3)I6(2)

Enabling STP to Use the Cisco MAC Address

Configuring IP-in-IP tunnel decapsulation on directly connected IP addresses using tunnel source direct and tunnel mode ipv6ipv6 decapsulate-any

Added support for configuring IP-in-IP tunnel decapsulation on any directly connected IP addresses.

7.0(3)I6(1)

Guidelines and Limitations and Configuring a Tunnel Interface

Configuring IP unnumbered interfaces for port channels

Added a guideline for configuring IP unnumbered interfaces for port channels on all Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switches.

7.0(3)I6(1)

IP Unnumbered

Smart channel

Introduced this feature.

7.0(3)I6(1)

Configuring Smart-Channel

Port profile support on Cisco Nexus 9500 Series switches

Updated the guideline to include port profile support on Cisco Nexus 9500 Series switches.

7.0(3)I5(2)

Guidelines and Limitations

Support for QSA adapter

Updated the guideline to include QSA adapter support on Cisco Nexus 9200 and 9300-EX Series switches and Cisco Nexus 3232C and 3264Q Series switches.

7.0(3)I5(2)

Cisco QSFP+ to SFP+ adapter modules

Configuring Layer 3 over vPC

Added support for configuring Layer 3 over vPC.

7.0(3)I5(1)

Configuring Layer 3 over vPC

Configuring selective Q-in-Q tunneling on a 802.1Q tunnel port

Added support for configuring selective Q-in-Q tunneling on a 802.1Q tunnel port.

7.0(3)I5(1)

Configure VLAN Mapping for Selective Q-in-Q on a 802.1Q Tunnel Port

Configuring BFD per-member link support (RFC 7130)

Added per-link Bidirectional Forwarding support that enables to configure individual BFD sessions on every Link Aggregation Group member interfaces (as defined in RFC 7130).

7.0(3)I5(1)

BFD Enhancement to Address Per-link Efficiency

SFP+ adapter module

Added 25G optics support on the CVR-2QSFP28-8SFP adapter for 100G ports of the Cisco Nexus 9236C switch.

7.0(3)I4(2)

Cisco SFP+ adapter modules

Support for changing VRF membership for an SVI

Added support for changing VRF membership for an SVI.

7.0(3)I4(1)

Changing VRF Membership for a SVI

Support for port profiles.

Added support for port profiles.

7.0(3)I4(1)

Port Profiles

Support for PIM SSM over vPCs.

Added support for PIM SSM over vPCs.

7.0(3)I4(1)

vPC Multicast-PIM, IGMP, and IGMP Snooping

NAT support for In Service Software Upgrade (ISSU).

Added NAT support for In Service Software Upgrade (ISSU).

7.0(3)I4(1)

Guidelines and Limitations for Static NAT

Breakout and FEX support for the Cisco Nexus C9332PQ switch.

Added breakout and FEX support for the Cisco Nexus C9332PQ switch. (TOR switch)

7.0(3)I3(1)

Cisco Nexus C9332PQ Switch

Breakout support for the Cisco Nexus 92160YC switch.

Added breakout support for the Cisco Nexus 92160YC switch. (TOR switch)

7.0(3)I3(1)

Cisco Nexus C92160YC Switch

Breakout support for the Cisco Nexus 9272Q switch

Added breakout support for the Cisco Nexus 9272Q switch. (TOR switch)

7.0(3)I3(1)

Cisco Nexus C9272Q Switch

ip unnumbered command

Added support for IP unnumbered command.

7.0(3)I3(1)

IP Unnumbered

Layer 2 Data Center Interconnect

Added support for Layer 2 Data Center Interconnect.

7.0(3)I2(2)

Configuring Layer 2 Data Center Interconnect

shut and no shut support for vPC domain command

Added support for shut and no shut for vPC domain command.

7.0(3)I2(2)

Configuring vPCs

DHCP Client

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9500 Series switches.

7.0(3)I2(2)

DHCP Client

switchport isolated support

Added support for the switchport isolated command.

7.0(3)I2(1)

Enabling 4K VLAN Configurations with switchport isolated

DHCP Client

Added support to configure the IPv4 or IPv6 address of a DHCP client on a management interface or a physical Ethernet interface.

7.0(3)I2(1)

DHCP Client

GRE tunnel enhancements

Added support for GRE v6 payload over v4 tunnel and GRE v4 payload over v6 tunnel.

7.0(3)I2(1)

Configuring a GRE Tunnel

Source interface support

Added source-interface command option support to configure an IPv4 and/or IPv6 inband or outband source IP address.

7.0(3)I2(1)

Guidelines and Limitations

regex support

Support for regular expression to address a set of interfaces.

7.0(3)I2(1)

Guidelines and Limitations

BFD startup timer

Introduced this feature.

7.0(3)I2(1)

Configuring Global BFD Parameters

Static and Dynamic NAT Translation support

Added support for static and dynamic NAT translation.

7.0(3)I2(1)

Configuring Static and Dynamic NAT Translation

Switch Virtual Interface and Autostate Behavior support

Added support for switch virtual interface and autostate behavior.

7.0(3)I2(1)

Switch Virtual Interface and Autostate Behavior

IP-in-IP tunnel mask support

Added support for IP-in-IP tunnel mask.

7.0(3)I2(1)

Creating a Tunnel Interface

Q-in-Q VLAN Tunnel support

Added support for Q-in-Q VLAN tunnels.

7.0(3)I2(1)

Configuring Q-in-Q VLAN Tunnels

MAC-embedded IPv6 (MEv6) address

Introduced this feature.

7.0(3)I2(1)

MAC-Embedded IPv6 Address

vPC forklift upgrade support

Support for upgrading from a pair of Nexus 9000 switches in a vPC topology to a different pair of Nexus 9000 series switches.

7.0(3)I1(2)

vPC forklift upgrade

Delayed LACP support

The delayed LACP feature enables the delay of port-channel members to come up until LACP PDUs are received.

7.0(3)I1(2)

LACP Compatibility Enhancements

negotiate auto command support

Enables configuration of speed, duplex, and automatic flow control for an Ethernet interface.

7.0(3)I1(2)

negotiate auto command

IP-in-IP tunnel support

Enables encapsulation and decapsulation of packets to create a tunnel.

7.0(3)I1(2)

IP-in-IP tunnel support

Subinterface support on port-channel interfaces

Support for one or more subinterfaces on a port-channel interface.

7.0(3)I1(2)

Configuring a Subinterface on a Port-Channel Interface

Dynamic Breakout support

Enables high bandwidth ports to be split into four breakout ports.

7.0(3)I1(1)

Dynamic Breakout

Symmetric Hashing support

When enabled on a port channel, symmetric hashing ensures bidirectional traffic uses the same physical interface.

7.0(3)I1(1)

Symmetric Hashing

Additional show interface tunnel command support.

Added support for statistics for interface counters.

7.0(3)I1(1)

Verifying the IP Tunnel Configuration

BFDv6 support

Added BFDv6 support.

7.0(3)I1(1)

Configuring Bidirectional Forwarding Detection