New and Changed Information

This chapter provides release-specific information for each new and changed feature in the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 7.x.

New and Changed Information

The table summarizes the new and changed features for the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 7.x and tells you where they are documented.

Table 1. New and Changed Features for Release 7.x

Feature

Description

Changed in Release

Where Documented

IP Routing

Added a command that sets the logging conditions for IP packets that the NX-OS software forwards.

7.0(3)I7(7)

Configuring Logging for Software Forwarding of IP Packets

BGP Routing

The suppress-map route-map configuration supports suppressing certain more-specific routes from being advertised to peers, or advertising the more-specific routes with some community attributes set on them.

7.0(3)I7(6)

"Configuring Aggregate Addresses" in Configuring Advanced BGP.

BGP Routing

Supports the ability to specify a DSCP value for locally originated packets for IPv4 and IPv6 as part of configuring BGP.

7.0(3)I7(6)

"Configuring DSCP" in Configuring Advanced BGP.

BGP Routing

For next-hop-self , added the optional all argument which controls whether reflected routes have their next hops changed.

7.0(3)I7(6)

Controlling Reflected Routes Through Next Hop Self

BGP PIC edge

Introduced this feature for Cisco Nexus 9200, 9300-EX, 9300-FX, 9300-FX2, and 9300-FXP platform switches and Cisco Nexus 9500 platform switches with -EX and -FX line cards.

7.0(3)I7(5)

Configuring Basic BGP

HSRP subnet VIP

Introduced this feature for Cisco Nexus 9508 platform switches with the N9K-X9636C-R, N9K-X9636C-RX, and N9K-X9636Q-R line cards.

7.0(3)F3(3)

Configuring HSRP

Policy-based routing (PBR)

Introduced this feature for Cisco Nexus 9508 platform switches with the N9K-X9636C-R, N9K-X9636C-RX, and N9K-X9636Q-R line cards.

7.0(3)F3(3)

Configuring Policy-Based Routing

IS-IS

Added support for IS-IS over segment routing.

7.0(3)I7(3)

Guidelines and Limitations for IS-IS

Layer 3 routing

Added support on FEX ports and FEX port channels for Cisco Nexus 9300-EX platform switches.

7.0(3)I7(1)

Guidelines and Limitations for Unicast

Local proxy ARP

Added the ability to suppress ARP broadcasts on corresponding VLANs while enabling local proxy ARP on SVIs for all Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switches.

7.0(3)I7(1)

Configuring Local Proxy ARP on SVIs

HSRP

Added the ability to configure an HSRP subnet virtual IP address in a different subnet than that of the SVI IP address.

7.0(3)I6(1)

Configuring HSRP

IPv4 and IPv6

Added the LPM Internet-peering routing mode for Cisco Nexus 9300-EX Series switches and Cisco Nexus 9500 Series switches with X9700-EX line cards.

7.0(3)I6(1)

Configuring IPv4 and Configuring IPv6

BGP Monitoring Protocol (BMP)

Introduced this feature.

7.0(3)I5(2)

Configuring Advanced BGP

DNS

Added IPv6 support.

7.0(3)I5(1)

Configuring DNS

IPv4 and IPv6

Added the LPM dual-host routing mode for Cisco Nexus 9200 and 9300-EX Series switches. Also added support for host to LPM spillover.

7.0(3)I5(1)

Configuring IPv4 and Configuring IPv6

OSPFv2 and OSPFv3

Changed the multi-area adjacency configuration such that specifying an instance is now optional.

7.0(3)I5(1)

Configuring OSPFv2 and Configuring OSPFv3

Policy-based routing

Added IPv4 and IPv6 support for Cisco Nexus 9200 and 9300-EX Series switches and IPv4 support for Cisco Nexus 9500 Series switches with the X9732C-EX line card.

7.0(3)I5(1)

Configuring Policy-Based Routing

IPv4 and IPv6

Added the LPM heavy routing mode for Cisco Nexus 9200 and 9300-EX Series switches and the Cisco Nexus 9508 switch with an X9732C-EX line card.

7.0(3)I4(4)

Configuring IPv4 and Configuring IPv6

Route Policy Manager

Added mask support for IP prefix lists and the match ospf-area command.

7.0(3)I4(1)

Configuring Route Policy Manager

OSPFv2 Added support for HMAC-SHA authentication and RFC 5709.

7.0(3)I3(1)

Configuring OSPFv2

Appendix A, IETF RFCs Supported by Cisco NX-OS Unicast Features

OSPFv3

Added support for IPsec authentication and partial support for RFC 4552.

7.0(3)I3(1)

Configuring OSPFv3

Appendix A, IETF RFCs Supported by Cisco NX-OS Unicast Features

BGP

Added support for RFC 5549.

7.0(3)I2(1)

Configuring Basic BGP

Configuring Advanced BGP

Appendix A, IETF RFCs Supported by Cisco NX-OS Unicast Features

BGP

Separated the neighbor ip-address remote-as as-number commands into two commands.

7.0(3)I2(1)

Configuring Basic BGP

Configuring Advanced BGP

HSRP

Added support for having the same HSRP groups on all nodes in a double-sided vPC.

7.0(3)I2(1)

Configuring HSRP

VRF route leaking

Added route leaking support from a non-default VRF to the default VRF.

7.0(3)I2(1)

Configuring Layer 3 Virtualization

BFD

Added IPv6 support for bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD) for BGP, EIGRP, IS-IS, and OSPFv3.

7.0(3)I1(1)

Configuring OSPFv3

Configuring EIGRP

Configuring IS-IS

Configuring Advanced BGP

EIGRP

Added a command to cause EIGRP to wait for the convergence of redistributed protocols before installing its own routes in the Routing Information Base (RIB) during nonstop forwarding (NSF).

7.0(3)I1(1)

Configuring EIGRP

IPv4 and IPv6

Added the ALPM routing mode for Cisco Nexus 9300 Series switches.

7.0(3)I1(1)

Configuring IPv4 and Configuring IPv6

VRRP

Added support for VRRPv3 and VRRS.

7.0(3)I1(1)

Configuring VRRP