New and Changed Information

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

New and Changed Information

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

Table 1. New and Changed Features

Feature

Description

Changed in Release

Where Documented

Port VLAN Routing

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9300-EX, 9300-FX, and 9300-FX2.

7.0(3)I7(5)

Configuring Port VLAN Mapping on a Trunk Port

RP Everywhere

7.0(3)I7(5)

Rendezvous Point for Tenant Routed Multicast

VXLAN Tunnel Egress QoS Policy

Added support for VXLAN Tunnel Egress QoS Policy

7.0(3)I7(5)

About VXLAN Tunnel Egress QoS Policy

Switching and routing on overlapped VLAN interfaces

Added support for the Nexus 9300, and 9500 switches.

7.0(3)I7(4)

Configuring VXLAN

NGOAM Support

Added support for the Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX, 93300YC-FX, and 93240YC-FX2Z switches.

7.0(3)I7(4)

Configuring VXLAN OAM
Configuring VXLAN IGMP Snooping Added support for configuring VXLAN IGMP snooping on Cisco Nexus 9508 switches with 9636-RX line cards.

7.0(3)F3(4)

Guidelines and Limitations for VXLAN

FC/FCoE NPV coexistence with VXLAN FCoE N-port Virtualization (NPV) can co-exist with VXLAN. 7.0(3)I7(3)

Guidelines and Limitations for VXLAN

VXLAN on Cisco Nexus 9348GC-FXP switch. VXLAN supported added for the Cisco Nexus 9348GC-FXP switch. 7.0(3)I7(3)

Guidelines and Limitations for VXLAN

QinQ-QinVNI Tunneling feature that allows configuring a trunk port as a multi-tag port. 7.0(3)I7(3)

Overview for QinQ-QinVNI

IP Unnumbered IP Unnumbered support has been added for VXLAN. 7.0(3)I7(2)

IP Unnumbered

Tenant Routed Multicast + VXLAN EVPN Multi-Site Both features can co-exist on the same physical switch. 7.0(3)I7(2)

Configuring Tenant Routed Multicast (TRM)

TRM VXLAN BGP EVPN

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9364C platform switches.

7.0(3)I7(2)

Guidelines and Limitations for Layer 3 Tenant Routed Multicast

Tenant Routed Multicast + VXLAN EVPN Multi-Site Both features can co-exist on the same physical switch. 7.0(3)F3(3)

Configuring Tenant Routed Multicast (TRM)

Configuring VXLAN EVPN Multi-Site

VXLAN L2/L3 GW

Support added for:

  • PIM/ASM

  • ARP Suppression

  • IPv6 in the Overlay

7.0(3)F3(3)

Configuring VXLAN

PBR over VXLAN Policy Based Routing over Virtual Extensible LAN

7.0(3)I7(1)

Configuring Policy-Based Routing

Centralized VRF Route Leaks

Centralized VRF Route Leaking using Default-Routes and Aggregates

7.0(3)I7(1)

Centralized VRF Route Leaking using Default-Routes and Aggregates

Tenant Routed Multicast

Tenant Routing Multicast (TRM) enables multicast forwarding on the VXLAN fabric using the BGP-based EVPN control plane. TRM supports Layer 2 and Layer 3 multicast for sender and receivers on the same or different VTEPs in a tenant VRF.

7.0(3)I7(1)

Configuring Tenant Routed Multicast (TRM)

VIP/PIP

Advertises type-5 routes using the primary IP address of the VTEP interfaces as the next hop address in the VXLAN EVPN fabric.

7.0(3)I7(1)

Configuring VIP/PIP

VXLAN EVPN Multi-Site

The VXLAN EVPN Multi-Site feature is a solution to interconnect two or more BGP-based Ethernet VPN (EVPN) site's fabrics in a scalable fashion over an IP-only network.

7.0(3)I7(1)

Configuring VXLAN EVPN Multi-Site

Configuring new CLI command lacp vpc-convergence

Added support for configuring CLI command lacp vpc-convergence for better convergence of Layer 2 EVPN VXLAN.

7.0(3)I6(1)

Guidelines and Limitations for VXLAN

Configuring port-VLAN with VXLAN

Added support for configuring port-VLAN with VXLAN on Cisco Nexus 9300-EX and 9500 Series switches with 9700-EX line cards.

7.0(3)I6(1)

Guidelines and Limitations for VXLAN

Configuring VXLAN on Cisco Nexus 3232C and 3264Q switches

Added support for configuring VXLAN on Cisco Nexus 3232C and 3264Q switches.

7.0(3)I6(1)

Guidelines and Limitations for VXLAN

Configuring NGOAM Authentication

Added support for configuring NGOAM authentication.

7.0(3)I6(1)

NGOAM Authentication

Configuring VXLAN EVPN Multihoming, VLAN Consistency Checking, and ESI ARP Suppression

Added support for VXLAN EVPN Multihoming, VLAN Consistency Checking, and ESI ARP suppression.

7.0(3)I5(2)

Introduction to Multihoming, Overview of VLAN Consistency Checking, and Overview of ESI ARP Suppression
Configuring Selective Q-in-VNI Added support for configuring selective Q-in-VNI.

7.0(3)I5(2)

Configuring Selective Q-in-VNI

Configuring FHRP over VXLAN

Added support for configuring FHRP over VXLAN on the Cisco Nexus 9200, 9300, and 9300-EX Series switches.

7.0(3)I5(2)

Guidelines and Limitations for FHRP Over VXLAN

Configuring VXLAN IGMP Snooping

Added support for configuring VXLAN IGMP snooping on Cisco Nexus 9300 Series switches and Cisco Nexus 9500 Series switches with N9K-X9732C-EX line cards.

7.0(3)I5(2)

Guidelines and Limitations for IGMP Snooping Over VXLAN

Configuring VRRP (FHRP) over VXLAN

Added support for configuring VRRP (FHRP) over VXLAN.

7.0(3)I5(1)

Configuring FHRP Over VXLAN

Configuring VXLAN OAM

Added support for configuring VXLAN OAM.

7.0(3)I5(1)

VXLAN OAM Overview

Configuring IGMP Snooping over VXLAN

Added support for configuring IGMP Snooping over VXLAN.

7.0(3)I5(1)

Configuring IGMP Snooping Over VXLAN

VXLAN

Added support for the Cisco Nexus 93108TC-EX and 93180YC-EX switches and the X9732C-EX line card.

7.0(3)I4(2)

Guidelines and Limitations for VXLAN

Support for suppress mac-route command

Added support for suppress mac-route command.

7.0(3)I4(1)

Commands for BGP EVPN

Support for In Service Software Upgrade (ISSU)

Added support for In Service Software Upgrade (ISSU).

7.0(3)I4(1)

Information About VXLAN

Information About VXLAN BGP EVPN

Tracking route support

Added support for displaying tracking route information.

7.0(3)I2(2)

Verifying the VXLAN Configuration

LACP tunneling support for VXLAN

Added support for VXLAN with LACP tunneling.

7.0(3)I2(2)

Configuring VXLAN with LACP Tunneling

VXLAN FEX HIF support

Added VXLAN support for FEX host interface port.

7.0(3)I2(1)

Information About VXLAN

Information About VXLAN BGP EVPN

Flood and Learn and centralized gateway support

Added recommendation for centralized gateway

7.0(3)I2(1)

Considerations for VXLAN Deployment

PV Routing support

Added support for PV routing.

7.0(3)I2(1)

Configuring Port VLAN Mapping on a Trunk Port

VXLAN Bud Node Over VPC

Example configuration of VXLAN bud node over VPC.

7.0(3)I2(1)

VXLAN Bud Node Over VPC

BGP EVPN DHCP Relay support

Enables DHCP relay support in BGP EVPN environment.

7.0(3)I2(1)

DHCP Relay in VXLAN BGP EVPN

Q-in-VNI support

Added support for Q-in-VNI.

7.0(3)I2(1)

Configuring Q-in-VNI

Inner VLAN and Outer VLAN Mapping on a Trunk Port support

Added support for inner VLAN and outer VLAN mapping on a trunk port.

7.0(3)I2(1)

Inner VLAN and Outer VLAN Mapping on a Trunk Port

VXLAN EVPN ingress replication

Replicates BUM traffic to remote VTEP peers that are learned through the BGP EVPN control plane on Cisco Nexus 9300 Series switches.

7.0(3)I1(2)

Configuring VXLAN EVPN Ingress Replication

Port VLAN mapping on a trunk port

Enables VLAN translation between the ingress VLAN and a local VLAN on a port on Cisco Nexus 9300 Series switches.

7.0(3)I1(2)

Configuring Port VLAN Mapping on a Trunk Port

vPC Consistency Check for vPC VTEPs

Enables two switches configured as a vPC pair to exchange and verify their configuration compatibility.

7.0(3)I1(2)

vPC Consistency Check

Static MAC for VXLAN VTEP support

Enables the configuration of static MAC addresses behind a peer VTEP on Cisco Nexus 9300 Series switches.

7.0(3)I1(2)

Configuring Static MAC for VXLAN VTEP

VXLAN BGP EVPN support

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9500 Series switches.

7.0(3)I1(2)

Configuring VXLAN BGP EVPN

Ingress replication support

Enables the replication of BUM traffic to remote peers.

7.0(3)I1(1)

Configuring Static Ingress Replication

Bud node topology support

Enables a VXLAN VTEP device to also be an IP transit device.

7.0(3)I1(1)

Bud Node Toploogy

VXLAN BGP EVPN support

Enables the learning of remote VTEPs, overlay MACs, and routes through the BGP EVPN control plane protocol on Cisco Nexus 9300 Series switches.

7.0(3)I1(1)

Configuring VXLAN BGP EVPN