New and Changed Information

This chapter provides release-specific information for each new and changed feature in the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Security Guide, Release 9.3(x).

New and Changed Information

This table summarizes the new and changed features for the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Security Configuration Guide, Release 9.3(x) and where they are documented.

Table 1. New and Changed Features

Feature

Description

Changed in Release

Were Documented

Layer 3 subinterface egress RACL

Added support for Layer 3 subinterface egress router ACL on Cisco Nexus 9300-EX, 9300-FX, and 9300-FX2 platform switches

9.3(9)

Guidelines and Limitations for IP ACLs

Applying an IP ACL as a Router ACL

Configuring Login Block Per User

Added ability to configure login block per user

9.3(7)

Configuring Login Block Per User

802.1X Support for VXLAN EVPN

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9300-GX platform switches.

9.3(7)

Guidelines and Limitations for 802.1X Support for VXLAN EVPN

Authentication through MAC Authentication Bypass only

Added the ability to configure MAB as the default authentication method for all traffic on dot1q enabled ports.

This feature is supported on Cisco Nexus 9336-FX2, Nexus 9236C, Nexus 93108TC-EX, and Nexus 93180YC-EX switches.

9.3(5)

Configuring the Default 802.1X Authentication Method - MAB

Dynamic ACL

Added the ability to restrict access to the dot1q blocked list of MAB clients. This feature is supported on Cisco Nexus 9336-FX2, Nexus 9236C, Nexus 93108TC-EX, and Nexus 93180YC-EX switches.

9.3(5)

DHCPv6

Added support for DHCPv6 Option 79 (client link-layer address) in DHCPv6-relayed packets for Cisco Nexus 9300-GX platform switches.

9.3(5)

IPv6 First Hop Security

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9300-GX platform switches.

9.3(5)

Guidelines and Limitations of First-Hop Security

IPv6 Egress ACL

Added support for IPv6 egress ACL on Cisco Nexus 9504 and 9508 platform switches with the -R and -RX line cards.

9.3(5)

Guidelines and Limitations for IP ACLs

IP Source Guard (IPSG)

Added support on Cisco Nexus 9300-GX platform switches.

9.3(5)

Guidelines and Limitations for IP Source Guard

MACsec

Added support on Cisco Nexus N9K-C93180YC-FX3S, Nexus N9K-X9732C-FX, and Nexus N9K-X9788TC-FX line cards.

9.3(5)

Guidelines and Limitations for MACsec

NDcPP: OCSP for Syslog

Added OCSP support for syslog servers. This feature is supported on all Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switches and line cards.

9.3(5)

PACL redirects

Added support for PACL redirects on Cisco Nexus 9300-GX switches.

9.3(5)

Guidelines and Limitations for IP ACLs

Type-6 encryption of MACsec keys

Added the ability to store MACsec preshared key in a type-6 encrypted format.

This feature is supported on all Nexus 9000 series switches that support MACsec.

9.3(5)

UDP for IP Helper Address

Added the ability to enable route configuration to relay broadcasts destined for all UDP ports, except the DHCPv4 port numbers 67 and 68. This feature is supported on Nexus 9200, 9300, 9300-EX, Nexus 9300-FX/FX2, and Nexus 9500 switches with the -EX/FX line cards.

9.3(5)

Configuring UDP Relay

802.1x

Added support for 802.1X on Cisco Nexus 9300-GX switches.

9.3(3)

802.1X Guidelines and Limitations

DAI

Added support for DAI on Cisco Nexus 9300-GX switches.

9.3(3)

Guidelines and Limitations for DAI

DHCP

Added support for DHCP snooping and DHCP relay on Cisco Nexus 9300-GX switches.

9.3(3)

Guidelines and Limitations for DHCP

DHCP

Added the ability to disable the server identifier override option for DHCP Option 82 packets.

9.3(3)

Disabling the Server Identifier Override Option

DHCP

Added the ability for the DHCP relay to choose either the primary or the secondary subnet when the interface includes both these subnets.

9.3(3)

Configuring DHCP Relay Subnet-Selection

DHCPv6

Added support for DHCPv6 Option 79 (client link-layer address) in DHCPv6-relayed packets for all Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switches and line cards.

9.3(3)

IP ACLs

Added support to egress IPv4 and IPv6 RACL on Cisco Nexus 9500 platform switches with -R and -RX line cards.

9.3(3)

Guidelines and Limitations for IP ACLs

MAC UDF

Ability to configure UDF-based MAC access lists (ACLs) for Cisco Nexus 9300-GX switches.

9.3(3)

Configuring a UDF-Based MAC ACL

MACsec

Added support for MACsec on Cisco Nexus 93108TC2-FX, Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX, Cisco Nexus 93216TC-FX2, , and Cisco Nexus 93360YC-FX2 switches.

9.3(3)

Guidelines and Limitations for MACsec

User-defined MAC address

Enables you to configure a user-defined MAC address limit between the range of 16 to 256.

9.3(2)

MAC UDF

Ability to enable the device to match on user-defined fields (UDFs) and to apply the matching packets to MAC ACLs.

9.3(2)

Configuring a UDF-Based MAC ACL

MACSec

MACsec is now supported on the Cisco Nexus N9K-C9364C, N9K-C9332C, and N9K-C9348GC-FXP platform switches.

9.3(1)

Guidelines and Limitations for MACsec

uRPF uRPF is now supported on Cisco Nexus 9500 Series switches with the family of modular EX and FX line cards. 9.3(1)

Guidelines and Limitations for Unicast RPF

MAC UDF Ability to configure UDF-based MAC access lists (ACLs) for the Cisco Nexus 9200, 9300, and 9300-EX Series switches. This feature enables the device to match on user-defined fields (UDFs) and to apply the matching packets to MAC ACLs. 9.3(1)

Configuring a UDF-Based MAC ACL