New and Changed Information

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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

ICV Check

Enabled ICV Check on Cisco Nexus 9300-FX2 platform switches.

9.3(7)

Enable CloudSec VXLAN EVPN Tunnel Encryption

VXLAN EVPN with Downstream VNI

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9300-GX platform switches.

9.3(7)

Supported features for VXLAN EVPN with downstream VNI

Layer 3 Tenant Routed Multicast

Added support for Cisco Nexus N9K-C9316D-GX, N9K-C9364C-GX, and N9K-X9716D-GX platform switches.

9.3(7)

Supported features and limitations of Layer 3 TRM

PBR over VXLAN

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9300-GX platform switches.

9.3(6)

Service Redirection in VXLAN Fabrics

Proportional Multipath for VNF

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9500 platform switches with the N9K-C9508-FM-E2 fabric module and an -EX or -FX line card.

9.3(6)

Configuring Proportional Multipath for VNF

Proportional Multipath for VNF with Multi-Site

Introduced this feature.

9.3(6)

Proportional Multipaths

VXLAN and IP-in-IP Tunneling

Added support for the coexistence of these features for Cisco Nexus 9300-FX2 platform switches.

9.3(6)

VXLAN and IP-in-IP Tunneling

VXLAN EVPN Multi-Site Storm Control

Optimized rate granularity and accuracy by considering only interfaces tagged with DCI tracking and supporting two digits after the decimal point. These enhancements apply to Cisco Nexus 9300-EX, 9300-FX/FXP/FX2/FX3, and 9300-GX platform switches.

9.3(6)

Configure VXLAN EVPN Multi-Site storm control

VXLAN Flood and Learn

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9300-GX platform switches.

9.3(6)

Guidelines and Limitations for VXLAN

VXLAN with IPv6 in the Underlay (VXLANv6)

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9300-GX platform switches.

9.3(6)

Configure VXLAN with IPv6 in the Underlay (VXLANv6)

ARP suppression with reflective relay

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9364C, 9300-EX, 9300-FX/FX2/FXP, and 9300-GX platform switches.

9.3(5)

Guidelines and Limitations for VXLAN

Dual RD support for Multi-Site

Introduced this behavior for Cisco Nexus 9332C, 9364C, 9300-EX, and 9300-FX/FX2/FXP platform switches and Cisco Nexus 9500 platform switches with -EX/FX line cards.

9.3(5)

Supported platforms and configuration guidelines for VXLAN EVPN Multi-Site

Configure dual RD support for Multi-Site

Layer 3 Tenant Routed Multicast

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9300-GX platform switches.

9.3(5)

Supported features and limitations of Layer 3 TRM

Proportional Multipath for VNF

Introduced the following enhancements for Cisco Nexus 9364C, 9300-EX, and 9300-FX/FX2 platform switches:

  • Added the ability to have only eBGP or iBGP filter the ECMP paths, rather than using mixed paths.

  • Added the maximum-paths local number command, which allows multiple local paths to be chosen as the BGP best path.

9.3(5)

Proportional Multipaths for VNF

Prerequisites for Proportional Multipath for VNF

Configure the Leaf or ToR

Configure the Border Leaf or Border Gateway

Q-in-VNI and selective Q-in-VNI

Added support for vPC Fabric Peering.

9.3(5)

Selective Q-in-VNIs

Configure the Q-in-VNI

Q-in-VNI, selective Q-in-VNI, selective Q-in-VNI with multiple provider VLANs, and QinQ-QinVNI

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9300-GX platform switches.

9.3(5)

Configuring Q-in-VNI over VXLAN

Seamless integration of EVPN with L3VPN (MPLS SR)

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9300-GX platform switches.

9.3(5)

Guidelines and Limitations for Configuring Seamless Integration of EVPN with L3VPN (MPLS SR)

Seamless Integration of EVPN (TRM) with MVPN

Introduced this feature for Cisco Nexus 9500 platform switches with the N9K-X9636C-RX line card.

9.3(5)

Configuring Seamless Integration of EVPN (TRM) with MVPN

Secure VXLAN EVPN Multi-Site using CloudSec

Introduced this feature for Cisco Nexus 9300-FX2 platform switches.

9.3(5)

Selective Q-in-VNI + Advertise PIP on a VTEP

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9300-EX, 9300-FX/FX2/FXP, and 9300-GX platform switches.

9.3(5)

Selective Q-in-VNIs

Selective Q-in-VNI and VXLAN VLAN on same port

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9300-EX, 9300-FX/FX2/FXP, and 9300-GX platform switches.

9.3(5)

Selective Q-in-VNIs

vPC Fabric Peering

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9300-GX platform switches.

9.3(5)

Supported platforms and limitations for vPC fabric peering

VXLAN EVPN loop detection and mitigation

Introduced this feature for Cisco Nexus 9332C, 9364C, 9300-EX, 9300-FX/FX2/FXP, and 9300-GX platform switches and Cisco Nexus 9500 platform switches with -EX/FX line cards.

9.3(5)

Supported features and limitations for VXLAN EVPN loop detection and mitigation

VXLAN EVPN Multi-Site

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9300-GX platform switches.

9.3(5)

Supported platforms and configuration guidelines for VXLAN EVPN Multi-Site

VXLAN EVPN with downstream VNI

Introduced this feature for Cisco Nexus 9332C, 9364C, 9300-EX, and 9300-FX/FX2/FXP platform switches and Cisco Nexus 9500 platform switches with -EX/FX line cards.

9.3(5)

Supported features for VXLAN EVPN with downstream VNI

Configure VRF for VXLAN routing

Verification commands for VXLAN EVPN with downstream VNIs

VXLAN over parent interface that carries subinterfaces

Added the ability for subinterfaces on VXLAN uplinks to carry non-VXLAN L3 IP traffic for Cisco Nexus 9332C, 9364C, 9300-EX, 9300-FX/FX2/FXP, and 9300-GX platform switches and Cisco Nexus 9500 platform switches with -EX/FX line cards.

9.3(5)

Guidelines and Limitations for VXLAN

vPC Considerations for VXLAN Deployment

Guidelines for external VRF connectivity and route leaking

VXLAN QoS configuration on the DCI handoff node

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9300-GX platform switches.

9.3(5)

Guidelines and Limitations for VXLAN QoS

VXLAN static tunnels

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9300-FX3 and 9300-GX platform switches.

9.3(5)

About VXLAN Static Tunnels

VXLAN BGP EVPN

Added support for L2 and L3 EVPN, ingress replication, and multicast underlays for Cisco Nexus 9300-GX platform switches.

9.3(3)

Configure VXLAN BGP EVPN

Configuring the Underlay

Layer 3 Tenant Routed Multicast

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9504 and 9508 platform switches with -R/RX line cards.

9.3(3)

Configure Tenant Routed Multicast

TRM with Multi-Site

Added support for border gateways to connect to external multicast networks.

9.3(3)

TRM Border Leaf with vPC Support

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9504 and 9508 platform switches with -R/RX line cards.

9.3(3)

Supported features and limitations of Layer 3 TRM

VXLAN static tunnels

Introduced this feature for Cisco Nexus 9332C, 9364C, 9300-EX, and 9300-FX/FX2 platform switches.

9.3(3)

About VXLAN Static Tunnels

OAM

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9300-GX platform switches.

9.3(3)

Supported platforms and releases for VXLAN NGOAM

Cross Connect

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9300-GX platform switches.

9.3(3)

Configure VXLAN Cross Connect

ARP suppression

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9300-GX platform switches.

9.3(3)

Configure VXLAN

IGMP snooping

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9300-GX platform switches.

9.3(3)

Configuring IGMP Snooping

VXLAN to SRv6 (L3VPN) handoff

Added support for sending and receiving VXLAN packets to and from an SRv6 core or WAN for Cisco Nexus 9300-GX platform switches.

9.3(3)

Configuring Seamless Integration of EVPN with L3VPN SRv6

PV translation

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9300-GX platform switches.

9.3(3)

Configuring Port VLAN Mapping

VXLAN QoS

Add support for default mode for Cisco Nexus 9300-GX platform switches.

9.3(3)

Configuring VXLAN QoS

OAM

Enhanced the show ngoam pathtrace statistics summary command to display the total pathtrace requests received.

9.3(3)

Best practice for fault isolation and verification tools

BGP EVPN filtering

Describes the requirements for route filtering and attributes handling, arising from the implementation of BGP NLRIs of address family L2VPN EVPN.

9.3(1)

Configuring BGP EVPN Filtering

Seamless integration of EVPN with L3VPN (MPLS LDP)

Introduced this feature.

9.3(1)

Configuring Seamless Integration of EVPN with L3VPN (MPLS LDP)

Seamless integration of EVPN with L3VPN (MPLS SR)

Introduced this feature.

9.3(1)

Configuring Seamless Integration of EVPN with L3VPN (MPLS SR)

Proportional Multipath for VNF

Introduced this feature.

9.3(1)

Configuring Proportional Multipath for VNF

TRM with Multi-Site

Introduced this feature.

9.3(1)

Configure Multi-Site

vPC Fabric Peering

Added support for Cisco Nexus 9300-EX platform switches.

9.3(1)

Configuring vPC Fabric Peering

VXLAN with IPv6 in the underlay (VXLANv6)

Added support for an IPv6 VTEP.

9.3(1)

Configure VXLAN with IPv6 in the Underlay (VXLANv6)

VXLAN VRF leaking

Introduced this feature.

9.3(1)

Configure External VRF Connectivity and Route Leaking