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Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager (DNCM), Release 7.2.x includes the new features, enhancements, and hardware support that are described in the following sections:
Cisco Prime DCNM, Release 7.2(3), includes the new features, enhancements, and hardware support that are described in the following section:
Config templates feature allows you to assign or modify a parameter value in the template content. You can perform arithmetic operations, string manipulations and also apply CLIs based on the device state. Config template uses the Java runtime provided Java script environment to perform arithmetic operations, string manipulations in the template syntax.
This configuration will include a full startup configuration including interface configuration, vmtracker, Loopback, NVE, BGP, and so on. This release will have the basic visualization support. The goal is to show the VXLAN devices in single pane to visualize VXLAN infrastructure.
Previously, Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches supported Explicit Binding resulting in vfc names as vfc<#>. From Release 7.2(3), Cisco Nexus 5000 Release 7.3(0)N1(1) supports Implicit binding for the vfc. Implicit Binding allows the automatic binding of a vfc1/1 to Ethernet port eth1/1 and only eth1/1 interfaces.
There are no new software features introduced in the Cisco Prime DCNM Release 7.2(2a).
Cisco Prime DCNM, Release 7.2(2), includes the new features, enhancements, and hardware support that are described in the following section:
This configuration will include a full startup configuration including: interface configuration, multi-MD, vmtracker, Loopback, NVE, BGP, Multicast, etc.
This release will have the basic visualization support. The goal is to show the VXLAN devices in single pane to visualize VXLAN infrastructure.
Cisco Prime DCNM, Release 7.2(1), includes the new features, enhancements, and hardware support that are described in the following section:
To provide a cost-effective solution for providing FCoE for host connections, support for FCoE over Fabric Extender (FEX) port is provided. This will drive Per-port FCoE cost down and help in positioning Cisco Nexus 7000 series switches at the edge network. To allow FCoE support over FEX, FEX port which is part of a Ethernet-vdc will be shared to the storage VDC. FEX is connected to the Cisco Nexus 7000 series switches through Fabric port-channel (FPC).
The following FCoE FEX models are supported:
This feature brings support for T11's FC-BB_E standard FCoE over lossless Ethernet on F3-series line card variants to Cisco Nexus 7000 series and Cisco Nexus 7700 series platforms in storage VDC.
The following F3 cards are supported on FCoE:
The 4-port VPC provides capability for user of Cisco Nexus 5600/6000 series switch to be able to bind a VFC interface to an individual port member of port-channel that has multiple port members. There can be at least 2 VFCs each binds to an individual member of a port-channel that has 2 port members. Binding a VFC to a port-channel that has multiple port members is still not supported.
This feature is available only for 2300 series FEX connected to 5600/6000 series switches.
Cisco Prime DCNM, Release 7.2(1), Web Client allows you to view the LAN topology, based on various following parameters:
Cisco Prime DCNM, Release 7.2(1), allows you to suppress the specified events based on the user-specified suppressor rules from the Web Client. Such events will not be displayed on the Cisco Prime DCNM Web Client and SAN Client. The events will neither be persisted to Cisco Prime DCNM database, nor forwarded via email/SNMP trap.
Cisco Prime DCNM, Release 7.2(1), allows users to configure E/F port congestion drop, F-port no credit drop and E/F slow-port monitor from Cisco Prime DCNM SAN client and Device Manager.
Cisco Nexus 5600 Series and Nexus 7000 Series Switches can identify VxLAN topology by marking the VTEPs with a different icon. VxLAN support allows you to do the following:
Search the VTEP devices based on VNI or multicast address.
Display VNI, multicast address, mapped VLAN, VNI status in tabular format for a given VNI or multicast address.
Highlight mismatch in multicast address configuration for a given VNI.
Display active peers of VTEP for a given VNI.
Display all VNI, multicast address, VNI status and mapped VLANs of the particular VTEP in switch inventory screen.
This feature allows you to selectively push or clear configuration on devices for a network.
For Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches, Release 7.2(0)D1(1), Cisco Prime DCNM, Release 7.2(1), supports auto-configuration profiles and provides POAP/VOAP support with system-defined POAP/VDC templates.
The following table lists the upgraded path supported on the Cisco Prime DCNM Releases.
Cisco Prime DCNM Installer version |
Release from which you can upgrade |
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Cisco Prime DCNM 7.2(1) ISO/OVA |
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Cisco Prime DCNM 7.2(1) EXE/BIN |
Cisco Prime DCNM Installer version |
Release from which you can upgrade |
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Cisco Prime DCNM 7.2(2) ISO/OVA |
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Cisco Prime DCNM 7.2(2) EXE/BIN |
Cisco Prime DCNM Installer version |
Release from which you can upgrade |
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Cisco Prime DCNM 7.2(2a) ISO/OVA |
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Cisco Prime DCNM 7.2(2a) EXE/BIN |
Cisco Prime DCNM Installer version |
Release from which you can upgrade |
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Cisco Prime DCNM 7.2(3) ISO/OVA |
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Cisco Prime DCNM 7.2(3) EXE/BIN |