New and Changed Information for this Release

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New and Changed Information for This Release

The following table provides an overview of the significant changes to this guide for this current release. The table does not provide an exhaustive list of all changes made to this guide or of all new features in this release.

Table 1 New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS Director, Release 5.5

Feature

Description

Where Documented

Hyper-V deployment policy provides option to use previously provisioned VM names and host names

When adding a Hyper-V deployment policy, you can choose to recycle VM names and host names. By default, the check boxes are selected and Cisco UCS Director reuses previously used VM names and host names if the VM has been decommissioned.

Adding a Hyper-V Deployment Policy

SCVMM cloud column added in the compute, network, and storage reports

SCVMM cloud column displays a comma-separated list of cloud names to which the resource is currently assigned. The reports are shown under:

  • Host Groups

  • Host Nodes

  • Logical Networks

  • Port Classifications

  • Storage Classifications

Associate SCVMM cloud drop-down

Associate SCVMM cloud drop-down changes the resource allocations based on the selection.

Adding a Hyper-V Computing Policy

Clone VM

You can clone a VM to make a new VM with similar qualities.

Cloning a VM

Add or Edit VM NIC

You can add or edit a VM NIC.