New and Changed

New and Changed Information

This section provides information on new features and changed behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.3.

Table 1. New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.3(6f)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

Support for RS Cons 16 and RS 1eee configuration options

Cisco UCS Manager now supports RS Cons 16 and RS 1eee configuration options for Ethernet Port Forward Error Correction.

Table 2. New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.3(5a)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

Configuring MACsec Key with Type 6

Cisco UCS Manager adds support for configuring Media Access Control Security (MACsec) with Type 6 encryption, utilizing the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).

Creating a MACsec Key

Table 3. New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.3(4b)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

Support for Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects 9108 100G

Cisco UCS Manager now supports Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects 9108 100G (Cisco UCS X-Series Direct)
Table 4. New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.3(4b)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

Support for Cisco UCS C-Series M8 servers

Cisco UCS Manager now supports Cisco UCS C245 M8 Servers.

Single Root I/O Virtualization HPN Connection Policy

Table 5. New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.3(4a)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

Configuring MACsec Cisco UCS Manager introduces support for configuring Media Access Control Security (MACsec) encryption. About MACsec
Table 6. New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.3(2c)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

Support Cisco UCS X-Series Servers

Cisco UCS Manager supports Cisco UCS X410c M7 Compute Node.

Cisco UCS X-Series servers support Intelligent Fabric Modules (IFM), which function similarly to the Input/Output Module (IOM) in Cisco UCS B-Series servers.

Support for Cisco UCS VIC cards

Cisco UCS Manager supports the following Cisco UCS VIC cards:

  • Cisco UCS VIC 15230

  • Cisco UCS VIC 15427

  • Cisco UCS VIC 15237 mLOM

Table 7. New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.3(2b)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

Support Cisco UCS C-Series M7 servers

Cisco UCS Manager supports the following C-Series M7 servers:

  • Cisco UCS C240 M7 Server

  • Cisco UCS C220 M7 Server

Support Cisco UCS X-Series chassis and servers

Cisco UCS Manager supports Cisco UCS X9508 server chassis with the following Cisco UCS X-Series servers:

  • Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node

Cisco UCS X-Series servers support Intelligent Fabric Modules (IFM), which function similarly to the Input/Output Module (IOM) in Cisco UCS B-Series servers.

Support for VIC QinQ Tunneling Cisco UCS Manager introduces support for VIC QinQ Tunneling.

Support for SR-IOV

Cisco UCS Manager provides Single Root I/O Virtualization High Performance Networking (SRIOV-HPN) Connection Policy support.

Deprecated support for Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series M4 servers

Cisco UCS Manager deprecates support for Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series M4 servers.

Deprecated support for Cisco UCS 6200 series Fabric Interconnect

Cisco UCS Manager deprecates support for Cisco UCS 6200 series Fabric Interconnects.