New and Changed Information

New and Changed Information

This section provides information on new feature and changed behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.0(4a).

Table 1. New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.0(4a)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

Persistent Memory Modules

Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.0(4) introduces support for the Intel® Optane™ Data Center persistent memory modules on the UCS M5 servers that are based on the Second Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors.

This release provides the ability to configure and manage Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory modules through Cisco UCS Manager.

Persistent Memory Modules

Cisco Boot Optimized M.2 RAID Controller

Cisco UCS Manager supports Cisco boot optimized M.2 RAID controller (UCS-M2-HWRAID).

Local Devices Boot

Disk Scrub for boot drives and VDs in Cisco UCS S3260 M4 and Cisco UCS S3260 M5 Storage Servers

Cisco UCS Manager extends support for scrubbing boot drives and VDs in Cisco UCS S3260 M4 and Cisco UCS S3260 M5 Storage Servers

Scrub Policy Settings

Persistent Memory Scrub

Cisco UCS Manager extends support for persistent memory scrub, which enables you to preserve or remove the persistent memory configuration and data on a server.

Scrub Policy Settings

Alternate KVM Port

Cisco UCS Manager allows you to configure a port number between 1024 and 49151 as the KVM port.

KVM Management Policy

This section provides information on new feature and changed behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.0(2a).

Table 2. New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.0(2a)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

Cisco UCS C480 M5 ML Server

Cisco UCS Manager extends support for all existing features on Cisco UCS C480 M5 ML Server.

Server Management Overview

Cisco UCS VIC 1495

Cisco UCS Manager extends support for all existing features on Cisco UCS VIC 1495.

Server Management Overview

Cisco UCS VIC 1497

Cisco UCS Manager extends support for all existing features on Cisco UCS VIC 1497.

Server Management Overview

This section provides information on new feature and changed behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.0(1a).

Table 3. New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.0(1a)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

Cisco UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnect

This release introduces Cisco UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnect that support 10/25 Gigabit ports in the fabric with 40/100 Gigabit uplink ports.

Server Management Overview

Cisco UCS VIC 1455

In Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.0(1a), Cisco UCS VIC 1455 are supported.

Server Management Overview

Cisco UCS C125 M5 Server

Cisco UCS Manager extends support for all existing features on Cisco UCS C125 M5 Server.

Rack-Enclosure Server Management