New and Changed Information

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 Manager, Release 3.1(3)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

Server SIOC Connectivity Functionality

Using this functionality, you can configure the data path through both the primary and auxiliary SIOCs when the chassis has single server and dual SIOCs set up.

Storage Server Features and Components Overview

Cisco UCS C3260/C3X60 re-branding.

Beginning with Cisco UCS Manager Release 3.1(3), Cisco UCS C3260/C3X60 is renamed to Cisco UCS S3260. You may still see certain components in the system labeled as C3260/C3X60. For this release, the terms S3260 and C3260/C3X60 are used interchangeably. Both, S3260 and C3260/C3X60, refer to the same hardware component.

Storage Server Features and Components Overview

Security Policies for Self-Encrypting Drives, and KMIP Support

Self-Encrypting Drives (SEDs) have a special hardware that encrypts incoming data and decrypts outgoing data in real-time. A media encryption key controls this encryption and decryption. SEDs need to be locked by providing a security key identifier and a security key. The security key is used to encrypt the media encryption key. You can configure security keys locally, or remotely using a KMIP server. In this release, Cisco UCS Manager supports SEDs on Cisco UCS C-Series and S-Series servers.

Security Policies for Self-Encrypting Drives

Table 2. New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 3.1(2)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

Cisco UCS Manager integration with Cisco UCS C3260 System.

Support for Cisco UCS C3260 storage server in a single (with an optional HDD or IO expander tray) or dual server deployment. Dynamic storage configuration is achieved by assigning ownership of drives to server nodes.

Creating a Disk Zoning Policy

User defined FC zones

Support for creating and deleting user-defined FC zones and FC zone profiles.

Configuring Cisco UCS Manager Fibre Channel Zoning