New and Changed Information

New and Changed Information

This section provides information on new features and changed behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 3.1 (x).

Table 1. New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 3.1(3)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

VLAN Groups in vNIC Templates

You can select VLAN groups in addition to any individual VLAN, while creating a vNIC template.

Creating a vNIC Template

Automatic configuration of fabric interconnect server ports

Cisco UCS Manager automatically determines the type of device connected to the switch port and configures the switch port accordingly.

Automatically Configuring Server Ports

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

Feature

Description

Where Documented

Cisco UCS Manager Adapter Redundancy Groups added to vNIC Template pairs

Cisco UCS Manager supports adapter redundancy groups in vNIC template pairs and enables validation of redundancy on a service profile.

Creating vNIC Template Pairs

Configuring QoS System Classes

Undo vNIC Template Pairs

Cisco UCS Manager VXLAN with Receive Side-Scaling (RSS) stateless offloading

Cisco UCS Manager supports VXLAN with Receive Side-Scaling (RSS) stateless offload on VIC adapters 1340, 1380, 1385, 1387, and SIOC on Cisco UCS C3260 for ESXi 6.0 and later releases.

Configuring an Ethernet Adapter Policy to Enable Stateless Offloads with VXLAN

Cisco UCS Manager IO Timeout Retry and LUN Queue Depth added for Windows environments

Cisco UCS Manager supports two new options for fiber channel adapter policies for Windows environments. IO Retry Timeout adjusts the IO retry timeout after a pending command expires on a network device. LUN queue depth adjusts the initial queue depth for all LUNs on the adapter.

Ethernet and Fibre Channel Adapter Policies