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Cisco UCS Manager Network Management Guide, Release 4.0

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Updated:: August 9, 2018

Chapter: New and Changed Information

New and Changed Information
New and Changed Information
New and Changed Information

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

New and Changed Information

This section provides information on new features and changed behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.0.

Table 3. New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.0(4a)
Feature	Description	Where Documented
Support for FCoE uplink ports in Fibre Channel switch mode on the Cisco UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnect.	Cisco UCS Manager now supports FCoE uplink ports in Fibre Channel switch mode on the Cisco UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnect.	Fibre Channel Switching Mode FCoE Uplink Ports
Support for 16 unified ports on the Cisco UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnect.	The Cisco UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnect supported 8 unified ports (ports 1 - 8) with Cisco UCS Manager 4.0(1) and 4.0(2), but with release 4.0(4) and later it supports 16 unified ports (ports 1 - 16).	Fabric Interconnect Port Types
Configuring an Ethernet Adapter policy for RSS on VMware ESXi.	Cisco UCS Manager provides eNIC support for the Receive Side Scaling (RSS) feature on ESXi 5.5 and later releases.	Configuring an Ethernet Adapter Policy to Enable eNIC Support for RSS on VMware ESXi

Table 4. New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.0(2a)
Feature	Description	Where Documented
Ethernet and Fibre Channel Switching Mode support for UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnects	Cisco UCS Manager now supports Ethernet and Fibre Channel Switching Mode support for UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnects.	Fabric Interconnect Switching Modes
Breakout Uplink Ports for UCS 6454	Cisco UCS Manager now supports breakout uplink ports for UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnects.	Port Breakout Functionality on Cisco UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnects
MAC Security	Cisco UCS Manager now supports MAC Security on UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnects.	Network Control Policy
QoS Slow Drain	This feature provides various enhancements that enable you to detect slow drain devices that cause congestion in the network, and also mitigate it.	QoS Slow Drain Device Detection and Mitigation

Table 5. New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.0(1a)
Feature	Description	Where Documented
Virtual Machine Multi-Queue (VMMQ)	Cisco UCS Manager now supports multi-queue for VMQ connection policies.	Creating a VMQ Connection Policy
Forward Error Correction (FEC)	Cisco UCS Manager now supports Forward Error Correction for 25 Gbps tranceiver modules.	Configuring an Ethernet Port for Forward Error Correction
Reserved VLAN	Cisco UCS Manager now supports modifying the reserved VLAN ID.	Modifying Reserved VLANs

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