New and Changed Information

This chapter contains the following sections:

New and changed information

The table provides an overview of the significant changes to this guide for this release. The table does not provide an exhaustive list of all changes made to the guide or of the new features up to this release.

Table 1. New features and changed information for Cisco APIC release 6.1(2)

Feature

Description

Where documented

Another round of next generation updates for the user interface

This release introduces a preview of the next generation Cisco APIC user interface. With this preview, you can get an idea of upcoming development of the GUI.

Preview the next generation user interface

Preview of the next generation user interface

This release introduces a preview of the next generation Cisco APIC user interface. With this preview, you can get an idea of upcoming development of the GUI.

Preview the next generation user interface

Migrating physical APICs to virtual APICs and virtual APICs to physical APICs

You can migrate Cisco APICs from a physical APIC cluster to a virtual APIC cluster deployed on an ESXi host (using VMware vCenter), or from a virtual APIC cluster (on an ESXi host) to a physical APIC cluster.

Migration of APICs

Warm standby functionality

The warm standby functionality enables you to synchronize data when the pod or data center site is healthy. The same healthy pod or data center site is used when the pod or data center site is lost. The warm standby feature helps to synchronize the database from the other pod or data center site to the warm standby node. When a disaster occurs, the warm standby has the data and can recover the cluster without data loss.

Warm Standby for a Cisco APIC Cluster