- New and Changed Information
- Fabric Overview
- Configuring and Managing VSANs
- Creating Dynamic VSANs
- Configuring and Managing Zones
- Distributing Device Alias Services
- Configuring Fibre Channel Routing Services and Protocols
- Configuring Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
- Managing FLOGI, Name Server, FDMI, and RSCN Databases
- Discovering SCSI Targets
- Configuring FICON
- Advanced Features and Concepts
- Configuring Fibre Channel Common Transport Management Security
New and Changed Information
This chapter lists the New and Changed features for this guide, starting with MDS NX-OS Release 5.0(1a).
Feature |
New and Change Topics |
Changed in Release |
Where Documented |
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Zone Server Enhancements |
The Zone Server performance is enhanced using the following features: |
7.3(0)D1(1) |
Configuring and Managing Zones |
Device Alias Diffs-only Distribution |
When this feature is enabled on all the switches in a fabric, it enables better scalability. |
7.3(0)D1(1) |
Device Alias Diffs-Only Distribution |
Organizationally Unique Identifiers |
This feature introduces a new command which enables dynamic addition of Organizationally Unique Identifiers (OUIs) to the system OUI database. |
7.3(0)D1(1) |
Organizationally Unique Identifiers |
Confirm commit device-alias Confirm commit zone |
Added pending-diff display on commit for zone and device-alias. |
6.2(9) |
Organizationally Unique IdentifiersConfiguring and Managing Zones |
FC and FCOE Scale – Device Alias |
Added “Device Alias Configuration Best Practices” section. |
6.2(9) |
Organizationally Unique Identifiers |
Fibre Channel Common Transport Management Server Query |
Configuring Fibre Channel Common Transport Management Server Query |
6.2(9) |
Configuring Fibre Channel Common Transport Management Security |
FCNS, RSCN |
Added bulk notification feature to improve the performance of all the components listening to FCNS database changes. Added coalesced SWRSCN to improve RSCN performance. Added “Displaying Fabric Switch Information” section. |
6.2(7) |
Managing FLOGI, Name Server, FDMI, and RSCN Databases |
Smart Zoning |
Added the command output. |
6.2(7) |
Configuring and Managing Zones |
Smart Zoning |
Added the Smart Zoning section. |
5.2.6 |
Configuring and Managing Zones |
FICON Tape Read Acceleration |
Added “FICON Tape Acceleration” section. |
5.0(1a) |
Configuring FICON |