New and Changed Information

This chapter lists the New and Changed features for this guide, starting with MDS NX-OS Release 5.0(1a).

Table 1 New and Changed Features

Feature

New and Change Topics

Changed in Release

Where Documented

Zone Server Enhancements

The Zone Server performance is enhanced using the following features:

  • Zone Server FCNS Shared Database

  • Zone Server SNMP Optimizations

  • Zone Server Delta Distribution

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