New and Changed Information

This chapter provides release-specific information for each new and changed feature in the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Security Guide, Release 6.x.

New and Changed Information

This table summarizes the new and changed features for the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Security Configuration Guide, Release 6.x and tells you where they are documented.

Table 1. New and Changed Features for Cisco NX-OS Release 6.x

Feature

Description

Changed in Release

Where Documented

MAC packet classification

Introduced this feature.

6.1(2)I3(2)

Configuring MAC ACLs

Policy-based ACLs (PBACLs)

Introduced this feature.

6.1(2)I3(2)

Configuring IP ACLs

Rate limiters

Added support for FEX traffic.

6.1(2)I2(3)

Configuring Rate Limits

Traffic storm control

Added support for traffic storm control counters, including the ability to generate an SNMP trap and a syslog message when the traffic storm control limit is reached.

6.1(2)I2(2a)

Configuring Traffic Storm Control

CoPP

Added support for Layer 2 CoPP policies.

6.1(2)I2(1)

Configuring Control Plane Policing

DHCP

Added support for VLANs and vPCs.

6.1(2)I2(1)

Configuring DHCP

IP ACLs

Added support for VLAN interfaces and additional TCAM region options.

6.1(2)I2(1)

Configuring IP ACLs

MAC ACLs

Introduced this feature.

6.1(2)I2(1)

Configuring MAC ACLs

Port ACLs

Introduced this feature.

6.1(2)I2(1)

Configuring IP ACLs

Rate limiters

Added support for catch-all exception traffic, Layer 3 glean packets, and Layer 3 multicast data packets.

6.1(2)I2(1)

Configuring Rate Limits

Traffic storm control

Introduced this feature.

6.1(2)I2(1)

Configuring Traffic Storm Control

User roles

Added support for VLAN policies.

6.1(2)I2(1)

Configuring User Accounts and RBAC

VLAN ACLs

Introduced this feature.

6.1(2)I2(1)

Configuring VLAN ACLs