New and Changed Information

New and Changed Information

This section provides information on new features and changed behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.1.

Table 1. New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, 4.1(3e)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

The Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)

In Multicast Policy, added IGMP Source IP Proxy State to manage the multicast membership requirements.

Multicast Policy, Configuring IGMP Parameters, and Modifying Multicast Policy Parameters

Fabric Port-Channel vHBA Reset

Ethernet uplink fabric mode supports the Fabric Port-Channel vHBA reset configuration.

Fabric Port-Channel vHBA, Enabling Fabric Port Channel vHBA reset, and Disabling fabric port channel vHBA reset

Table 2. New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.1(3a)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)

Install secure FPGA in fabric interconnect.

Installing Secure FPGA

Priority Flow Control (PFC) Watchdog Interval

Configure PFC watchdog interval to detect whether packets in a no-drop queue are being drained within a specified time period.

Priority Flow Control Watchdog Interval

Table 3. New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.1(2a)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

GENEVE Offload Feature

Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.1(2a) supports Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation

GENEVE Offload

Table 4. New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.1(1)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

NVMe over Fabrics (NVMeoF) using RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) v2

Cisco UCS Manager 4.1(1a) now supports configuring a RoCE v2 Ethernet adapter policy to use NVMeoF protocols with Cisco UCS VIC 1400 Series adapters on Linux.

Ethernet and Fibre Channel Adapter Policies

New algorithm for RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) protocol

Cisco UCS Manager 4.1(1a) now supports the RoCE v2 protocol on Cisco UCS VIC 1400 Series adapters.

RDMA Over Converged Ethernet Overview