New and Changed Information

New and Changed Information

This chapter provides release-specific information for each new and changed feature in the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS System Management Command Reference. The latest version of this document is available at the following Cisco website:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/switches/nexus-7000-series-switches/products-command-reference-list.html

To check for additional information about this Cisco NX-OS Release, see the Cisco NX-OS Release Notes available at the following Cisco website:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/switches/nexus-7000-series-switches/products-release-notes-list.html

Table 1 summarizes the new and changed features for the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS System Management Command Reference, and tells you where they are documented.

 

Table 1 New and Changed Features

Feature
Description
Changed in Release

Fan tray maintenance mode

Modified the hardware fan-tray maintenance-mode command. By default, the fans will now run at 85% speed for approximately 4 minutes when this command is used.

8.1(1)

GIR

Added the system mode maintenance non-interactive, system mode maintenance snapshot-delay and show maintenance snapshot-delay commands.

8.0(1)

Fan tray maintenance mode

Added the hardware fan-tray maintenance-mode command.

7.2(0)D1(1)

Flexible NetFlow

Added the show flow monitor command to replace the deprecated show flow sw-monitor command.

6.2(10)

diagnostic eem action conservative

This command was introduced.

6.2(8)

snmp-server enable traps

The cbgp2 keyword was added.

6.2(8)

IP access list logging

This command was introduced.

6.2(6)

Added parameters to the output of the show logging ip access-list cache command.

BloggerD

This command was introduced.

6.2(2)

 

This command was introduced.

6.2(2)

 

This command was introduced.

6.2(2)

Converting CLI Commands to Network Configuration Format

This command was introduced.

6.2(2)

NTP

Added the match-all keyword to the ntp access-group command.

6.2(2)

 

This command was introduced.

6.2(2)

 

This command was introduced.

6.2(2)

 

This command was introduced.

6.2(2)

 

This command was introduced.

6.2(2)

 

This command was introduced.

6.2(2)

 

This command was introduced.

6.2(2)

SPAN

This command was introduced.

6.2(2)

 

This command was introduced.

6.2(2)

 

This command was introduced.

6.2(2)

 

This command was introduced.

6.2(2)

 

This command was introduced.

6.2(2)

 

This command was introduced.

6.2(2)

 

This command was introduced.

6.2(2)

 

Added support for F2e Series modules with 100 microseconds and 100 nanoseconds granularity.

6.2(2)

 

Added the rx, tx, and shut keywords to the monitor session command.

6.2(2)

 

This command was introduced.

6.2(2)

 

This command was introduced.

6.2(2)

 

This command was introduced.

6.2(2)

System Cores

This command was introduced.

6.2(2)

 

Added the 5sec, 1min, and 5min keywords to the show cpu processes sort command.

6.2(2)

 

Added the sort keyword to the show processes memory command.

6.2(2)

Troubleshooting Features

This command was introduced.

6.2(2)

flow timeout

Added the seconds argument for the syntax description and also the note.

6.1(2)

Energy Efficient Ethernet

This command was introduced.

6.1(2)

This command was introduced.

6.1(2)

This command was introduced.

6.1(2)

This command was introduced.

6.1(2)

header-type

This command was introduced.

6.1(1)

monitor erspan granularity

This command was introduced.

6.1(1)

mtu

Starting with 6.1, MTU truncation also support ERSPAN session.

6.1(1)

sampling

This command was introduced.

6.1(1)

show flow timeout

Changed the command output.

6.1(1)

ptp source

vrf option is deprecated in Cisco NX-OS 6.1(1) release.

6.1(1)

show monitor session

Changed the command output for erspan-source sessions.

6.1(1)

NetFlow hardware

The show hardware ip command has been changed to the show hardware flow command.

6.0(1)

Flexible Netflow

The show flow monitor command has been changed to the show flow-sw monitor command.

6.0(1)

Callhome

Added the ability to send HTTP messages through an HTTP proxy server.

5.2(1)

EEM event correlation

Added support for multiple event triggers in a single EEM policy.

5.2(1)

Logging

Added the ability to support descriptions for physical Ethernet interfaces and subinterfaces in the system message log.

5.2(1)

Network Time Protocol

Changed the [no] ntp enable command to the [no] feature ntp command.

Added the ability to configure the device as the NTP authoritative server, enabling it to distribute time even if it is not synchronized to an existing time server.

5.2(1)

Precision Time Protocol

Added support for PTP is a time synchronization protocol nodes distributed across a network. This protocol provides greater accuracy than other time synchronization protocols.

5.2(1)

SPAN Monitor

Added the ability to configure MTU truncation, the source rate limit, and the multicast best effort mode for each SPAN session and the ability to configure MTU truncation and the multicast best effort mode for each ERSPAN session.

5.2(1)

Encapsulated Remote Switched Port Analyzer (ERSPAN)

You can now configure and monitor ERSPAN for analyzing traffic between ports.

5.1(1)

AAA MSCHAP V2 authentication

Added the mschapv2 keyword to the aaa authentication login default and show authentication commands.

4.2(1)

AAA accounting log

Added the last-index and start-seqnum keywords to the show accounting log command.

4.2(1)

802.1x authentication

Added the dot1x pae authenticator command.

4.2(1)

RADIUS statistics

Added the clear radius-server statistics command.

4.2(1)

TACACS+ statistics

Added the clear tacacs-server statistics command.

4.2(1)

TACACS+ command authorization

Added the following commands to support TACACS+ command authorication:

  • aaa test authorization command-type
  • show aaa authorization
  • tacacs-server authorization command login default
  • tacacs-server authorization config-command login default
  • terminal verify-only

4.2(1)

Port Security

Changed the following commands to support support port security on port-channel interfaces:

  • clear port-security
  • switchport port-security
  • switchport port-security aging time
  • switchport port-security aging type
  • switchport port-security mac-address
  • switchport port-security mac-address sticky
  • switchport port-security maximum
  • switchport port-security violation

4.2(1)

IP ACLs

Added the fragments command to support optimization of fragment handling during IP ACL processing.

4.2(1)

MAC ACLs

Added or changed the following commands to support MAC packet classification:

  • ip port access-group
  • ipv6 port traffic-filter
  • mac packet-classify

4.2(1)

Cisco Fabric Services

Cisco Fabric Services (CFS) distributes data, including configuration changes, to all Cisco NX-OS devices in a network.

4.1(2)

Ethernet Switched Port Analyzer

Cisco Ethernet Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) destinations are enhanced to support intrusion detection by allowing the following:

  • Injecting packets to disrupt a TCP packet stream.
  • Enabling a forwarding engine to learn the MAC address of the IDS.

4.1(2)

Call Home

Call Home is enhanced to support the distribution of configurations using CFS.

4.1(2)

Locator LEDs

Locator LEDs can be configured to blink to help locate them on the system.

4.1(2)

Online diagnostics (GOLD)

Cisco online diagnostics are enhanced to provide viewing of events, and to display diagnostic information in the output of the show module command.

4.1(2)

Syslog

Syslog facilities are updated to include: AMT, CFS, DCBX, LISP, Routing IPv6 Multicast, and Routing Multicast.

4.1(2)

NTP

Added the ntp enable command.

4.0(3)

New show hardware fabric-utilization commands

Adds commands to view hardware fabric utilization.

4.0(3)

SNMP

Added the snmp-server aaa-user cache-timeout and snmp-server protocol commands.

4.0(3)

SNMP—Multiple Instance Support

Adds commands for SNMP context to logical network entity mapping, including protocol instances and virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instances.

4.0(2)

New NetFlow show commands

Adds commands to view NetFlow hardware flows.

4.0(2)