New and Changed Information

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• New and Changed Information for this Release, page 1

New and Changed Information for this ReleaseThe following table provides an overview of the significant changes to this guide for this current release. Thetable does not provide an exhaustive list of all changes made to the configuration guides or of the new featuresin this release. For information about new supported hardware in this release, see the Cisco UCS B-SeriesServers Documentation Roadmap available at the followingURL: http://www.cisco.com/go/unifiedcomputing/b-series-doc.

Table 1: New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS, Release 3.0(2)

Where DocumentedDescriptionFeature

This feature is documented inthe following configurationguides:

• Cisco UCS GUIFirmware ManagementGuide for Cisco UCSMini

• Cisco UCS CLIFirmware ManagementGuide for Cisco UCSMini

The firmware managementguides can be found here: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10281/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html

Enables you to manage the firmwareon a PSU.

PSU Firmware Management

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Where DocumentedDescriptionFeature

This feature is documented inthe following configurationguides:

• Cisco UCS B-Series GUISystemMonitoringGuidefor Cisco UCS Mini

• Cisco UCS B-Series CLISystemMonitoringGuidefor Cisco UCS Mini

The system monitoring guidescan be found here: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10281/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html

Enables you to collect IP traffic datafrom netflow capable routers.

Netflow Monitoring

LACP PolicyEnables you to use the link aggregationcontrol protocol (LACP) policy toprovide additional control over linkaggregation groups.

LACP

This feature is documented inthe following configurationguides:

• Cisco UCS B-Series GUISystemMonitoringGuidefor Cisco UCS Mini

• Cisco UCS B-Series CLISystemMonitoringGuidefor Cisco UCS Mini

The system monitoring guidescan be found here: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10281/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html

Enables you to monitor the life span ofsolid state drives on certain Cisco UCSblade servers.

Wear Level Monitoring

CIMC Security PoliciesEnables you to restrict remoteconnectivity and use vMediaencryption.

CIMC Security Enhancements

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Where DocumentedDescriptionFeature

This feature is documented inthe following configurationguides:

• Cisco UCS B-Series GUISystemMonitoringGuidefor Cisco UCS Mini

• Cisco UCS B-Series CLISystemMonitoringGuidefor Cisco UCS Mini

The system monitoring guidescan be found here: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10281/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html

Enables you to view the properties ofgraphics cards and controllers oncertain Cisco UCS rack servers.

Graphics Card Monitoring

This feature is documented inthe following configurationguides:

• Cisco UCS GUIFirmware ManagementGuide for Cisco UCSMini

• Cisco UCS CLIFirmware ManagementGuide for Cisco UCSMini

The firmware managementguides can be found here: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10281/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html

Enables you to view a list of warningsand potential issues before upgrading.

Auto Install FirmwareEnhancements

CIMC Mounted vMediaEnables you to mount virtual mediafrom a remote file location and isavailable through CLI and WebGUICIMC interfaces. This feature supportsmultiple share types including NFS,CIFS, HTTP and HTTPS.

Scriptable vMedia Support

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Where DocumentedDescriptionFeature

Community VLANsEnables you to create communityVLANs on Fabric Interconnects andmaintain multiple community VLANsunder a given primary VLAN. Alsoprovides support for promiscuousaccess and truck modes along withcommunity access for server vNICs.

Community VLAN Support

This feature is documented inthe following configurationguide:

• Cisco UCS B-Series CLISystemMonitoringGuidefor Cisco UCS Mini

The system monitoring guidescan be found here: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10281/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html

Enables you to export log files to aremote server before they are deleted.

Logging Exporter

This feature is documented inthe following configurationguides:

• Cisco UCS B-Series GUISystemMonitoringGuidefor Cisco UCS Mini

• Cisco UCS B-Series CLISystemMonitoringGuidefor Cisco UCS Mini

The system monitoring guidescan be found here: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10281/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html

Enables you to retrieve anonymousreports from the SMTP server. Thisfeature can be enabled even when callhome is disabled.

Anonymous Reporting

Configuring the InformationPolicy on the FabricInterconnect

Displays the uplink switches that areconnected to Cisco UCS. Once youenable information policy on the fabricinterconnect, you can view the LANand SAN neighbors of the fabricinterconnect.

Information Policy on the FabricInterconnect

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Where DocumentedDescriptionFeature

Event Detection and ActionRetrieves the error statistics for theactive network interface ports using theNiErrStats policy. The retrievedinformation is sent to Cisco UCSManager.

Event Detection and Action

DIMM BlacklistingNow supports Cisco C-Series rackserver.

DIMM Blacklisting Support

C-Direct Rack LicensingSupport

Now C-Direct rack licenses aresupported on the ports that areconnected to the rack servers.

C-Direct Rack Licenses

CIMC Secure BootAllows only Cisco signed firmwareimages to be installed and run on theCisco C-Series rack servers.

CIMC Secure Boot

Configuring Server BootNow supports Cisco C-Series rackserver.

UEFI Secure Boot

FlexFlash FX3S SupportUpdated controller for SD cards allowsyou to reset the controller, format theSD cards, and enable automaticsynchronization of your paired SDcards.

FX3S Controller

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