The following sections detail what is new in this document.
This release includes the ability to perform the following actions in a virtual machine (VM) from EDM. In previous releases, this functionality was available through CLI only:
copy files
run commands
change a user password
For more information, see Virtual Services Configuration using EDM.
In earlier releases, you could not configure the tunnel source address (ip-tunnel-source-address command) if the address belonged to a VRF with an attached I-SID. You can now use an overlay parameter with this command to bypass this restriction.
For more information, see the following tasks:
Continuity Mode is an enhancement to existing Fail Open VLAN and Fail Open I-SID behavior that shortens the transition to the Fail Open VLAN or Fail Open I-SID. This mode is automatically enabled if you configure Fail Open VLAN or Fail Open I-SID; you cannot disable Continuity Mode. Continuity Mode replaces the Fail Open behavior of previous releases.
For more information, see Fail Open VLAN with Continuity Mode and Fail Open I-SID with Continuity Mode.
Note
This feature only applies to the VSP 7400 Series.
This release introduces the ability for a Multi-area SPB boundary node to forward traffic from the UNIs to the remote-area and from the remote-area to the UNIs without requiring an established adjacency in the home area.
For more information, see Configure Multi-area Flags Functionality.
In this release, RESTCONF API support is enhanced to include:
Get all client MAC addresses (mgmt VRF, GRT and user VRF) from the device.
Get all switch client ARP information.
For more information, see Representational State Transfer Configuration Protocol (RESTCONF) Fundamentals.
A new document suite is created to separate feature documentation for the universal hardware products (5520 Series, 5420 Series, and 5320 Series). For more information, see Fabric Engine User Guide.
Note
Prior to Fabric Engine 8.6, 5520 Series and 5420 Series platforms ran VOSS. VOSS support ends for these platforms with VOSS 8.5.x.