Extreme Fabric Automation 2.5.0 provides the following features and improvements.
Feature | Description |
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Suppressing or enabling ARP and neighbor discovery | You can use new parameters for the efa tenant epg
create command to suppress or enable Address
Resolution Protocol (ARP) or neighbor discovery.
For more information, see the Extreme Fabric Automation Command Reference, 2.5.0 . |
Software Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) sessions on the Cluster Edge Port (CEP) on SLX 9150 and SLX 9250 devices | The efa tenant epg create command provides the
single-homed-bfd-session-type parameter, with
which you can set the BFD session type to software, hardware, or
auto. For more information, see the Extreme Fabric Automation Command Reference, 2.5.0 . |
Shared VRF and endpoint groups for a shared tenant | You can use the following commands to configure shared VRF and shared endpoint
groups.
For more information, see the Extreme Fabric Automation Command Reference, 2.5.0 . |
Local ASNs per tenant VRF | You can use the new --local-asn parameter for the efa tenant vrf
create and efa tenant vrf
update commands to configure the local ASN during
creation and update activities. For more information, see the Extreme Fabric Automation Command Reference, 2.5.0 . |
SNMP, NTP, and MTU configuration persists after upgrade and is then managed by EFA | After upgrade, use the EFA CLI for changes to these
configurations. For more information, see the Extreme Fabric Automation Administration Guide, 2.5.0 . |
NTP configuration on an SLX device persists in the EFA database | You can configure NTP at the device and fabric levels using the
efa inventory device ntp server create
command. For more information, see the Extreme Fabric Automation Command Reference, 2.5.0 . |
Redundant Management Ethernet configuration on an SLX interface persists in the EFA database | For SLX 9150, SLX 9250, and SLX 9740, use the new efa
inventory device interface redundant-management
command to configure RME. For more information, see the Extreme Fabric Automation Command Reference, 2.5.0 . |
Enabling or disabling telemetry, specifically the operational state for all modules including BGP, interface, and platform | Use the efa inventory device telemetry command
with the --enable bool parameter. For more information, see the Extreme Fabric Automation Command Reference, 2.5.0 . |
TPVM upgrade while EFA is running | You can upgrade a TPVM image where TPVM is installed and running
with an EFA instance. For more information, see the Extreme Fabric Automation Deployment Guide, 2.5.0 . |
Extra routes in Neutron | API with basic ECMP (non-resilient hashing) on the OpenStack
Layer 3 plugin. For more information, see the Extreme Fabric Automation OpenStack Integration Guide, 2.5.0 . |
OpenStack journaling | Enhancements have been added to Journaling:
For more information, see the Extreme Fabric Automation OpenStack Integration Guide, 2.5.0 . |
Security hardening | A new guide describes such topics as user authentication, MD5
authentication, and security hardening. For more information, see the Extreme Fabric Automation Security Guide, 2.5.0 . |