Cisco Cisco Packet Data Gateway (PDG)

VPC-DI Changes in Release 17

VPC-DI Feature Changes for 17.0 ▀

Release Change Reference, StarOS Release 17 ▄

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CSCup57481 - CFE support for passthrough NIC types

Feature Changes

Support for Passthrough vNICs

Changes to VPC-DI CFE (Common Firmware Environment) now support the following vNIC types on Cisco UCS
servers/blade running SF (Service Function) vital machines:

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VMware – ESX eNIC

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VMware – ixgbe (Linux base driver for 10 Gigabit Ethernet controllers)

The above passthrough vNICs are supported on Cisco UCS platforms equipped with Cisco Virtual Interface Card (VIC)
1225/1240/1280.

CSCuq13550 - ‘show hardware’ should show NIC multi-q support, hugepage,

etc...

Feature Changes

Enhancements to show hardware Command

The output of the show hardware command now displays additional information for vNIC interfaces.

Performance Indicator Changes

show hardware

The output of this command now displays additional information about vNIC interfaces obtained from the hypervisor,
including:

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MAC addresses, vNIC types

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Rx and Tx queues

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NODE-ID

CSCuq13580 - SI/DI installer should have option to leave VMs running

Feature Changes

Leave VMs Running After Hypervisor Installation

VPC-SI installer now includes -R option to leave virtual machine (VM) running after installation.