New software feature

New Features

Feature Name:AVC Switching: Export input and output interface informationDescription and License Level Information:

• Support for two predefined directional wired Application Visibility and Control (WDAVC) Flexible NetFlow (FNF) records, ingress and egress, is introduced.
• Support for attaching up to two different WDAVC FNF monitors with different records to an interface at the same time is enabled.

Feature Name:Media Access Control Security (MACsec) port channel supportDescription and License Level Information:

• Provides support for MACsec over port channels for Layer 2 and Layer 3 EtherChannels.

Feature Name:MACsec Key Agreement (MKA) cipher announcement exchangeDescription and License Level Information:

• Support for cipher announcement is enabled. Cipher Announcement allows the supplicant and the authenticator to announce their respective MACsec Cipher Suite capabilities through EAPoL announcements. Two types of EAPoL announcements are supported – Secured announcements and unsecured announcements.

Feature Name:ProgrammabilityDescription and License Level Information:

• The following programmability features are introduced in this release:
• Candidate Configuration—A temporary configuration that can be modified without changing running configuration. You can then choose when to update the device's configuration with the candidate configuration, by committing and confirming the candidate configuration.
• YANG Data Models—For the list of Cisco IOS XE YANG models available with this release, navigate to [here]https://github.com/YangModels/yang/tree/master/vendor/cisco/xe/1691.)
• Revision statements embedded in the YANG files indicate if there has been a model revision. The README.md file in the same github location highlights changes that have been made in the release.
• Zero Touch Provisioning (DHCPv6)—Dynamic Host Control Protocol Version 6 (DHCPv6) support is added to the Zero-touch provisioning feature in this release. DHCPv6 is enabled by default, and works on any device that boots without startup configuration.

Feature Name:Sampled NetFlowDescription and License Level Information:

• The feature is now available at the LAN Base license level.

Feature Name:Smart Licensing and Device Led ConversionDescription and License Level Information:

• A cloud-based, software license management solution that allows you to manage and track the status of your license, hardware, and software usage trends.
• You can use the device-led conversion feature to convert all existing, traditional licenses, to smart licenses. As part of the conversion process, migration data is sent to Cisco Smart Software Manager. Cisco Smart Software Manager creates license entitlements and deposits them in your user account.

Feature Name:Transport Layer Security (TLS) ClientDescription and License Level Information:Provides secure and reliable signaling and data transfer between two systems or devices, by using secure ports and certificate exchange.
Feature Name:These features are introduced on the Web UI in this releaseDescription and License Level Information:

• Multicast—Minor improvements to configuring Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) snooping and to set the IGMP timeout.
• Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)—Supports OSPF standards-based routing protocol for improved routing of data packets to their destination.
• Quality of Service (QoS)—Supports QoS to make your network performance more predictable and bandwidth utilization more effective.
• Site Profile—New site profiles for access, distributed, and core switches for easier initial configuration of the device.
• Smart Licencing—Supports both online and offline method of license reservation to simplify and automate the management of licenses for your Cisco products. Smart Licensing on the device works with the Cisco Smart Software Manager (Cisco SSM).
• Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN)—Supports SPAN to analyze network traffic passing through ports or VLANs