New Features and Enhancements

New Features and Enhancements

Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) includes the new features, enhancements, and hardware support that are described in the following section:

New Features and Enhancements in Cisco DCNM, Release 11.5(3)

LAN Fabric Deployment Enhancements

The following feature is new in Cisco DCNM Release 11.5(3) for the LAN Fabric Deployment.

Software Maintenance Update to address Log4j2 vulnerability

Cisco DCNM Release 11.5(3) provides Software Maintenance Update (SMU) to address CVE‐2021‐45046 and CVE‐2021‐44228 issue. Note that CVE-2021-45105 has a lower severity and not used in DCNM with default configuration, therefore it is not addressed here.

For more information, refer to Installing Software Maintenance Update for log4j2 Vulnerability chapter in Cisco DCNM Installation Guide for your deployment type.

ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent Integration

From Release 11.5(3), you can integrate ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent with Cisco DCNM. ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent collects network and application layer performance data when users access specific websites within monitored networks. It is used to run tests, check detailed aspects of network pathing and connectivity, status of network routing.

DCNM automates installing and uninstalling ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent on Cisco Nexus Data Center switches.

You can configure global settings for ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent using Cisco DCNM Web UI > Control > ThousandEyes > Configure. For more information, see Configuring ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent.