NVIDIA UFM-SDN Appliance User Manual v4.14.0
NVIDIA UFM-SDN Appliance User Manual v4.14.0

Changes and New Features

This section lists the new and changed features in this software version.

Warning

For an archive of changes and features from previous releases, please refer to Changes and New Features History.

Warning

The items listed in the table below apply to all UFM license types.

Feature

Description

Defining Node Description

Added the option to establish a blacklist containing possible node descriptions that should be avoided when grouping Multi-NIC HCAs during host startup. For more information, refer to Defining Node Description Black-List.

Network Reports

Added the ability to view topology change events related to devices and links. For more information, refer to Events History, Device Status Events and Link Status Events.

Client Certificate Authentication

Added support for pinning SAN with RegEx.

Secondary Telemetry

Added the ability to expose SHARP telemetry in UFM Telemetry. For more information, refer to Exposing Switch Aggregation Nodes Telemetry.

Added the ability to stop SHARP telemetry endpoint using CLI commands. For more information, refer to Stopping Telemetry Endpoint Using CLI Command.

REST APIs

Enhanced the logging REST API by adding the ability to get event logs in JSON file format. For more information, refer to Get Events as JSON.

Added the ability to expose managed switch power consumption in Web UI. For more information, refer ro Get Managed Switches Power Consumption.

Added ability to filter the event logs by source. For more information, refer to Create Log History.

Added the support for TBD Usage Statistics REST API

Added the ability to generate enterprise network reports. For more information, refer to Events History, Device Status Events and Link Status Events.

Introduced REST APIs for various authentication types. For more information, refer to Examples of REST APIs Using Various Authentication Types.

Added the ability to update UFM Configuration REST API.

Added the option to expose cable information. For more information, refer to Get Ports with Cable Information.

Improved dynamic telemetry by adding the ability to instantiate a new instance and delete a running instance. For more information, refer to UFM Dynamic Telemetry Instances REST API.

Added the option to set “down” ports as unhealthy. For more information, refer to Unhealthy Ports REST API.

Added forge InfiniBand anti-spoofing support. For more information, refer to Forge InfiniBand Anti-Spoofing REST API.

The "site_name" field can be exposed in all the REST APIs requests. To expose it, perform the following:

  • In gv.cfg and in the [Server] section, set a value for "site_name"

  • In gv.cfg and in the [Server] section, set "expose_site_name" to "true"

  • Restart UFM for the changes to take effect

Plugins

Added support for the gNMI-Telemetry plugin that employs the gNMI protocol to stream data from UFM telemetry. In addition, added support for secure mode based on client authentication. For more information, refer to the GNMI-Telemetry Plugin.

Added support for ALM configuration for controlling isolation/de-isolation. For more information, refer to ALM Configurations.

REST over RDMA Plugin: Moved to Ubuntu 22-based docker container, OFED 5.8-3.0.7.0, ucx_py 0.35.0 and Python 3.10.

Supported Transceivers

Added support for FR4 transceivers

Warning

The items listed in the table below apply to all UFM license types.

Warning

For bare metal installation of UFM, it is required to install MLNX_OFED 5.X (or newer) before the UFM installation.

Please make sure to use the UFM installation package that is compatible with your setup, as detailed in Bare Metal Deployment Requirements.

The following are the unsupported functionality/features in UFM®-SDN Appliance:

  • UFM Appliance Gen1

  • NVIDIA Care (MCare) Integration

  • UFM on VM (UFM with remote fabric collector)

  • The UFM Multi-site portal feature is no longer supported. The Multi-Subnet feature can be used instead

  • Logical Elements tab - Removed as of UFM Enterprise v4.11.0

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