Nexus 9000 Series,NX-OS 10.2(2)F

Overview

Release 10.2(2)F provides new features, enhanced platform support, and bug fixes for Nexus 9000 Series switches, including Secure Erase, PTP enhancements, Logging 2.0 improvements, and SR-TE usability features.

Document Revision History

Date	Change
April 25, 2024	Added CSCwh50989 and CSCwe53655 to Open Issues
May 29, 2023	Added caveat CSCvy23869 to Resolved Issues
May 05, 2023	Added PTP in Unsupported Features on N9K-C92348GC
April 09, 2023	Added caveat CSCwe67205 to Open Issues
February 03, 2023	Updated Table 11 with N9K-C9336C-FX2 and N9K-C9336C-FX2-E switches
January 25, 2023	Updated Unsupported Features on N9K-C92348GC section
December 16, 2021	NX‑OS Release 10.2(2)F became available

New & Enhanced Software Features

New Features

Secure Erase — Removes all identifiable customer information on devices for RMA, upgrades, replacements, or end-of-life.

Enhanced Features

64-bit Migration — 9504/9508 platform and line cards now support 64-bit NX-OS; 32-bit images no longer supported.
PTP v1 and v2 Co-existence — Supported on 9300-GX, 9300-GX2, 9300-FX3 platforms.
Logging 2.0 Enhancements — Unified log format using ISO 8601; NX-OS Python Decoder supports interactive decoding.
PTP IPv6 UDP Unicast Transport — Supported on 9300-FX, 9300-FX2, 9300-GX, 9300-GX2; PTP unicast negotiation supported on all Nexus 9000 platforms.
Underlay SM PIM Groups Increase — BUM/TRM default-MDT and TRM Data-MDT scales increased from 128 to 512 multicast groups.
SRTE Manual Preference Selection — Ability to lock, shutdown, or force SR-TE policy preferences and re-optimize paths.
SRTE Usability Enhancements — Added new show commands and autocomplete for SR-TE policies.

Unsupported Features on N9K-C92348GC

VXLAN
Telemetry (SW/HW)
NetFlow/Analytics
iCAM
PTP
NX-SDK
MTX (Device, gRPC, infra, NETCONF, RESTCONF, telemetry)

New Hardware Features

Platform	Description
N9K-C9332D-GX2B	32-port 400/100G QSFP-DD + 2-port 1/10G SFP+ modular switch

Release Image

Nexus 9000 Series switches require 64-bit NX‑OS image for Release 10.2(2)F.

Open Issues

Bug ID	Description	Workaround
CSCvz67293	100G PSM4 steady state flap on N9K-C9332D-GX2B	NA
CSCvz90749	IPv6 link-local BGP CoPP not applied on GX/GX2	NA
CSCwe67205	Fibre Channel credit loss not recovered	Remove `switchport ignore bit-errors` if configured
CSCwh50989	Custom COPP causes transit traffic duplication on 9300-GX2	Use src/dst match in COPP ACL to mitigate

Guidelines and Limitations

Default bootup mode is LXC; only LXC mode supported.
In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) is not supported in this release.