Release Notes

What’s New in this Release
Active System Manager release 8.1.1 consists primarily of additions to the compatibility matrix in
support of Dell Blueprints and Reference Architectures, as well as a new plugin for VMware
vRealize Orchestrator that uses the Applications Programming Interface (API) introduced earlier
with ASM release 8.1.
The highlights of Active System Manager release 8.1.1 include the following:
• A new Active System Manager plugin to VMware vRealize Orchestrator (vRO), which
enables ASM template deployment, scaling, and deprovisioning to be called from vRO
orchestration workflows, or published to the vRealize Automation (vRA) service catalog.
•
Performance improvements to most of ASM web application pages.
• Compatibility matrix additions, including those detailed below, to support the Dell
Blueprint Reference Architectures, including select reference architectures for the
Virtualization, Cloud, and Unified Communications and Collaboration Blueprints.
ASM release 8.1.1 build 5079 is an update to ASM release 8.1.1. It contains fixes and
enhancements that include:
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Improvement to the Discovery wizard flow and Resource page on the ASM web
interface.
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Added log file size management.
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Improvement for greater deployment consistency.
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Configuration of ESXi High Availability (HA) after firmware updates.
•
Filtering of servers based on the server pool and resource state.
This release also includes compatibility support for the following:
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Dell PowerEdge T630, PowerEdge T620, and PowerEdge C6320 servers
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Dell Compellent iSCSI on non-converged fabrics
• Cisco Nexus B22 Blade Fabric Extender
Important Notes
To support interoperability, ASM 8.1.1 requires:
• The following resource locales are set to English:
o
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)
o
VMware vCenter
o Dell EqualLogic
o
Dell Compellent
o Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC)
o
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC)
o NetApp
•
All Physical server OS installations must be in English to support unattended installation
process.
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The credentials used for all the external systems that ASM interfaces to must be in
English. For example, Virtual Machine Manager Credentials for systems such as SCVMM
and VMware vCenter must be in English so that ASM can provision to these
environments.
•
DNS names must be in English.