Release Notes

What’s New
The following are the highlights of Active System Manager version 8.1:
• Template based flexible RAID configuration
• Granular BIOS settings enabled in service template
• File upload for MXL configuration
• Support for multiple license files
• Usability updates for configuration wizard
• NTP configuration on all installed operating systems
• Firmware compliance improvements
• Service error reporting
• FX2 Support For iSCSI, FCoE, and FC
• RHEL 7.0 support
• Cent OS 7.0
• I/O Aggregator, Uplink, and VLT Configuration
• MXL Upload Switch Configuration
Important Notes
To support interoperability, ASM 8.1 requires:
• The following resources locale 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 Bare Metal OS installations must be in English to support unattended installation
process.
• The credentials used for all the external systems that ASM interfaces must be in English.
For example, Virtual Machine Manager Credentials for systems such as SCVMM and
VMware vCenter must be in English. Therefore, ASM can provision to these
environments.
• DNS names must be in English.
Known Issues
This section provides information on open issues and resolutions with this release of Active System
Manager 8.1..
• ASM-2910: DHCPD configuration assigned to incorrect PXE IP address.
o If the appliance is configured with multiple interfaces in which a non-routed
network for PXE uses the appliance as the DHCP server, it is expected that the
correct PXE server IP address will be used in the dhcpd.conf that ASM creates.