Release Notes

What is Supported
Supported Web Browsers
• Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 9 and later
• Mozilla Firefox, version 26 and later
• Google Chrome, version 32 and later
• Safari, version 6 and later
New in this Release
Active System Manager 8.3 is focused on expanding capabilities around workload deployment,
adding new capabilities around managing existing environments, and improving the granularity
of information shown around the current state of environments under management.
The highlights of Active System Manager release 8.3 include the following:
• Support for Dell Hybrid Cloud for Virtualization that includes a new plug-in for
compatibility with vRealize Orchestrator 7.0 and 7.1. You can create workflows to
automate the deployment of service templates created in ASM.
This release also includes compatibility support for the following:
• Support for PowerEdge R630, PowerEdge R730, PowerEdge R730XD hybrid and
flash configurations. PowerEdge FC430, PowerEdge FC630, and PowwerEdge FX2-
All flash configurations. You can leverage ASM capabilities to discover, deploy and
manage the VSAN ready nodes on Virtual SAN 6.2.
• Support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 that enables Dell's SAP HANA Cloud
Solution to leverage ASM's hardware compatibility list to offer ASM automation
capabilities to customers.
ASM release 8.3 build 6744 is an update to ASM release 8.2.1. It also includes the following fixes
and enhancements:
• Improved reporting of firmware status, making it easier to understand which catalog the
comparison firmware status is being calculated against, and the current firmware status.
• Improved logging to prevent log file location from filling up and causing issues with the
ASM appliance.
• Improved identification on the resources page of resources that require firmware
updates for easier access.
• Improved user interaction for selecting multiple entries on the resources page and
updating inventory.
• Enhanced detection of IP addresses already in use when they overlap with ranges of IP
addresses given to ASM to utilize during deployments.
• Resolved issue where after multiple appliance upgrades, files from previous appliance
versions could fill all available space on the appliance.
• Resolved an issue where specifying the same name for multiple storage volumes when
cloning a sample template caused subsequent deployments from that template to fail.