Specifications

EPICenter Release Note
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1 Overview
This release note contains a summary of the requirements and new features for the EPICenter™
Management Suite, version 7.0.
The EPICenter 7.0 Service Pack 1 release includes bug fixes and support for new Extreme Networks
hardware; no new software features are included in this Service Pack release.
● See “Issues Resolved in the Service Pack 1 Release” on page 19 for descriptions of the fixes in this
release.
● See Table 3 on page 13 for a list of the Extreme Networks devices supported by EPICenter 7.0.
Please refer to the EPICenter Reference Guide or the EPICenter Concepts and Solutions Guide for detailed
descriptions of the features in the EPICenter 7.0 release.
Contact customer support at [phone] or
[e-mail] if you need additional help.
This section covers the following topics:
● New Features/Changes in EPICenter 7.0 on page 5
● What’s Different from Previous EPICenter Versions on page 7
● EPICenter Server Requirements on page 8
● EPICenter Client Requirements on page 10
● ExtremeWare/ExtremeXOS Support Requirements on page 12
● EPICenter 7.0 Device Support on page 13
● Software Installation or Upgrade Overview on page 17
● Obtaining a License on page 17
● EPICenter Software Documentation on page 18
New Features/Changes in EPICenter 7.0
● New user interface. The EPICenter user interface has been extensively redesigned in version 7.0. It
now features detailed Network Views, dockable windows, and a Windows-Explorer-like tree view of
your devices, ports, and groups.
● Simplified installation/update procedure for the EPICenter Client. The procedure for launching the
EPICenter Client has been simplified in version 7.0. You no longer need to install the EPICenter
Client application manually, nor is there a separate browser-based client. Instead, you launch the
EPICenter Client by pointing a browser to the EPICenter Server and clicking the Log on to
EPICenter link. Any files necessary to run the EPICenter client on your system are downloaded
automatically from the EPICenter server using Java Web Start technology.
● Hierarchical grouping for devices and ports. EPICenter’s new grouping feature allows you to
assemble the devices and ports in your network into groups and subgroups, and view information
about them or manage them at a group level. You can organize your network into a hierarchy of
groups, with subgroups for campuses, buildings, individual rooms, and so on.