Release Notes
Table Of Contents
- Extreme Management Center® Release Notes Version 8.5.1
- Table of Contents
- Extreme Management Center Version 8.5 Release Notes
- 1. Enhancements in Version 8.5.1
- 2. Deprecated Features
- 3. Known Issues and Vulnerabilities Addressed
- 4. Installation, Upgrade, and Configuration Changes
- 4.1 Installation Information
- 4.2 Important Upgrade Considerations
- 4.3 ExtremeAnalytics Upgrade Information
- 4.4 ExtremeControl Upgrade Information
- 4.5 Fabric Configuration Information
- 4.6 Device Configuration Information
- 4.7 Firmware Upgrade Configuration Information
- 4.8 Wireless Manager Upgrade Information
- 5. System Requirements
- 5.1 Extreme Management Center Server and Client OS Requirements
- 5.2 Extreme Management Center Server and Client Hardware Requirements
- 5.3 Virtual Engine Requirements
- 5.4 ExtremeControl Agent OS Requirements
- 5.5 ExtremeControl Supported End-System Browsers
- 5.6 ExtremeControl Engine Version Requirements
- 5.7 ExtremeControl VPN Integration Requirements
- 5.8 ExtremeControl SMS Gateway Requirements
- 5.9 ExtremeControl SMS Text Messaging Requirements
- 5.10 ExtremeAnalytics Requirements
- 5.11 Ekahau Maps Requirements
- 5.12 Guest and IoT Manager Requirements
- 6. Getting Help
1. Enhancements in Version 8.5.1
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l PKCS#12/PFX keystores without a keystore password can be imported
l Unencrypted RSA private keys containing a "BEGIN RSAPRIVATEKEY"
header can be imported
l Error messages are more descriptive
11ax Radio for AP5xx Models Supported
Extreme Management Center now supports 11ax Radio for AP5xx models.
Enhancements to Network Status Summary Report
The Network Status Summary PDF report has been updated to include the
following enhancements:
l Reports display Top 10 instead of Top 5 statistics.
l New “Top 10 WLANs by Clients” and “Top 10 Clients by Bandwidth” reports
have been added.
l Enhanced color and graphic resolution for all reports.
l Ability to select a site and generate a Network Status Summary based on the
activity for that site.
l Scheduling capability to generate the Network Status Summary on an hourly,
daily, weekly, or monthly basis.
The Network Status Summary reports are now also available in the Reports
Catalog under the Network option in the left-panel tree.
New Wireless FloorPlans Summary Added
A new FloorPlans Summary report, which displays AP, WLAN and Client data
based on selected floorplans, has been added to Extreme Management Center's
Reports Catalog under the Wireless option in the left-panel tree. You can also
schedule the FloorPlan Summary to generate hourly, daily, weekly or monthly
reports.
Enhancements to ExtremeConnect
Several enhancements have been made to ExtremeConnect, including:
l New custom end-system data fields and additional operating system data
fields have been added to ExtremeConnect.
l Extreme Management Center backups now include ExtremeConnect
configurations.
l Beginning with Extreme Management Center version 8.5, the following
ExtremeConnect modules are hidden by default: