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
3. Known Issues and Vulnerabilities Addressed
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The watchdog.log and appmonitor.log files could not be
configured to remove the oldest files. Now the cleanLogs script is
included with Extreme Management Center so that only the latest 10
files are saved.
01981039
Devices with a Poll Type of Maintenance no longer periodically
issue SNMP requests in order to check for component changes.
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SNMP timeouts were occurring when Extreme Management Center
was communicating with third-party devices.
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Extreme Management Center options for displaying MACaddresses
with an OUI prefix were not available.
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Discover was not being allowed for valid Sites based on the "Add
Device" capability. The capability for "Sites Read/Write Access" is not
necessary for Site Discover, but it is necessary for adding or editing
sites.
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QoS and EAPs fields were required fields to create VLAN scripts for
EXOS in Extreme Management Center. Now, the Create_VLAN
scripts for EXOS have been updated to treat QoS and EAPs as
optional fields.
1813187
The default TransferProtocol setting for the Cisco Vendor Profile
database was previously set incorrectly.
01985239
The Archive Restore function was not displaying a warning if the
archive was from a different model type.
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The Scheduled Task Name, Description, and Subject values were
reverting back to default values after being changed during editing.
1782136
NMS-BASE license now allows you to enable, disable and add a port
to a group via the right-click Port drop-down list in the Devices >
Device view.
01837802
The Interface History PDF was unclear because it was missing titles
on three area charts and multi-line charts were using the same colors
for each line.
01709514
The Generate Show Support feature was not showing the current
status when navigating away and back.
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The MLAG Summary report was displaying information from more
than one MLAG pair when devices had identical MLAG
configurations.
1946635
Attempting to set an EXOS device's restart time to a date more than a
month ahead would fail, indicating that the proposed reboot time was
in the past.
1784366