Release Notes
Table Of Contents
- Extreme Management CenterĀ® 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
4. Installation, Upgrade, and Configuration Changes
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l Read and write account restrictions
l Read and write DNS host name attributes
l Write servicePrincipalName
4.4.3 Other Upgrade Information
Immediately after you install version 8.5 on the ExtremeControl engine, the date and
time does not properly synchronize and the following error message displays:
WARNING: Unable to synchronize to a NTP server. The time might
not be correctly set on this device.
Ignore the error message and the date and time automatically synchronize after a short
delay.
Additionally, the following message might display during the ExtremeControl upgrade to
version 8.5:
No domain specified
To stop domain-specific winbindd process, run /etc/init.d/winbindd stop
{example-domain.com}
4.5 Fabric Configuration Information
4.5.1 Certificate
Fabric Manager might be unavailable via Extreme Management Center after upgrading if
the certificate is missing in Extreme Management Center Trust store.
To ensure Fabric Manager is available, enter the Fabric Manager certificate in the
Extreme Management Center Trust store using Generate Certificate option.
4.5.2 Authentication Key
When you provision authentication keys for Fabric Attach, the key cannot be read back
for security reasons. When the key is read from the device, it always shows "****". For
this reason, it might seem that there is a configuration mismatch when one does not
exist.
4.5.3 Service Configuration Change
If you change a configured service via the Configure Device window that references one
of the following, and then enforce those changes to the device, the configuration on the