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
4. Installation, Upgrade, and Configuration Changes
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Manager > SCP tab contains a password that includes an ampersand (&) in Extreme
Management Center, the Fabric Manager firmware does not download successfully.
Ensure you use a password without an ampersand (&) character.
4.5.9 VRFConfiguration
VSP SNMP performance is adversely affected as the number of VRF configurations
increases. This issue can be resolved by upgrading to VSP release 8.1.1 or later or
VSP8600 series version 6.3.3 or later.
4.6 Device Configuration Information
4.6.1 VDX Device Configuration
To properly discover interfaces and links for VDX devices in Extreme Management
Center, enable three-tuple-if on the device.
NOTE: To enable three-tuple-if on the device in Extreme Management Center:
1. Access the Network > Devices tab.
2. Right-click on the device in the Devices table.
3. Select Tasks > Config > VDX Config Basic Support.
Additionally, for Extreme Management Center to display VCSfabric , the NOSversion
must be 7.2.0a or later.
Rediscover VDX devices after upgrading to Extreme Management Center version 8.4.2.
4.6.2 VSP Device Configuration
Topology links from VSP devices to other VSP or ERS devices might not display in a
topology map (or might display inconsistently). To ensure topology map links display
correctly, verify that the VSP device is configured to publish its management IP address
in the autotopology (SONMP) data.
Ensure that the output of show sys setting command shows:
autotopology : on
ForceTopologyIpFlag : true
clipId-topology-ip : 0
If the output values displayed are different, configure the VSP device to publish
management IP address in SONMP data by executing the following CLI commands: