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
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Extreme Management Center Version 8.5 Release
Notes
8.5.1
September 2020
The Extreme Management Center Release Notes provide information on the new
features and enhancements included in version 8.5.1, as well as issues that have been
resolved and configuration changes for this release.
IMPORTANT: For upgrade and installation requirements, as well as configuration considerations,
please see Extreme Management Center Configuration and Requirements.
IMPORTANT: Upgrading to Extreme Management Center version 8.5 requires you to renew your
NMS license if generated prior to July 31, 2020. Licenses generated prior to July
31, 2020 expire 90 days after upgrading to Extreme Management Center version
8.5.
You can view the status of your license by accessing Administration >
Diagnostics > Server > Server Licenses.
For the most recent version of these release notes, see Extreme Management Center
Release Notes.
For information regarding the features supported by specific devices, see the Firmware
Support Matrix. Version 8.5 of Extreme Management Center supports the devices listed
in the matrix.
1. Enhancements in Version 8.5.1
New features and enhancements are added to the following areas in Extreme
Management Center version 8.5.1:
l Customer Feature Requests
l Engines
l Extreme Management Center
l ExtremeAnalytics