EXOS 16.1 Releases with New Hardware and Role-based Policy Support!

[Drew_C]

We are pleased to announce that our secure, role-based policy management technology is now available for the newly launched Summit® X450-G2 family of fixed switches and some other select previously released Summit switches. This marks the integration of proven policy and security management technology into the ExtremeXOS® operating system, allowing customers the flexibility to define and manage end-to-end policy in mixed Extreme Networks' wired and wireless environments, including those with IdentiFiTM Access Points, the A, B, C, K and S-Series switches and the Summit line of switches.

New Hardware Supported in ExtremeXOS 16.1:

• BDXB-40G12X-XL I/O, BDXA-G48T, and BDXA-G48X modules for the BlackDiamond X8 series switches
• Summit X450-G2 series switches: 24t-10GE4, 24p-10GE4, 48t-10GE4, 48p-10GE4, 24t-GE4, 24p-GE4, 48t-GE4, 48p-GE4

New and Corrected Features in ExtremeXOS 16.1:

• RADIUS Authentication and Authorization Enhancements
• ONEPolicy
• Access Control List (ACL) Library Enhancements
• Class of Service (CoS) Enhancements
• Command Usability Enhancements
• Access Control List (ACL) Two-Stage Policy
• Various Security Enhancements
• Generalized Precision Time Protocol (gPTP) Enhancement
• Extreme Loop Recovery Protocol (ELRP) Port Shutdown
• Increase of Protocol-Independent Multicast (PIM) Control Packets
• OpenFlow Updated Match Conditions and Actions
• Alternate Stacking Supported on 1G Variant of Summit X460-G2 Series Switches
• Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP) Light
• Flow Redirects (Policy-Based Routes) Limits Increase
• Single Virtual Group for User Access Control Lists (ACLs)
• 40Gbps LR4 Parallel Single-Mode (PSM) Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable (QSFP) Optical Transceivers

Additional details on these features can be found in the documentation listed below.

• ExtremeXOS 16.1 Datasheet
• ExtremeXOS User Guide 16.1
• ExtremeXOS Command Reference Guide 16.1
• Release Notes can be found on http://support.extremenetworks.com/ - Follow the Downloads for BlackDiamond Series, Summit Series, E4G, and ExtremeXOS link.

In anticipation of a few questions, we've proactively published a few articles to GTAC Knowledge to coincide with this release.

• Can accounts created in EXOS 16 be used to log in when running previous versions of EXOS?
• Cannot log into EXOS switch after downgrading from EXOS 16 to an earlier release
• How to determine if an account password is hashed with MD5 or SHA-256
• How to convert passwords for accounts created prior to EXOS 16 to SHA-256

Official Press Release: http://investor.extremenetworks.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=919071

If you've got any questions, feel free to post them here.

[Drew_C]

HI Christoph,
The EXOS 16.1 Release Notes state that ONEPolicy is supported on the following platforms:

• X450-G2
• X460-G2
• X670-G2
• X770

[Daniel_Valera1]

this relase supported SW summit x250, x440 and BD8810?

[Daniel_Valera1]

Thanks Drew

[Drew_C]

Hi Daniel - I just checked and the new products requiring 16.1 are listed.
Support for the X250 ends in 15.4.x (meaning the last supported EXOS version is 15.3.x). X440 is still supported and that column is blank in the matrix.
The BD8800 series modules have various Last Supported versions, which is where you'll need to refer to the guide.
What models would you like more information on?

[Daniel_Valera1]

Thanks Drew, but i think the list is not updated