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 Daniel,
Please refer to the Hardware/Software Compatibility Matrix for detailed information on this.

[Ryan_Mathews]

Wow! This is brilliant....the team even have some proactive knowledge shared here.

Really good stuff Drew. Thank you!