What's New in this Document

The following table describes information added to this guide for the Extreme Fabric Automation 2.4.0 software release.

Table 1. Summary of changes
Feature Description Link

Delete operations cause discrepancies during admin partial success

Added the reason for not attempting the Delete-related configurations (de-configurations) for the "admin down" device.

Updated tips and considerations on retrying the same CLI/REST operation after the “admin down” devices transition to “admin up” state and on blocking the tenant reconciliation API by EFA.

Administered Partial Success

Centralized Routing Support

A new topic is added to describe the centralized routing configuration. Centralized Routing
Event Synchronization and Missing Event Handling New topic that describes workaround for the missing events. Event Synchronization and Missing Event Handling
Improve backup-restore and supportsave Added a note on Logs related to backup, restore, and supportsave operations. EFA System Backup and Restoration
Notify on device certificate expiration Updated the topic inventory certificates expiration date of managed devices. EFA Certificate Management

Multiple Management IP Network

New topic on accessing EFA from multiple servers, which are on different IP subnets in different subnets. You can create multiple IP subnets through EFA for day 1 configurations. Multiple Management IP Network
SNMP Traps Publication New topic describes EFA registration (during device registration) as a trap recipient to be able to receive traps from the devices.

EFA as SNMP Proxy

New port for third-party certificates Port 443 (present in previous versions) is for secure installation of EFA; port 8078 is for monitoring service of EFA. EFA Certificate Management
System restore The restore process now shows you the backup tar files you can choose from. Back up and Restore the EFA System
EFA system health A new topic describes methods for verifying system health. Verifying EFA System Health
Return Material Authorization The process has a revised workflow.
Firmware upgrades These processes have revised workflows. Hitless Firmware Upgrade

For more information about this release, see the Extreme Fabric Automation Release Notes, 2.4.0 .