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ExtremeCloud Orchestrator 3.2.0 provides the following features and improvements. For information about XCO deployment, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator Deployment Guide, 3.2.0 .

Evolution of EFA and XVM into XCO

Note

Note

From release 3.2.0 onwards, Extreme Fabric Automation (EFA) is referred to as ExtremeCloud Orchestrator (XCO). The terms EFA and XCO refer to the same product and are used interchangeably.

ExtremeCloud™ Orchestrator is a comprehensive microservice based, cloud-native solution that provides organizations the ability to visualize at a workspace level using the user interface or shift to the orchestration level to integrate and automate the network infrastructure through APIs.

XCO integrates Extreme Fabric Automation (EFA) and Extreme Visibility Manager (XVM) solutions:
  • EFA: Automates life-cycle management that includes design, deployment, operation, and refresh of IP fabric networks.
  • XVM: Manages network packet broker (NPB) and visibility solution.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator CLI Administration Guide, 3.2.0 .

Table 1. Features and improvements
Feature Description
Certificate Management enhancement Part 3 Procedure to update the password of a new user in XCO.

Update to third-party certificates

Host Authentication certificates running on port 8079

Update to the renewal script

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator CLI Administration Guide, 3.2.0 .
BUM traffic Local bias support for LVTEP Procedure to configure hardware profile to limit the IPv6 prefix to 64.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator CLI Administration Guide, 3.2.0 .
Log files customization support Procedure to configure or unconfigure and customize log files to fit system resources.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator CLI Administration Guide, 3.2.0 .
Tenant : EPG : Network : ICMP Redirect Enable or Disable Procedure to configure ICMP Redirect Enable or Disable.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator CLI Administration Guide, 3.2.0 .

For SLX platform support information, refer to SLX-OS documentation.
XCO log streaming and filtering Additional filtering capability for logging streams, notification terminology, additional notification filtering, and sub-filter commands.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator CLI Administration Guide, 3.2.0 .
Pure IPv6 Support Updated the topic with dual IP mode supported northbound CLIs content.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator CLI Administration Guide, 3.2.0 .
Use only IPv6 address to configure on the node interfaces when deploying XCO.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator Deployment Guide, 3.2.0 .
Configuration for IPv6 prefixes restricted to 64 New information on backup and restore content for IPv6 support.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator CLI Administration Guide, 3.2.0 .
Procedure to configure hardware profile to limit the IPv6 prefix to 64.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator CLI Administration Guide, 3.2.0 .
Infra and deployment enhancements Support for accessing supportsave without logging in to XCO.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator CLI Administration Guide, 3.2.0 .
Use of auto-reboot options for TPVM incremental upgrade.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator Deployment Guide, 3.2.0 .
Changes to OVA root user login.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator Deployment Guide, 3.2.0 .
Inventory and Fabric Service enhancements Update to Fabric Settings in Active Fabric: Small Data Center Fabric and Fabric Settings in Active Fabric: Clos Fabric tables for BGP multihop.

Update to procedure on BGP multihop on an active fabric, fabric configuration using force option, and Linux exit codes.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator CLI Administration Guide, 3.2.0 .
BGP ADD-PATH Procedure to configure additional paths on Tenant BGP peer and BGP peer group.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator CLI Administration Guide, 3.2.0 .
Health Support for Fabric Service Fabric and device health status with sample output.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator CLI Administration Guide, 3.2.0 .
XCO Alarm Management Information on XCO alarms, alarm inventory, status change notifications, and alarm commands.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator CLI Administration Guide, 3.2.0 .
Evolution of EFA and XVM to XCO Information on evolution of EFA and XVM to XCO, support and integration information, and XCO architecture.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator CLI Administration Guide, 3.2.0 .
Additional external authentication option Information on another external XCO user authentication option.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator Security Guide, 3.2.0 .
API update for XCO user roles API update for assigning XCO user roles.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator Security Guide, 3.2.0 .
System hardening for CIS-CAT assessments Improvements to system hardening information.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator Security Guide, 3.2.0 .
Common landing page The dashboard or the common landing page provides an overview of system health.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator GUI Administration Guide, 3.2.0 .
Fabric management ExtremeCloud Orchestrator automates and orchestrates SLX IP fabrics through CLI and user interface.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator GUI Administration Guide, 3.2.0 .
Network essential configurations ExtremeCloud Orchestrator supports network essential configurations that are required for creating and configuring fabric networks.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator GUI Administration Guide, 3.2.0 .
Support Save ExtremeCloud Orchestrator supports support save logs collection for troubleshooting.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator GUI Administration Guide, 3.2.0 .
Bulk device inventory download ExtremeCloud Orchestrator supports downloading of bulk device inventory.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator GUI Administration Guide, 3.2.0 .
SLX optical statistics ExtremeCloud Orchestrator supports optical statistics for SLX devices.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator GUI Administration Guide, 3.2.0 .
User management enhancements ExtremeCloud Orchestrator supports user management enhancements such as add and edit host user.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator GUI Administration Guide, 3.2.0 .
Role Based Access Control (RBAC) Role Based Access Control (RBAC) defines the capabilities that a user account has based on the assigned role.

For more information, refer to the ExtremeCloud Orchestrator GUI Administration Guide, 3.2.0 .

For more information, see Defects Closed with Code Changes.

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