Release Notes: Software-Defined Infrastructure for NetOps Automation

Known Issues

• On IM72xx and ACM7xxx nodes, IP Access VPN will not connect when remote Management LAN has no physical link
• Operations Manager nodes are not currently supported

Fixes and Features by Version

1.1.2 (October, 2019)

This release includes a bug fix for the Software-Defined Infrastructure module. The minimum required versions for Lighthouse and Console Server nodes are:

• Lighthouse: 2019.Q4.0 (bundles SD Infrastructure 1.1.2 by default)
• Console Server: acm700x-4.4.1, acm7004-5-4.4.1, im72xx-4.4.1

Changes:

• Fixed an issue which caused pages not to load in Lighthouse 2019.Q4.0

1.1.1 (July, 2019)

Bug fix patch release for the Software-Defined Infrastructure module.  The minimum required versions for Lighthouse and Console Server nodes are:

• Lighthouse: 19.Q2.0 (bundles SD Infrastructure 1.0.1 by default)
• Console Server: acm700x-4.4.1, acm7004-5-4.4.1, im72xx-4.4.1

Changes:

• Fix regression in previous version, allow multiple clients to connect to a single node

1.1.0 (July, 2019)

The release includes new features and bug fixes for the Software-Defined Infrastructure module. The minimum required versions for Lighthouse and Console Server nodes are:

• Lighthouse: 19.Q2.0 (bundles SD Infrastructure 1.0.1 by default)
• Console Server: acm700x-4.4.1, acm7004-5-4.4.1, im72xx-4.4.1

Changes:

• Add the name of the node to the downloaded client configuration filename
• Multi-client configuration add/delete, support generating client configurations for multiple nodes at once
• Client configurations are visible to Node Users with corresponding node permissions (requires Lighthouse LH 2019.Q3.0 or later)
• Forward IP Access OpenVPN log to Lighthouse syslog
• Filter out unsupported third party nodes
• Support IP Access to devices on IM72xx-2-24E switch interface (eth2 instead of eth1)

1.0.1 (May, 2019)

Bug fix patch release for the Software-Defined Infrastructure module. The minimum required versions for Lighthouse and Console Server nodes are:

• Lighthouse: 19.Q2.0 (bundles SD Infrastructure 1.0.1 by default)
• Console Server: acm700x-4.4.1, acm7004-5-4.4.1, im72xx-4.1.1

Changes:

• Fix CONFIGURE > IP Access > Enable Nodes state persistence across module upgrades

1.0.0 (April, 2019)

Initial release for the Software-Defined Infrastructure module. The minimum required versions for Lighthouse and Console Server nodes are:

• Lighthouse: 19.Q2.0
• Console Server: acm700x-4.4.1, acm7004-5-4.4.1, im72xx-4.1.1

Changes:

• Centralized IP Access using OpenVPN, to devices on arbitrary Management LAN networks behind IM7200 and ACM7000 nodes
• Client IP auto assignment from the second-to-top /29 subnet
• Central syslog messages of IP Access configuration and connection events
• Automated client configuration generation
• Web UI management of client configurations
• Two factor client authentication via per-node revokable x.509 certificates and username/password
• Enable/Disable IP Access bridge mode using node Connection Manager
• Support multiple concurrent client connections to nodes