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If you have an SNE-X and a valid Calnex Support Service (CSS) contract, the latest release can be downloaded from the Calnex Customer Support Portal. Release notes are also available from the same location.

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Version 2.1.0

Information

As part of this release, all Spirent branding is removed and replaced by Calnex branding. Calnex users remain unaffected. Spirent users will see now see the following on the Dashboard and Help > About screens:

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Enhancements

• New Change Admin Password functionality.

• Versioning rework to show new application version numbers.

• Fan speed set automatically for units with 400G cards.

• Map Generation APIs.

• Add Link Flap control to maps.

• Headless mode - Remote Controller performance improvements.

• Map Global Settings - Globally control state of all individual ports on map.

• Packet Buffer Stop Mode - option to flush packets and wait or immediately drop all packets when stopping a map.

• Addition of DHCP Support for management port.

Fixes

• Bandwidth Limit exceeds target bandwidth/shows wrong values.

• Enabling VLAN Filer via REST API caused error.

• Generic filter with length greater than 16 causes crash.

• Invalid IP configurations are not flagged when gateway is set to network address.

• Average data rate value on Bandwidth graph is incorrect.

• Link down/up API calls not working for 1G electrical ports.

• HTTPS disabled automatically following an upgrade.

• Customer service links updated to new support portal.

• Diagnostics button hanging and not downloading documents.

• Client - Map port nodes shows maximum line speed rather than current speed.

• WebUI –System null error message when deleting a user.

• WebUI - Port Node Packet LED's logic appears to be reversed.

• WebUI - Centring an empty map causes the map grid to disappear.

• Error message seen on UI while user attempts to delete maps or open template maps.

• Yellow ribbon displays incorrectly informing user that map contains unreserved ports.

• Error displayed when user drags and drops an impairment onto a map with 2 nodes and a link.

• Valid PCAP files were not being uploaded to the unit.

• Front Panel and map status LED not updating when a map is started.

• Increased security to SNE to prevent Terrapin SSH attacks.

• Web UI update to not allow new links to be added when map is running.

• Map Global settings was retaining deleted port IDs after map saved.

• UI was allowing a timeline to be added when map was running.

• FCS button displaying on UI when clicking from a 25G to a 10g node.

• Map was allowed to start where there is an invalid or unavailable traffic replay file.

• UI fix to show port numbers on the panel on port link settings.

• Map gets stopped and unloaded without being called to.

Version 15 (1.0.0)

Features

This is the initial release version for SNE-X. The SNE-X platform features a brand new high performance backplane that supports:

• Up to 28 Ports 10G/1G

• Up to 16 Ports 25G

• Up to 8 Ports 100G

• Improved 100G Performance (vs standard SNE)

• Improved scalable performance (vs standard SNE)

• Addition of remote KVM to enhance field support

• Addition of front panel screen to enhance user management of the unit

• IPv6 Support on Management Port

Fixes

• Toolbox search – Error when attempting to drag a node from the search box onto the map

• Failing to handle corrupted timeline CSV files

• Generic Filter – Crash when length value is > 16 bytes

• WebUI – Undo paste operation fails when links are involved

• Traffic replay – Fails to handle pass-through traffic in certain scenarios

Known Issues

• Packet Reorder by distance does not reorder the correct number of packets when the packet rate is lower than 1,000,000 packets per second. Use packet reorder by time instead

• Jitter Impairment reports incorrect packet utilisation

• FCS correction functionality has been removed in SNE-X. It may return in a future release