jetNEXUS ALB-X Accelerating Load Balancer Software Version 4.1.2 (Build 1644) June 24th 2015 ================================================================================================ Software Version 4.1.2 (Build 1644) is a 64bit jetNEXUS software on 64bit Linux platform maintenance release. Existing customers should contact support with regards to migrating their existing configuration to this new software. Platform Availability ---------------------- * ISO: 2 Core CPU, 2 Broadcom/Intel NIC's, 2 GIG RAM, 10 GIG HDD * Hardware Appliance: E4 * Virtual Appliances: Min Spec 2 vCPU, 2GB RAM, 10GB HDD - VMWare ESX 5.x, Hyper-V Server 2012, Hyper-V Server 2012 R2, Citrix XenServer 6.x New =================================================== Added flightPATH Evaluation Source - "Response Cookie" - Allowing the extraction of response cookie values - LLYODS Improvement =================================================== Changed name flightPATH Evaluation Source - "Cookie" to "Request Cookie" Added ARP reminder for idle serving VIP's Upgraded to the Open SSL 1.0.2c - https://www.openssl.org/news/openssl-1.0.2-notes.html The time to failover from one ALB to another has been reduced by a factor of 10 Added the ability to stop SSL renegotiation on a global basis with a jetPACK (small configuration update) Added Cluster stability changes Added missing perl modules Improved GUI performance by removing duplication in registry scanning Resolved =================================================== Resolved an issue that may result in VIP status green but not responding after network glitch Resolved an issue that may cause loss of traffic upon the first update after and upgrade from 4.0 to 4.1 Resolved an issue that would add a NULL cookie value for certain real server IP addresses Resolved an issue that may cause 100% CPU after a real server failure Resolved an issue that may have caused a memory ramp with certain custom monitors Resolved an issue in custom monitor for string lengths greater than 4096 Resolved an issue with adding + symbol in the required content of a server monitor Resolved an issue that may result in a 400 error during a pdf POST Resolved an issue in flightPATH Evaluation Detail that would URL encode Resolved an issue with inaccurate Real Server statistics Known Issue ============================================================= May get console messages when changing activity for DSR ###################################################################################################################################################### jetNEXUS ALB-X Accelerating Load Balancer Software Version 4.1.1 (Build 1621) February 11th 2015 ================================================================================================ Software Version 4.1.1 (Build 1621) is a 64bit jetNEXUS software on 64bit Linux platform maintenance release. Existing customers should contact support with regards to migrating their existing configuration to this new software. Platform Availability ---------------------- * ISO: 2 Core CPU, 2 Broadcom/Intel NIC's, 2 GIG RAM, 10 GIG HDD * Hardware Appliance: E4 * Virtual Appliances: Min Spec 2 vCPU, 2GB RAM, 10GB HDD - VMWare ESX 5.x, Hyper-V Server 2012, Hyper-V Server 2012 R2, Citrix XenServer 6.x New ========================================================= - Connection Time-outs are now configurable on a per service basis from the Advanced tab within IP Services - Historical graphing is now available for Last Minute, Hour, Day, Month and Year - Multiple certificate import/export - NTP time-zone added for automatic local time selection - Added ability to create multiple users - Audit log to track user changes - Added ability to select cipher options on a per-service basis - New forms based login page - Added the ability to log-off users - Added the ability to adjust Real Server Monitoring In/Out count - Policy based routing added to the adapter page - Status page allows user to save layout - IP Services now shows Virtual Service Status - Status page now shows the Virtual Service Status - Virtual Service status can now be queried via SNMP - Real Server status can now be queried via SNMP - Added a new real server monitor method to monitor multiple ports before passing or failing the service - Hardware page now shows visual representation of the Ethernet interface status Improvement ========================================================== - Removed the "Loading" message upon services restart speeding up this process - TempFS is now used for dynamic data - helping reduce I/Os on virtual infrastructure - Caching performance improvements for >2MB files sizes - Upgrade Stunnel to 5.0.3 - Consolidation of two button "Add IP" - "Add Port" to "Add Service" - ISO now detects E4, E5 and Cisco UCS to re-order NIC's correctly - Ping shows results as they happen - SSL Certificate friendly names now allow symbols - Certificate import/export now allows ASCII characters in password - Service Type FTP - Only relevant server health monitors are displayed - User passwords can now use the following symbols !"$^&*()_+-={}[]:@~;'#,.?/|\ - Added the ability to paste a licence directly in the GUI - Updated glibc so no longer vulnerable to CVE-2015-0235 - Remotely stored W3C log files now write with ALB name appended to file name - OpenSSL upgraded to version 1.0.1k Resolved =========================================================== - SSL Bridging now able to lock down certificate to real server certificate - FTP servers stay grey until edit Notes section - Uploading jetPACK to passive now syncs correctly to Active without restarting services - Plus sign + is no longer URL encoded to a space so can be used in Custom Montiors for example Known Issues =========================================================== - Time axis for historical graphing per hour sometime displays zero - work around close and reopen Display--History page - CPU% load will report higher values than version 3 due to new operating system behaviour - Changing a server activty (Online, Drain, Offline, Standby) then navigating away and back to the IP Services page may given inaccurate Status lights - Work around, check Monitor--Status page click "Home" to refresh IP Services page jetNEXUS ALB-X Accelerating Load Balancer Software Version 4.0.2 (Build 1582) November 2014 ============================================================================================= Software Version 4.0.2 (Build 1582) is a 64bit jetNEXUS software on 64bit Linux platform maintenance release. Existing customers should contact support with regards to migrating their existing configuration to this new software. Platform Availability ---------------------- * ISO: 2 Core CPU, 2 Broadcom/Intel NIC's, 2 GIG RAM, 10 GIG HDD * Hardware Appliance: E4 * Virtual Appliances: Min Spec 2 vCPU, 2GB RAM, 10GB HDD - VMWare ESX 5.x, Hyper-V Server 2012, Hyper-V Server 2012 R2, Citrix XenServer 6.x New ========================================================= - jetNEXUS ISO - added the ability to reset network cards and change eth0 position using CLI Improvement ========================================================== - OpenSSL updated to 1.0.1j - jetNEXUS ISO - rename new adapters to correct eth syntax for jetNEXUS software - Cookie session - persistence maintained between HTTP and HTTPS services on same VIP - Disabling SSH in the GUI now terminates session immediately - flightPATH "Host" now added to list of headers - Prevention of 100% CPU issue in isolated cases Resolved =========================================================== - Files created in /tmp no longer fill the disk - Potential security issue with jnDiscovery resolved - Fixed an issue that may cause a discrepancy between eth0 IP address and GUI address in CLI - Fixed an issue that would result in Timer Loop (1130) messages in syslog - Fixed an issue that would cause a cache trim fail-safe to activate intermittently - BASH updated to prevent ShellShock vulnerability (we do not use BASH but this has been updated as a matter of precaution) - Resolved a memory leak caused by SNMPd - SOAP configuration access fixed - Fixed an issue with SOAP "postConfigFlightpathAdd" causing webconsole access problems - Entering the wrong input via SOAP stops server, now resolved - Fixed an issue that may cause Email Alerts "Test" button to lose webconsole connection for a matter of minutes - Corrected syntax errors on jetNEXUS MIB Known Issues =========================================================== - Hyper-V-2012 Virtual Machine may have an issue saving the Gateway when setting this in the CLI after interrupting DHCP - set this manually with "route add default gw " jetNEXUS ALB-X Accelerating Load Balancer Software Version 4.0.1 (Build 1576) October 2014 ============================================================================================= Software Version 4.0.1 (Build 1576)) is a 64bit jetNEXUS software on 64bit Linux platform feature release. Existing customers should contact support with regards to migrating their existing configuration to this new software. Platform Availability ---------------------- * ISO: 2 Core CPU, 2 Broadcom/Intel NIC's, 2 GIG RAM, 10 GIG HDD * Hardware Appliance: E4 * Virtual Appliances: Min Spec 2 vCPU, 2GB RAM, 10GB HDD - VMWare ESX 5.x, Hyper-V Server 2012, Hyper-V Server 2012 R2, Oracle, XENServer New ========================================================= - 64bit jetNEUXS software - 64bit Linux Operating System - New "Clustering" page featuring configuration synchronisation - New "Status" page showing load balancing in action with live connections and throughput data - Seamless update - no restarts needed when adding or editing virtual services - Added configurable "TCP out of band" monitor - ALB Persistent Cookie load balancing policy - configurable cookie expire time - SOAP API - GUI configurable GUI certificate - GUI configurable secure port - flightPATH new Condition - GEO Location- based on ISO 3166 country code - flightPATH new variable - $geolocation$ - SSL Certificate management - ability to add intermediate - Cookie persistence - HTTP to HTTPS - Support for Cisco UCS platform - Support for Cavium SSL offload card Improvement ========================================================== - GUI design refresh - GUI speed improvements - now supports more virtual services - Multi-threaded server monitoring for faster monitoring - jetPACK application templates automatically append - Upgraded Stunnel version to 5.03 - Date and Time now shows current time - Cache now stores compressed and uncompressed files - New server too busy page - SSL certificate signing request change from UK to GB as per ISO 3166 - flightPATH now supports compressed content with "body replace" Resolved =========================================================== - Internet Explorer 11 compatibility issues resolved - FTP now supports browser directory listing - Basic connectivity now brings servers back on-line correctly after a failure - Hyper V licence now tied to the IP address of eth0 (not MAC address) Known Issues =========================================================== - It is not possible to drain a server when connectivity is Direct Server Return - Some user may experience the /tmp directory filling up over a period of time