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Cisco Virtualization Experience Client Manager Release Notes for Release 4.9
Support for Cisco VXC 6215 Devices
Cisco VXC Manager Agent Log Retrieval
Remote Session Information on Cisco VXC 6215
Additional ThreadX Configuration and Settings Packages for Cisco VXC 2111/2211 PCoIP Devices
Improved Active Directory Integration for Administrator Delegation
View-Only Permissions for Administrators
Cisco VXC Manager Filenames and Sizes
Supported Operating Systems for Cisco VXC Manager
Supported Databases for Cisco VXC Manager
SQL Server Clustering Not Supported
Installing or Upgrading Cisco VXC Manager
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Cisco Virtualization Experience Client Manager Release Notes for Release 4.9
Updated: November 19, 2012Use these release notes with the Cisco Virtualization Experience Client Manager (Cisco VXC Manager) for Release 4.9.
Contents
These release notes provide the following information:
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Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Introduction
The Cisco VXC Manager Administrator Console is a snap-in to the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). It allows you to quickly view important information about the Cisco VXC clients, and helps you to easily perform all of the device management duties that are required to run and maintain your Cisco VXC environment.
Related Documentation
For more information, see the documents available at the following URLs:
Cisco Virtualization Experience Client 2000 Series
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11499/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
Cisco Virtualization Experience Client 6000 Series
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11976/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
Cisco Virtualization Experience Client Manager
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11582/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
New and Changed Information
This section contains these topics:
Platform Support
Cisco VXC Manager 4.8.5 and 4.9 provide support for the following hardware platforms:
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New Features
The following is a list of the significant feature enhancements in Cisco VXC Manager 4.9.
Support for Cisco VXC 6215 Devices
Cisco VXC Manager Release 4.9 supports the management of Cisco VXC 6215 thin clients, including automatic and manual discovery, display of hardware and software asset information, package deployment, OS image update using FTP auto-update mechanism, and real-time commands (including Shutdown, Restart, and Wake on LAN).
Recurrence Scheduler
In the Update Manager, the Package Distribution Wizard allows you to schedule recurring package updates: daily, weekly, or monthly, over a configurable period of time. You can use this feature to shut down devices during maintenance periods and restart the devices after the maintenance period ends. You can also use the recurring scheduler to schedule Shutdown and Wake-On-LAN (or Restart) packages to further decrease energy consumption during regular downtime periods.
Cisco VXC Manager Agent Log Retrieval
Cisco VXC Manager can retrieve Cisco VXC Manager Agent logs from Cisco VXC devices. Support of this feature is platform dependent. It is supported only on Cisco VXC 6215 and Cisco VXC 2111/2211.
Remote Session Information on Cisco VXC 6215
In the Device Manager, you can view information on the remote sessions (RDP, Citrix, or VMware View) that are currently running on the Cisco VXC 6215 devices. To view this information, you must first refresh the device information (right-click the device in the details pane of the Device Manager and choose Refresh Device Information).
Additional ThreadX Configuration and Settings Packages for Cisco VXC 2111/2211 PCoIP Devices
Release 4.9 supports the following additional ThreadX configuration and settings packages for Cisco VXC 2111/2211 PCoIP devices: timezone, VMware View (including kiosk mode), event log retrieval and international language settings for the device GUI and keyboard type.
Cisco VXC 2111/2211 devices running Firmware Version 3.5 or later also support shutdown (using real-time commands or configuration packages).
Improved Active Directory Integration for Administrator Delegation
Release 4.9 provides improved Active Directory integration, allowing you to add Cisco VXC Manager administrators by looking up user and group information from Active Directory. When you add a group, all the users and subgroups it contains can use Cisco VXC Manager. You can then assign these administrators specific management permissions. To use this feature, you must install Cisco VXC Manager on a machine that is already joined to the Active Directory domain. Active Directory users with local machine administrator privileges can only access Cisco VXC Manager based on the privileges that are set in the Configuration Manager > User Permissions node of Cisco VXC Manager.
View-Only Permissions for Administrators
Release 4.9 allows you to configure administrators with view-only permissions, so that they can see information but not make any configuration changes to it (see Configuration Manager > User Permissions).
Custom Port for Wake on LAN
In the Configuration Manager, you can set a custom Wake on LAN port instead of the default UDP port 16962 (see Configuration Manager > Preferences > Service > Wake On LAN Preferences).
Find Device in View
In Device Manager, you can use the Find Device in View option to determine which Cisco VXC Manager View contains a particular device.
IPv6 Dual-Stack Support
Cisco VXC Manager supports setup of components (Cisco VXC Manager server, Cisco VXC Manager database, Cisco VXC Manager GUI and remote repositories) in IPv4 and IPv4-v6 dual-stack mode. At present, none of the Cisco VXC Manager Agents (hagent) support management over IPv6. Support for this feature will be expanded in future releases. Support for running Cisco VXC Manager in IPv6 is experimental, and not fully supported.
First Check-In Time
With Release 4.9, Cisco VXC Manager displays the time and date when a device first checks in under the General Info tab (in the bottom-right panel of the Device Manager).
Installed Software Reports
Release 4.9 supports a new Installed Software Report, which enables the administrator to create a report listing the devices that have a specified software type and version installed (or not installed).
Imaging Progress
In the Update Manager, the Scheduled Packages node displays imaging progress information for Preboot Execute Environment (PXE) and non-PXE imaging tasks.
Installer Enhancements
Release 4.9 supports a prerequisite checker that installs and configures necessary OS components required by Cisco VXC Manager, including firewall port exceptions, .Net Framework, Windows PowerShell, and Windows Installer.
The installer also installs or configures IIS and the FTP server on all supported operating systems.
Installation Notes
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Cisco VXC Manager Filenames and Sizes
The following table shows the Cisco VXC Manager file name and size.
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Supported Operating Systems for Cisco VXC Manager
You can install Cisco VXC Manager using the following supported operating systems:
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Supported Databases for Cisco VXC Manager
You can install Cisco VXC Manager using the following supported databases:
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Multiple NICs Not Supported
Do not install Cisco VXC Manager on a server equipped with Multiple Network Interface Cards (NIC) as this is a non-supported configuration which can cause operational errors. You must install Cisco VXC Manager on a server with only one NIC.
SQL Server Clustering Not Supported
Cisco VXC Manager does not support SQL Server clustering.
Installing or Upgrading Cisco VXC Manager
To download and install Cisco VXC Manager 4.9, follow these steps:
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Caveats
This section contains these topics:
Using Bug Toolkit
Known problems (bugs) are graded according to severity level. These release notes contain descriptions of:
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You can search for problems by using the Cisco Software Bug Toolkit.
To access Bug Toolkit, you need the following items:
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To use the Software Bug Toolkit, follow these steps:
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To look for information about a specific problem, enter the bug ID number in the "Search for bug ID" field, then click Go.
Open Caveats
Table 1 lists severity 1, 2, and 3 defects that are open for the Cisco Virtualization Experience Client Manager in Release 4.9.
For more information about an individual defect, you can access the online record for the defect by clicking the Identifier or going to the URL shown. You must be a registered Cisco.com user to access this online information.
Because defect status continually changes, be aware that Table 1 reflects a snapshot of the defects that were open at the time this report was compiled. For an updated view of open defects, access Bug Toolkit as described in the "Using Bug Toolkit" section.
Resolved Caveats
Not applicable.
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html
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