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Oracle® ILOM Feature Updates and Release Notes Firmware Release 3.2.x

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Updated: April 2018
 
 

New Features and Enhancements for Oracle ILOM 3.2.6

The following table identifies some of the firmware feature enhancements for Oracle ILOM 3.2.6.

Table 5  New Features and Enhancements Summary as of Oracle ILOM 3.2.6
Feature
Enhancement Description
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Revised Minimum Length Requirement for Local User Account Password Policy
The User Management Password Policy Minimum Length text box accepts values from 1 to 16.

Note -  A password value set to less than 8 characters is considered weak. To ensure greater password security, the password minimum length in the Password Policy should be set to a value of 8 to 16 characters. The Minimum Password Policy Length, by default, is set to 8 characters.

Removed SSL and Weak Cipher Properties for HTTPS Management Access
Removed Weak Ciphers Property for SSH Management Access
The SSL and Weak Ciphers properties for management access have been removed.
Collection of Fault Data for Oracle ILOM Back Up and Restore Operations
Oracle ILOM supports a new property to optionally include fault data when backing up or restoring the Oracle ILOM configuration.
New Allowed Services property for the Local Host Interconnect Management Connections
The Oracle ILOM Local Host Interconnect feature supports a new Allowed Services property. This new property enables you to specify one or more allowed communication services for a local host interconnect management configuration.
Increased SSH RAS Maximum Key Size for Local User Authentication
The maximum RAS key file size for SSH local user authentication was increased to 8192 bits.
Support for User Management RADIUS Alternate Server Configurations
Oracle ILOM supports up to five alternate RADIUS server configurations for remote user authentication.
Revised List of Supported Web Browsers
Updates were made to the supported web browser list.
Revised Minimum User Role Requirement for Backing up or Restoring the Oracle ILOM Configuration
As of later releases of Oracle ILOM firmware 3.2.6.x, the Admin (a) role is required at a minimum to initiate a back up or restore operation of the Oracle ILOM configuration. Note that only the configuration properties in which you have privileges to change are backed up or restored to the SP or CMM.
The Verbosity Debug option for SPARC /host/diag is no longer supported on newer SPARC servers (T7, M7, and so on).
The Verbosity Debug setting for newer SPARC servers (T7, M7) is no longer supported as of Oracle ILOM firmware version 3.2.6.x or SPARC SW 9.7.x.
New Oracle ILOM Remote System VNC Console
The Oracle ILOM Remote System VNC Console is supported for use on newer SPARC server hardware releases (S7-2 and later series servers (SW 9.7.2 or later)).
Host management support for configuring NEBS Mode on new Netra SPARC servers.
The Network Equipment-Building System (NEBs) mode is available for configuration on new Netra SPARC servers (such as Netra SPARC S7-2, running SW 9.7.2 or later).
Removed SNMP Support for Performing Backup and Restore Operations of the SP
The ability to use SNMP to backup or restore the Oracle LOM configuration has been removed in Oracle ILOM firmware version 3.2.6.x and will not be supported in future releases.

Note -  Oracle ILOM continues to support backup and restore functionality of the SP or CMM configuration files using the Oracle ILOM CLI or web interface.

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