Yesterday, 2021-10-13, a maintenance release to the latest long term support (LTS) version of AOS, 5.20, was released meaning the latest LTS release is now 5.20.2. As with 5.20 the 5.20.2 release includes features from AOS STS (Short Term Support) 5.19, 5.19.1 and 5.19.2 plus additional improvements. Read more about difference between LTS & STS here.
The AOS 5.20.2 release has a strong security focus & includes fixes for the following vulnerabilities.
- AOS
- CESA-2021:2147
- CVE-2021-27219
- CESA-2021:2314
- CVE-2020-27170
- CVE-2020-12362
- CVE-2020-12363
- CVE-2020-12364
- CVE-2021-3347
- CVE-2020-8648
- CESA-2021:2357
- CVE-2021-25217
- CESA-2021:2725
- CVE-2021-33909
- CVE-2021-33034
- CVE-2021-33033
- CVE-2019-20934
- CVE-2020-11668
- CESA-2021:2845
- CVE-2021-2341
- CVE-2021-2369
- CVE-2021-2388
- CESA-2021:3325
- CVE-2021-25214
- CESA-2021:3327
- CVE-2021-22555
- CVE-2021-32399
- CVE-2021-29154
- CVE-2021-29650
- CVE-2020-27777
- CESA-2021:3438
- CVE-2021-3715
- CVE-2020-11651
- CVE-2020-11652
- CEBA-2021:2312
- CEBA-2021:2317
- CEBA-2021:2320
- CESA-2021:2147
- AHV
- CVE-2020-29443
In addition, the 5.20.2 release also includes improvements in the following areas:
- AHV-Management
- Alerts
- Cluster conversion
- Data Protection
- Flow
- Infrastructure / Services
- Networking
- Nutanix Guest Tools (NGT)
- Prism Gateway
- Stargate
- Storage
- Zookeeper
AOS 5.20.2 comes with AHV version 7.2.4 build 20201105.2229 and can be managed with any of the following Prism Central versions:
- pc.2021.9
- pc.2021.8.0.1
- pc.2021.8
- pc.2021.7
- pc.2021.5.0.1
- pc.2021.5
As usual check Nutanix Software End Of Life document on a regular basis to keep you up to date.
Useful links
- Acropolis Upgrade Guide
- Acropolis 5.20 Family Release Notes
- Firewall Requirements 5.20
- AOS 5.20.2 Download
- AOS 5.20.2 Release Notes
- AHV 20201105.2229 Download
- AHV 20201105.2229 Release Notes
- Upgrade Path
- Hypervisor json files
- Nutanix Compatibility Matrix
- Software Product Interoperability
Enjoy the new version and its capabilities..
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