I’ll make another exception to the fact i don’t usually blog about Nutanix AOS Short Term Support (STS) releases but with the interest in AOS version 6.1 among our customers i thought it would be good to inform you that AOS 6.1.1 was released yesterday 2022-05-18.
Read more about difference between LTS & STS here. New features and resolved issues with 6.1.1 includes but are not limited to:
- AOS Data-in-Transit Encryption
- Se additional information in AOS Security Guide
- AHV-management
- API Infra
- Alerts
- Cluster Conversion
- Data Protection
- IAM
- Infrastructure / Services
- NCC (Nutanix Cluster Check)
- Networking
- Prism Gateway
- ENG-442505High Severity Vulnerability in log4j Java logging package | CVE-2021-44228
- Prism UI
- Separate Flow Networking based VPC Traffic
- Security-AOS
- New High Risk security patch Apache Tomcat 8.5.60 < 8.5.72 vulnerability.
- New High Risk security patch Oracle Java SE
- New Medium Risk security patch OpenJDK 7. Multiple Vulnerabilities
- New High Risk security patch Apache Tomcat 8.5.55 < 8.5.75. Multiple vulnerabilities
- CESA-2021:3810
- CESA-2021:3856
- CESA-2021:3889
- CESA-2021:3801
- CESA-2021:4033
- CESA-2021:3798
- CESA-2021:4782
- CESA-2021:4777
- CESA-2021:4785
- CESA-2021:4788
- CESA-2021:4904
- CESA-2022:0063
- CESA-2022:0143
- CESA-2022:0274
- CESA-2022:0473
- CESA-2022:0666
- CESA-2022:0620
- CESA-2022:0621
- CESA-2022:1066
- CESA-2022:1045
- CESA-2022:1069
- CEBA-2022:1032 CentOS 7 tzdata BugFix Update
- Stargate
Pretty strong focus on security with AOS 6.1.1 which together with AHV version 20201105.30281 can be managed by the following Prism Central release:
- pc.2022.4
- pc.2022.1.0.2
- pc.2022.1
As usual check Nutanix Software End Of Life document on a regular basis to keep you up to date.
Software included with the 6.1.1 AOS release:
- AHV 20201105.30281 – which was released 2022-05-16
- Foundation 5.2
- Nutanix Cluster Check (NCC) 4.5.0.2
- Nutanix Guest Tools (NGT) 2.3
Useful links
- Acropolis Upgrade Guide
- Firewall Requirements 6.1
- AOS 6.1.1 Download
- AOS 6.1.1 Release Notes
- AHV 20201105.30281 Download
- AHV 20201105.30281 Release Notes
- Prism Central 2022.4 Download
- Prism Central 2022.4 Release Notes
- Upgrade Path
- Hypervisor json files
- Nutanix Compatibility Matrix
- Software Product Interoperability
Enjoy the new version and its capabilities..
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