Nutanix just released a new STS, short term support, version of AOS meaning the latest version is now 5.16. Read more about difference between LTS & STS here. A 5.16 version of Prism Central was also released so this time their version numbers is an exact match.
AOS 5.10.9 comes bundled with the following software:
- AHV 20190916.96 – If you upgrade AHV you can now use Lifecycle Manager (Nutanix LCM) to perform the upgrade.
- Prism Central 5.16
- Nutanix Cluster Check, NCC, 3.9.4.
- Witness VM 5.16
- AOS 5.11.2.1
- Prism Central 5.11.2.1
The 5.16 release provides new features and improvements in the following areas.
- AHV Management – Image management
- API Infra
- Data Protection – MAC address mgmt for ESXi based Nutanix clusters.
- Flow
- Infrastructure / Services
- Lifecycle Manager (LCM)
- Licensing
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- Nutanix Files
- Nutanix Cluster Check (NCC)
- Prism Central
- Prism
- Gateway
- UI
- Secure Boot Support for Node running AHV
- Secure Boot Support for VMs
- Security – Patches that applies to e.g. blktrace, curl, ghostscript, krb5, kernel, libssh2, libtiff OpenJDK, procps-ng, procps, python & top
- Xi – License reporting
- Xi Networking – REST API improvements.
The AOS and Prism Central 5.11.2.1 releases supports same AHV version, 20190916.96, as AOS and Prism Central 5.16 and it also includes a lot of the security fixes from the 5.16 versions.
As usual check Nutanix Software End Of Life document on a regular basis to keep you up to date.
Useful links
- Firewall Requirements 5.16
- AOS 5.16 Download
- AOS 5.16 Release Notes
- Prism Central 5.16 Download
- Prism Central 5.16 Release Notes
- Prism Central 5.11.2.1 Download
- Prism Central 5.11.2.1 Release Notes
- AHV 20190916.96 Download
- AHV 20190916.96 Release Notes
- Nutanix Cluster Check (NCC) 3.9.4 Download
- Nutanix Cluster Check (NCC) 3.9.4 Release Notes
- Witness VM Download
- Upgrade Path
- Hypervisor json files
- Nutanix Compatibility Matrix
- Software Product Interoperability
Enjoy the new versions and their capabilities.