NESiGate283_Release

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Details of feature, procedure, and documentation changes since the previous NESiGate release

NesiGate 2.8.3 is a feature release & is now available (Apr 16, 2007)

This release is available as a no-charge upgrade to customers who have NESiGate units still in their warranty period, or to customers who have elected to purchase the NESiGate Firmware Support option. If you are unsure of your current support status, please contact support@netex.com.

OPERATIONAL/PROCEDURAL IMPACT

New Key Requirement: NESiGate Release 2.8.x requires a new NESiGate key to be installed if upgrading from a release prior to Release 2.8. Customers that are upgrading from Release 2.8 or higher do not require a new NESiGate key, since the Release 2.8.x key will continue to work with Release 2.8.3.

If a new NESiGate key is needed, request a new key by sending an e-mail to support@netex.com. Include the serial numbers of all of your NESiGate appliances in the request, along with the type
of each NESiGate (CA, CO, LO, or HG). Netex Support will return the new NESiGate keys after verifying your current support status

FEATURES/ENHANCEMENTS

Support has been added for user-defined administration user-ids and fifteen (15) levels of command authorization. This allows a customer to optionally define user-ids of their choice, in place of or in addition to the supplied user-id names ngadmin1-9. Additionally, the user-id's can be restricted in the commands they can perform, by associating them to a particular authorization level. The default ngadminx user-ids cannot be deleted, but can be disabled if their authorizations do not match your requirements.

These features and enhancements represent a continuation of the enhancements introduced in prior releases of NESiGate.

DOCUMENTATION UPDATES

1) New Software Installation Manual

2) Updated product manuals:
- NESiGate Channel Adapter (CA)
- NESiGate Channel Offload (CO)
- NESiGate LAN Offload (LO)
- NESiGate HYPERChannel Gateway (HG)
- NESiGate Troubleshooting Guide

UPGRADE PROCEDURE

You may download NESiGate Release 2.8.3 from ftp.netexsw.com by issuing the following ftp commands. If you wish to burn your own CDs instead of waiting for a set from NESi, the ".iso" files can be used to burn your own CDs. You should change to a directory to contain the files prior to starting the ftp session.

cd (directory of your choice)
ftp ftp.netexsw.com
(log in as anonymous, use your e-mail address as the password if required)
cd downloads/nesigate-install
bin
get nesi-inst
get NG-MTU.pdf   (manuals)
get NG-SW.pdf   (manuals)
get NG-CA.pdf   (manuals)
get NG-CO.pdf   (manuals)
get NG-LO.pdf   (manuals)
get NG-HG.pdf   (manuals)
get NG-TS.pdf   (manuals)
get nesi-inst.iso   (for CD burning only)
get MSTRD1.iso   (for CD burning only)
get MSTRD2.iso   (for CD burning only)
get MSTRD3.iso   (for CD burning only)
get BootCD-R2.7.5.iso  (for CD burning only)
quit

For NESiGate(s) running version 2.7.5 or above, you may use 'receiveFileHost' from the CLI or web interface to place the downloaded file in the proper directory, then use 'nesigateStop' and 'installNesigate' from the CLI or web interface to perform the installation.

For NESiGate(s) running version 2.7.3 – 2.7.4, store the downloaded ‘nesi-inst’ file into
directory '/home/nesi' on NESiGate. Ensure it is executable by issuing the command:
chmod +x /home/nesi/nesi-inst
Then install it by running 'nesi-inst' with the proper parameters for the NESiGate type:
/home/nesi/nesi-inst (CA | CO | LO | HG) 2>&1 | tee -a /home/nesi/inst.log

To upgrade from a NESiGate version prior to 2.7.3, you must acquire the OS CD set and upgrade the NESiGate as described in the 2.7.2 Release Announcement and in the Software Installation manual. The software is on a set of 5 CDs. Three CDs contain the NESiGate operating system, one the NESiGate product (CA, CO, LO or GW), and one an OS recovery CD. Please contact NetEx support in order to obtain the CD set.

END OF SUPPORT

In accordance with our Service Policy:
Support for releases 2.7.2, 2.7.3, 2.7.4, 2.7.5 ended on November 30, 2006.
Support for NESiGate release 2.7.6 will end on April 1, 2007.
Support for NESiGate release 2.8 will end on June 7, 2007.
Support for NESiGate release 2.8.1 will end on August 15, 2007.
Support for NESiGate release 2.8.2 will end on April 16, 2008.

If you have any questions, please contact support@netex.com.