New in Version 31.0.4.0
Immediate DSSP Health Check Update
When remote server availability is established via DSSP (DSSP health check), in previous versions Alteon updated the server status only after three consecutive DSSP messages containing the new status. Now the server status is updated after the first DSSP message that reports a change in status.
NFR ID: prod00253321
Delete Persistent Session Entries
Specific persistency entries (cookie insert/rewrite, IP address, or SSL ID) can now be deleted using the oper/slb/psessdel CLI command.
NFR ID: prod00255187
Configurable HA Floating MAC on Standalone
Prior to this version, the floating MAC address was fixed and identical for all the Alteon standalone platforms and Alteon VA. This prevented having more than one Alteon on the same Layer 2 network. In version 32.0, you can now configure an HA ID field (values 0-63) for all the Alteon platforms that are in the same HA group. This allows for up to 64 groups of Alteon platforms to reside on the same Layer 2 network.
NFR ID: prod00247633
Enhanced SNI
SNI allows multiple SSL certificates to be hosted on a single IP address or service (IP + port). While Alteon supports SNI, it is required that all the certificates in an SNI group have the same chain of trust (same Intermediate CAs).
Starting with this version, Alteon supports certificates with different chains of trust in the same SNI group. This is achieved by letting you define the Intermediate CAs chain directly in the certificate object configuration (cfg/slb/ssl/certs/cert <name>/intermca).
When an Intermediate CAs chain is configured in the SSL policy and on the certificate itself, the intermediate chain on the certificate is used.
Note: An intermediate CA chain should not be attached directly to the certificate used as a CA certificate for outbound SSL Inspection. If Intermediate CAs need to be added to the CA certificate, they should be defined in the front-end SSL policy.
NFR ID: prod00253966
Automatic Geolocation Database Update
Automatic update of the geolocation database is now available – the update occurs once a month:
The automatic update can be enabled or disabled.The automatic update is available only on D-Line devices with an active Perform subscription.The automatic update requires that Alteon has access to the Internet (via a data port) and that the DNS client is configured.Increased the Length of ID and Descriptions of Fields
The field lengths of following objects have been increased from 32 to 128:
Virtual server description Certificate group IDCertificate IDClient authentication policy IDClient authentication policy descriptionNFR ID: prod00255016
Terminate WEB Management Concurrent Connections
Up to 17 concurrent WBM connections are allowed. You can terminate WBM connection using CLI using the following command: /oper/sys/access/remwbm