Before you install or upgrade AmpCon-DC, read this topic to get a quick overview of what is added, changed, improved, or deprecated in each release.
FS switches with the switch model N8550-24CD8D can be managed by AmpCon-DC 2.1.1.
For the full list of the supported switches, see Supported Switches for AmpCon-DC 2.1.1.
The following features are added to AmpCon-DC 2.1.0:
Supports automatic discovery of topology
Supports telemetry to display real-time data from modules (optical or electrical) and switches including port status, port packet stats, and classification information of port packets
Supports event alarming
Supports monitoring of Intelligent Lossless Network, Priority-based Flow Control (PFC), and Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN)
Supports importing PicOS-V switches to AmpCon-DC
The following improvements are added to AmpCon-DC 2.1.0:
The following improvements are added for automation with Ansible playbooks:
Supports pre-testing of Ansible playbooks
Supports importing third-party devices with a host name and a port number and SSH key validation
Supports connectivity test of devices
Adds descriptions to Ansible playbook functions in the AmpCon-DC UI
Previously, Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) supports only deploying white-box switches. Now ZTP also supports deploying integrated hardware and software switches.