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| Version | Date | Release Content (Highlights) |
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| 8.1.1 | March 2024 |
This release addresses the following issues:
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| 8.1.0 | Feb 2024 |
The Data Center Expert 8.1.0 release contains improvements including:
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| 8.0.0 | June 2023 |
The Data Center Expert 8.0 release updates the product brand to EcoStruxure™ IT Data Center Expert. This release contains improvements including:
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| 7.9.3 | Feb 2023 |
The Data Center Expert 7.9.3 release updates the server operating system to Rocky Linux 8.7. Enhancements
Server operating system Server OS: Proprietary Rocky Linux 8.7 (RHEL derivative) Java version: OpenJDK-headless-1.8.0.352 Windows desktop client Java version: Adoptium 8u352b08 Software vulnerabilities fixed in DCE 7.9.3
See Data Center Expert Security for more information. |
| 7.9.2 | Sept 2022 |
The Data Center Expert 7.9.2 release updates the server operating system to Rocky Linux 8.6. Enhancements
Server operating system Server OS: Proprietary Rocky Linux 8.6 (RHEL derivative) Java version: OpenJDK-headless-1.8.0.342 PostgreSQL: JDBC driver updated to 42.2.26 U-boot was removed. Windows desktop client Java version: Adoptium 8u345b01 Software vulnerabilities fixed in DCE 7.9.2
See Data Center Expert Security for more information. |
| 7.9.1 | May 2022 |
The desktop client and the web client now support HTTPS communication only. Server OS: This release updates the proprietary DCE server OS to Rocky Linux 8.5 (RHEL derivative). Java Version: 1.8.0_201-b09 Security updates
Update to reload4j 1.2.19 includes:
See Data Center Expert Security for more information. |
| 7.9.0 | January 2022 |
This release updates the server operating system to Rocky Linux 8.4. The upgrade from DCE 7.8.1 requires a fresh install of the software or a new VM. You must contact your local Technical Support to discuss your upgrade options. Server OS: This release updates the proprietary DCE server OS to Rocky Linux 8.4 (RHEL derivative). Java Version: 1.8.0_201-b09 Security updates CVE-2012-2150 - Improper obfuscation of file data CVE-2015-9251 - Cross-site scripting CVE-2007-2379 - JSON data protection scheme CVE-2021-3156 - Heap-based buffer overflow CVE-2020-26217 - Remote code execution CVE-2021-21345 - XStream unsafe deserialization CVE-2021-39144 - XStream unsafe deserialization ZDI-CAN-13553, ISC-VU-172179 - Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability ZDI-CAN-13077, ISC-VU-786838 - Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory See Data Center Expert Security for more information. Scalability updates for SNMPv3 devices See DCE sizing guide |
| 7.8.1 | December 2020 |
Security updates CVE-2020-10188 – Telnet server CVE-2017-1000371 – Kernel: ELF PIE binary on i386 systems CVE-2019-17666 – Kernel: RealTek wireless drivers CVE-2019-17133 – Kernel: WiFi ESSID CVE-2019-17055 – Kernel: AF_ISDN protocol CVE-2019-14821 – Kernel: KVM hypervisor CVE-2015-9381 – FreeType buffer over-read CVE-2015-9382 – FreeType buffer over-read CVE-2019-11745 – Buffer overflow CVE-2020-8616 – BIND flaw CVE-2020-8617 – BIND flaw CVE-2020-10711 – Kernel: SELinux CVE-2017-12192 – Kernel: Key Management CVE-2019-18634 – Sudo flaw Maintenance Mode improvements You can now launch maintenance mode from the All devices group as expected. Scheduling Maintenance Mode no longer puts unsupported NetBotz devices into maintenance mode. SNMP settings Changing device settings from SNMPv1 to SNMPv3 no longer resets associated notification policies to default. Web client Russian characters now display as expected in the web client. Launch to device The launch to device option now works as expected for APC devices using NMC2 with firmware version 6.9.4. |
| 7.8.0 | December 2019 |
Security updates CVE-2019-11810 – Kernel: NULL pointer can lead to DoS CVE-2018-9568 – Kernel: Possible escalation of privileges CVE-2019-11135 – TSX transactions California state legislature security updates for network-connected devices Data Center Expert was updated to comply with California law for the security of connected devices. |
| 7.7.1 | August 2019 |
Security updates CVE-2019-11479 - Default MSS hard-coded to 48 bytes CVE-2019-5489 - Page cache access CVE-2019-3896 - Privilege escalation DoS CVE-2019-3863 - Out of bounds memory write error CVE-2018-17972- Kernel task stack contents CVE-2017-17805 - Zero-length inputs
SACK: CVE-2019-11477 - Integer overflow in TCP Selective Acknowledgment (SACK) sequence CVE-2019-11478 - TCP Selective Acknowledgment (SACK) sequence retransmission queue See Data Center Expert Security for more information.
Updated support for Linux You can now install the Data Center Expert client on RHEL 6.0 and CentOS 6. Improved performance in the installed client Loading times for sensors, thresholds, and device alarms are now faster in the installed client. Improved reports in the web client Saved reports in the web client now support 100 sensors. Improved alarm resolution in the web client You can now manually resolve threshold alarms in the web client.
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| 7.7.0 | June 2019 |
Security updates CVE-2018-14634 - Kernel privilege escalation vulnerability CVE-2018-5391 - Kernel TCP “FragmentSmack” vulnerability CVE-2002-0510 - UDP IP Zero
Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS): CVE-2018-12130 - Fill buffers, known as ZombieLoad or RIDL CVE-2018-12126 - Fallout CVE-2018-12127 - Load buffers CVE-2019-11091 - Uncacheable memory
Enhancements to Maintenance Mode Administration and Device View and Control users can now schedule when to disable or re-enable notifications for any device or device group. The Maintenance Mode Schedules window displays the schedules to enter and exit maintenance mode, and provides options to view and modify schedules and comments. Compressed backups You can now choose to compress a backup. The compressed backup is a single tar.gz file with a .dce file extension for easier filename filtering. EcoStruxure IT The name of the StruxureOn option was updated to EcoStruxure IT. There is no change to the connection to EcoStruxure IT (formerly StruxureOn) from DCE. IP addresses of discovered nodes You can now change the IP addresses of discovered nodes without losing data.
The v7.7.0 release updates Java to version 1.8.0.201. |
| 7.6.0 | October 2018 |
Security updates ZipSlip Further enhancements to maintenance mode Administration and Device View and Control users can now schedule when to disable or re-enable notifications for any device or device group. A new Maintenance Mode Schedules window displays the schedules to enter and exit maintenance mode, and provides options to view and modify schedules and comments. Compressed backups You can now choose to compress a backup. The compressed backup is a single tar.gz file with a .dce file extension for easier filename filtering. EcoStruxure IT The name of the StruxureOn option was updated to EcoStruxure IT. There is no change to the connection to EcoStruxure IT (formerly StruxureOn) from Data Center Expert. IP addresses of discovered nodesYou can now change the IP addresses of discovered nodes without losing data. |
| 7.5.0 | January 2018 |
Security updates Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754), Spectre (CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715) For more information about these software vulnerabilities, see this Schneider Electric Security Notification. Maintenance Mode improvements Device view and control users can now use maintenance mode. SSL protocol selection You can now select the allowed SSL protocols for the web server and private proxy. Improvements to Device Definition File (DDF) support Device Definition Files (DDF) have been updated to address duplicate sensor entries. |
| 7.4.3 | April 2017 |
StruxureOn Digital Service registration improvements You now register your Data Center Expert server using the claim code link in the StruxureOn > Registration option. Improvements to Device Definition File (DDF) support Improvements to Modbus polling |
| 7.4.1 | September 2016 |
This release patches the latest OpenSSL vulnerabilities to improve security and updates to Java 8 version 102. StruxureOn Digital Service You can now connect your Data Center Expert server to the StruxureOn Digital Service. See https://struxureon.com for more information. Prompt to change the default username and password You are now prompted to change the default username and password when you first log in to the client. You can change the default credentials at that time, at a later time, or opt to keep the default credentials. |
| 7.3.1 | January 2016 | This release addresses an issue with Modbus device communication. |
| 7.3.0 | December 2015 |
This release updates the server operating system to improve security and updates to Java 8 version 65. Support for Adding, Deleting, and Modifying Users on NMC v6.x Devices
Note: You must upload a .csf file directly to the device to configure users on devices with older firmware v6.0.6 - v6.1.1. Additional NFS options Additional Windows Share options Modbus discovery retries |
| 7.2.7 | April 2015 |
Open SSL patches This release patches the latest OpenSSL vulnerabilities to improve security. Latest time zone data This release updates to Java 7 version 79 to include the latest time zone data. |
| 7.2.6 | November 2014 |
Open SSL patches This release patches the latest OpenSSL vulnerabilities to improve security. Latest time zone data This release updates to Java 7 version 71. |
| 7.2.5 | October 2014 | This release patches the latest Bash and OpenSSL vulnerabilities to improve security. |
| 7.2.4 | May 2014 |
Customer Experience Program The Customer Experience Program helps Schneider Electric improve Data Center Expert and the features you use most often. The usage data collected are stored anonymously. You can disable participation in the Customer Experience Program in Client Preferences, accessed from the File menu. Enhancements to Sensor History Reports Graph-format sensor history reports now contain fifteen graph line colors. Community A link to the Community is now available in the Help menu. |
| 7.2.2 | July 2013 | This release supports an operating system update to improve security. |
| 7.2.1 | December 2012 |
The 7.2.1 release supports an upcoming hardware revision for Data Center Expert Enterprise servers to the Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720. Data Center Expert Enterprise server running on the Dell PowerEdge R720 requires a minimum of v7.2.1. Users can apply a v7.2.0 backup to restore server data to v7.2.1 if necessary. |
| 7.2.0 | August 2012 |
Data Center Expert product name StruxureWare Central is now called StruxureWare Data Center Expert. Device Discovery by Device Administrator Users Device Administrator users now have the ability to discover devices into device groups to which they have access. Device Discovery into a Device Group In the Device Discovery wizard, an additional display is now available to select one device group into which to place discovered SNMPv1, SNMPv3, NetBotz Appliance, or Modbus devices. Server Administrator users can place devices into any device group. Device Administrator users can place devices into only the device groups to which they have access. Enhanced Rack Access PX Support Rack access PX handle locks can now be controlled from the Data Center Expert client via SNMP. Data Center Expert Web Client Enhancements The Data Center Expert server home page has been replaced by the Data Center Expert Server web client, available on a computer, tablet, or mobile device with an internet browser, in English only. The web client now allows you to do the following:
Data Center Operation Suite on a Separate Server The Data Center Operation Suite no longer resides on the Data Center Expert server. To upgrade from a previous version of Operations running on a StruxureWare Central 7.0 server, you must first back up the StruxureWare Central 7.0 server. You then install the separate Data Center Operation server and clients, and migrate the data from the StruxureWare Central 7.0 backup to the Data Center Operation server. For more information, see the documentation for Data Center Operation. |
| 7.0 | September 2011 |
StruxureWare Central Virtual Appliance The StruxureWare Central 7.0 server is now available as a virtual appliance, supported on VMware. The full-featured demo of the virtual appliance monitors up to five device nodes and one surveillance node. You can purchase a license key to upgrade to a production version to monitor additional device nodes and activate supported applications, or to migrate from a StruxureWare Central server hardware version to a StruxureWare Central virtual appliance. StruxureWare Central Web Client The StruxureWare Central web client provides a real-time overview of active alarms and device details for the StruxureWare Central 7.0 server. The StruxureWare Central web client is available on a computer, tablet, or mobile device with an internet browser, in English only. Create Virtual Sensor Option Users with Device Administrator or Server Administrator access can create virtual sensors for the StruxureWare Central server. A virtual sensor allows you to view and monitor the average or total value of multiple numeric sensors of the same sensor type. RAID Battery Status Notification for StruxureWare Central Enterprise Server There is now an entry in the StruxureWare Central server log when the RAID battery is in a warning or critical state. You access the log from the web page for your StruxureWare Central server. Additionally, a system event email is now sent to all Administrator users when the RAID battery status escalates from OK to Warn, from OK to Error, or from Warn to Error. The email is repeated once a week while the status remains at Warn or Error. No email is sent when the condition is resolved Updated Login Dialog The StruxureWare Central client login dialog has a more modern look. Support for 2048 bit SSL Certificates The StruxureWare Central server now generates Certificate Signing Requests (CSR) using 2048 bit keys. Unit of Measure Column Added A Unit of Measure column is now available in the Create Virtual Sensor and Create Thresholds dialogs, and the Report Criteria display, making it easier to select like-type sensors. Column Selector Option Available in Additional Displays The ability to configure columns is now available in the following displays:
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| 6.3 | May 2011 |
StruxureWare Central product name InfraStruxure Central is now called StruxureWare Central. Outlet Control for Supported Rack PDU devices Users can now control outlets on supported APC Rack PDU devices, and third party Rack PDU devices with DDFs that include outlet control, using the “Outlet Control” display in the Monitoring perspective. Note: The StruxureWare Central server cannot determine whether outlets are part of an outlet group. Additional Device Group Access for Monitoring and Surveillance A user with the Monitoring device group access “View Access – No Camera Images” can view alarms and sensor information for devices, but cannot view the live feed in the “Device Sensor” display or view clips included in alarm notifications. A user with the Surveillance device group access “View Live Feed Only – No Camera Clips” can view the live feed from camera devices, but cannot access historical clips associated with those camera devices. Rack Access Control and Configuration for NetBotz Appliances Users can now control locks on rack doors monitored by the NetBotz Rack Access PX-HID, or Rack Access Pod 170 devices associated with supported NetBotz Appliances using the “Rack Access Settings” display in the NetBotz Appliance Configuration option. Alarm Notification Suppression Users can now acknowledge active alarms and suppress future notifications. Comments Field for Active and Historical Alarms Users can now add comments to active and historical alarms. |
| 6.2 | February 2011 |
InfraStruxure Manager Migration Utility InfraStruxure Central v6.2 provides a utility used to migrate settings and other important data from an InfraStruxure Manager v4.7 to an InfraStruxure Central v6.2 server. When migration is complete, the InfraStruxure Central server will manage devices previously managed by the InfraStruxure Manager. Migration of a fully configured InfraStruxure Manager, monitoring the maximum number of nodes, can take over twenty-four hours to complete when the InfraStruxure Manager data log is included in the migration. When the data log is not included, migration can take up to one hour. When a migration that includes devices on the private LAN is complete, the InfraStruxure Manager will be turned off. Enhanced Alarm Configuration Users can now modify device alarm configurations, changing the default values to better comply with their IT management policies. New Reports perspective Predefined summary reports and user-customized sensor history reports are now in one Reports perspective. Users can now create graph-format, summary-format, or table-format custom sensor history reports, modify the report criteria, and export or save these reports. Additionally, users can generate pre-defined graph-format snapshot reports for the devices or device groups the InfraStruxure Central server monitors, and export them as HTML, CSV (comma delimited), or PDF. Trending and Analytics Users can now include a trend line on a graph-format report to predict future sensor values based on past data sets when all numeric sensors included in the report use the same unit of measure.The trend is calculated using a linear regression model and the ordinary least squares estimation method. All the available data returned by the InfraStruxure Central server for the sensors selected, and the time range specified for the report, are considered in the model. The data are extended for twice the specified time range to create the trend line. Client Preferences Users can now open a browser in a view inside the InfraStruxure Central client to automatically logon to the user interface of devices that use basic authentication. License Keys Users can now view information about installed license keys and copy it to a document. Open LDAP Authentication The InfraStruxure Central server now requires OpenLDAP for secure communication with a Linux authentication server. Server SSL Certificates The user can now import SSL certificates used for secure communication with an SMTP server, Active Directory or OpenLDAP server, or a NetBotz Appliance. The STARTTLS extension is required to communicate with SMTP servers using the Secure SMTP protocol Storage Settings Purge Option Users can now manually purge alarm history data. Rack Access Configuration Users can now configure Rack Access Users settings in the APC SNMP Device Configuration wizard “Configure Device Settings” display. Surveillance Settings Users can now access configuration options in a right-click menu in the Camera view. Macros Additional alarm action macros are now available. Identification macros:
Alarm macros:
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6.1, 6.1.1 |
August, September 2010 |
The InfraStruxure Central v6.1 release supports new features in InfraStruxure Operations v6.1 only. There are no new features available in InfraStruxure Central v6.1. APC recommends updating to InfraStruxure Central v6.1 to support InfraStruxure Operations v6.1 only. |
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6.0 6.0.2 |
January, June 2010 |
Improved Icons Many icons in the InfraStruxure Central user interface have been redesigned to provide a more intuitive experience while navigating the application. Updated Menu Options Redesigned the contents of the menu bar for additional clarity and functionality. Modbus TCP Device Support InfraStruxure Central can now discover and monitor devices that use the Modbus TCP protocol and Modbus RTU devices that are connected to a Modbus RTU to Modbus TCP gateway. New Perspectives InfraStruxure Central now provides three new perspectives to help manage your devices: Alarm Configuration – Modbus and SNMP device alarm configuration is now handled in the Alarm Configuration perspective. Users can create thresholds, notification policies, and alarm actions. NetBotz devices are handled in the same manner as previous releases. Summary Reports – Five pre-defined reports are available in the Summary Reports perspective. By default, two views appear in the Summary Reports perspective. These views allow you to generate, view, print, and export reports in HTML, CSV (comma-delimited), or PDF format for the device groups selected.
Power Management – InfraStruxure now supports the PowerLogic™ ION Enterprise™ server. When the ION Enterprise integration is enabled through the InfraStruxure Central user interface, and the client is rebooted, the Power Management perspective will be enabled. This allows users to access the ION Enterprise view. Custom Property Support Users can now create custom properties that can appear as columns in the Monitoring perspective views and the Device Sensors display. Custom properties are created in a new view, the Custom Properties Editor. Maintenance Mode InfraStruxure Central now has a way to disable notifications for a device or device group. Enabling “Maintenance Mode” for a device or device group will disable any notifications from those devices until the mode is disabled again. Trend Lines in Graphs and Reports Graphs and reports in InfraStruxure Central now have the option to show trend lines, which track the moving average value of the chart data. Device Launch with Automatic Log In You can provide credentials to automatically log in to the web interfaces of APC SNMP devices with the following Network Management Card and firmware revisions:
Support for Static IPs on the Private LAN InfraStruxure Central now supports two private LAN sectors (Network A and Network B) that can be used to separate devices that use DHCP address assignment and static IPs. Devices which require static IPs can be added to the Network B LAN. When devices are reset on the DHCP Discovery tab, the IPs of devices on Network B will not be reset. InfraStruxure Central Server Can Now Be Used As Standalone NTP Server Users can now set the InfraStruxure Central Server as an NTP server without syncing with an external NTP server. New Communication Link Status Threshold Users can configure a new threshold – “Communication Link Status” – for SNMP and Modbus devices in the Alarm Configuration perspective. This threshold is triggered when communication is lost with the device, and replaces the off-line alarm configuration capability in previous releases. |
| 5.0.1 | September 2008 |
Frequency filter in Graphing/Reporting Users can select the report interval time when creating a data report or a data graph. |
| 5.0 | August 2008 |
InfraStruXure Central Improved Usability New user interface to match Change and Capacity Manager Cohesive look and feel Superior usability over current user interface Scalability Increased maximum node count (currently 1025) Standard Up to 2025 Enterprise Up to 4025 New Functions Mass firmware updates of APC Network Management Cards Remote Monitoring Service Support Vastly improved alerting (speed and configuration) New, Low Cost, Entry InfraStruXure Central platform ISX Central Basic – matches ISX Manager entry price point All the same great ISX Central features Up to 525 nodes Optional Surveillance add on for 15 cameras Localized User Interface Japanese, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese |
