Release Notes for NetShelter™ Rack Power Distribution Units and In-Line Current Meters with NMC3 Firmware v3.0.0.5

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Affected Revision Levels

Component	Version	File
Network Management Card 3 (NMC3) Operating System and NetShelter RPDU Application	3.0.0.5	Not available for download
Secure NMC System (SNS) Tool for RPDU	3.0.0.5	snst_nmc3_rpdu2g_3-0-0-5v2.exe
PowerNet® SNMP Management Information Base (MIB)	4.5.2	powernet452.mib
Network Management Device IP Configuration Utility	4.0.5	DevIPSetup.exe

IMPORTANT:You must have a valid Secure NMC System (SNS) subscription (SWNMC3PDU-•Y-DIGI) for PDU devices to update the firmware to version 3.0 or later. You must use the SNS tool for Rack Power Distribution Units (RPDUs) to upgrade to firmware version 3.0 or later. This is the only supported upgrade method.

New Features

New Feature

APC Operating System The NMC3 platform is now IEC-62443-4-2 certified. Support has been added for audit logging to ensure control actions and configuration changes are recorded in the Event log. Support has been added for remote authentication via the TACACS+ protocol.

APDU9•••, AP8•••, AP7•••B, and AP71••B Applications None

Security Update

Password security has been updated to align with the requirements for IEC 62443-4-2.

Fixed Issues

Fixed Issue

APC Operating System Security Update The following security vulnerabilities has been addressed in this release: CWE-74: Improper neutralization of special elements in output used by a downstream component (injection) CWE-79: Improper neutralization of input during web page generation (Cross-site Scripting).

APDU9•••, AP8•••, AP7•••B, and AP71••B Applications General improvements to the help pages of the Web User Interface (Web UI)

Known Issues

Known Issue

APC Operating System Certain characters, such as ™ or ©, will not be generated correctly when downloading a config.ini file via genini.htm. If a file with invalid content generated by this issue is uploaded back to the NMC, the lines with invalid content will be rejected and appropriate events will be logged.

APDU9•••, AP8•••, AP7•••B, and AP71••B Applications Synchronized outlet groups do not function when enabled over the network. They do function when enabled locally or when enabled through the In/Out ports. The Reset RPDU to Defaults action also resets the system settings.

APDU9••• and AP8••• Applications The Network Port Sharing (NPS) system does not update connected units if one of the following occurred: The upgrade file was uploaded via SCP without the original filename. The host device was reset to factory defaults.

APDU9••• Application It is possible to configure a PDU without a network connection as an NPS host if that PDU has been configured with a static IP address. If one or more members of your NPS group have static IP addresses and you want to manually change the NPS host, ensure the new host has a network connection before changing the host. When using certain tools (including the MIB Browser) as an SNMP interface to set string configurations on the device, be aware that strings starting with the “#” character may be reserved for special syntax by your interface tool. These strings will be interpreted as colon-separated decimal representations of ASCII character codes and will be stored as such by the Network Management Card. For example, setting #80:68:85 will result in the string “PDU being configured on the NMC.” If values configured in this way are not valid strings (e.g. “#1”), the OID for that value may stop responding to get and set requests. To fix this OID behavior, overwrite the invalid configuration with a valid string via any non-SNMP interface. The Rack PDU will not warn the user when they have connected too many guest devices to the NPS group. Up to 31 guest devices can be connected to an NPS group. It may take 30 minutes or more to apply a comprehensive config.ini file to an NPS group. If the clearing method for an outlet alarm action is set to Auto, outlets are automatically set to the non-action state when an alarm clears, regardless of what state they were in before the alarm. For example, if the alarm action is Off, the outlets are turned on when the alarm clears. This happens even if the outlets were off before the alarm started.

Hash Signatures

Signatures	snst_nmc3_rpdu2g_3-0-0-5v2.exe
MD5 Hash	76B2A54E4CE12450C5DE0A2A269F1546
SHA-1	AA30B26035B40E4CD9E8DF72F9F50A536CFDEDEF
SHA-256	84E438D7977EFA5FA8E23F84F78A5F29B1F452867DE0C892D5D75273AEAFCBA6