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What's New?

This page will display a list of changes that have been made to PacketGuide and/or the PacketWise software. The changes will be listed in chronological order, with the most recent changes at the top. Each change has one or more links which will take you to the changed information. Please use the feedback tab to report any discrepancies or errors.

 

Date

Change Description 
  May 30, 2008

PacketGuide for PacketWise 8.3.1 released
See PDF of PacketWise 8.3.1 Release Notes

New features include:

   

Support for SNMPv3, a network management protocol that provides a flexible and powerful framework for message security and access control.
See Configure PacketWise for SNMPv3 Support

   

TACACS+ authentication to log into your PacketShaper or PolicyCenter server.
See Configure TACACS

   

New authentication method available for RADIUS: MSCHAP
See Configure RADIUS Authentication Service

   

The Packeteer TACACS+ client supports with Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) 4.2.
See Configure Windows TACACS+ Servers using Cisco Secure ACS

   

Steps to configure Windows Server 2003 (IAS) for Packeteer RADIUS authentication
See Configure Windows IAS on Windows Server 2003

    New adaptive response agent: Quota Bandwidth Host
See Quota Bandwidth Host
    Classify by additional MPLS labels
See Classify Traffic Based on MPLS
   

New system variables: DiffservClassSortPref, mplsSecondLabelIndex
See setup variable

    New classifications: Facebook, Flickr, Meebo, MySpace Ofoto, Orkut, Pandora, Pando, QQ, SmugMug, Torpark, Ventrilo,
See Applications, Protocols, and Services
    New traceroute CLI command
See ttraceroute
    Tunnel command enhancements
See tunnel local show and tunnel remote show.
    WCCP redirection filters: maximum number of filter definitions increased from 50 to 200
    New parameter (clear) for setup reset command
    New parameter (sync) for tunnel remote flush all command
   

The synthetic add command now accepts IP addresses in addition to DNS names for the host parameter. New synthetic traffic classes now reside under the folders Inbound/SyntheticTransactions and Outbound/SyntheticTransactions

   

PolicyCenter 8.3.1 Released
See PDF of PolicyCenter 8.3.1 Release Notes

New PolicyCenter features include:

   

Support for role-based authentication and access controls for multiple users
See Add a New PolicyCenter Organization and Add Users to a PolicyCenter Organization

    Secure connections between
PolicyCenter and a Directory Server
See Change the Directory Server Host
    Batched configuration editing
(transactional configurations)
See Edit a PolicyCenter Configuration
    Export data from PolicyCenter Units, Users, Configurations and Organizations tables in comma-separated value (CSV) format
    The table view of the Units, Users, Configurations and Organizations include a Preferences button that allows you to select which data columns to display or hide.
   

Back up individual Configurations via the PolicyCenter browser interface
See Make a Single Backup of a PolicyCenter Configuration

    Manage setup variables for the PolicyCenter software
See pc setup variable
    Prepare PacketShapers for data replication between core and edge directory servers
See pc replication prepare
   

Configure synthetic transactions for PolicyCenter sharable configurations and units in shared mode via the new PolicyCenter commands synthetic add and synthetic options.

   

PolicyCenter administrators can to disable nonsecure HTTP access to the PolicyCenter browser interface and force all PolicyCenter users to login via secure HTTPS only. See Login Settings and pc setup disablehttp

 

PacketGuide™ for PacketWise® 8.3