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h1. What's New in Sun xVM Ops Center 2.1

The focus of the 2.1 release is to improve the quality and user experience by providing key bug fixes, integrating patches, and introducing a number of functional and usability enhancements. [Fixed Issues] in the Release Notes list of some of the higher visibility bug fixes.

The following are a few of the enhancements in Sun xVM Ops Center 2.1:
* [Browser User Interface|#NewW-BUI]
* [Administration|#New-Admin]
* [Proxy Management|#New-Proxu]
* [Gear Discovery|#New-Discover]
* [Gear Management|#New-Gear]
* [Job Management|#New-Jobs]
* [Report Management|#New-Reports]

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h3. Browser User Interface
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h3. Administration
The following are the administrative enhancements:
* Sun xVM Ops Center product updates
* Enterprise and proxy controllers provide version and status

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h3. Improved Proxy Management
* Display the proxy version and status
* Set and clear the default proxy
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h3. Gear Discovery
Enhancements to custom and manual discovery.
h6. Custom Discovery
The default proxy targeting and custom discovery enhancements include the following:
* Ability to explicitly target default proxy
* Controls what proxy manages what assets
h6. Manual Discovery
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** Select model category for general type
** Enter model for detailed identification
* Port and MAC address configuration --
** Ability to enter multiple ethernet ports and MAC addresses

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h3. Gear Management
Additional power management and configuration information:
* Power Monitoring Charts
** Systems now monitor power consumption
** Real-time and historical data is available
** System groups provide power consumption of the five highest and the five lowest systems in the group
* Configuration Data
** Each monitored asset now provides a Config tab

The Config tab displays detailed information and provides edit capabilities, including the following configurations:
* Communication protocol
* Proxy controller
* Asset reachability

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h3. Job Management
Groups are no longer required to select target systems.

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h3. Report Management
All report results, including Baseline Analysis Reports, are available for export to CSV.

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