H06.24 Release Version Update Compendium

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OSM Enhancements
OSM Service Connection (T0682 H02 ACV) enhancements include:
• A new Prepare for Down System CLIM Firmware Update action on the CLIMs object, to be
used in conjunction with the Down System CLIM Firmware Update Tool.
• Support for NonStop system consoles running Windows Server 2008.
• Support for IPv6 (in addition to previous support for IPv4) on the operations LAN. Network
Address Translation (NAT) still is supported only on IPv4.
• Collect CLIM Logs action has been added to the individual CLIM object (previously available
on only the CLIMs collection object).
OSM Console Tools (T0634 G06 ABB) enhancements include:
• New Down System CLIM Firmware Update Tool. It is used in conjunction with the Prepare for
Down System CLIM Firmware Update action in the OSM Service Connection to provide a
method for updating firmware/BIOS for CLuster I/O Module (CLIM) components during
planned system down time.
• New NonStop Maintenance LAN DHCP DNS Configuration Wizard replaces the CLIM Boot
Service Configuration Wizard. It can be used to configure the DHCP and DNS servers required
for NonStop H-series systems and any NonStop systems with CLIMs attached. The wizard is
also used to configure FTP, TFTP, and BOOTP servers. (BOOTP servers apply only to NonStop
BladeSystems and NonStop NS2200 systems and make the Halted State Services (HSS) files
available for processors to boot from.)
Migration Considerations
None.
Fallback Considerations
None.
Safeguard
Beginning with this RVU:
• A new security group, SECURITY-AUDITOR has been added. It designates a customer-defined
list of users who are not SUPER.SUPER, record owner, or record owner's group manager but
also need the ability to view the subject and group records. Users who are part of this group
have read-only privileges for the subject and group records.
• The PASSWORD-MIN-QUALITY-REQUIRED attribute has been enhanced to be automatically
set from 0 to 1, when any of the following password quality attributes are enabled:
◦ PASSWORD-UPPERCASE-REQUIRED
◦ PASSWORD-LOWERCASE-REQUIRED
◦ PASSWORD-NUMERIC-REQUIRED
◦ PASSWORD-SPECIALCHAR-REQUIRED
◦ PASSWORD-ALPHA-REQUIRED
• The OBJECTTYPE USER has been enhanced to be granted additional access permissions,
namely, WRITE(W) and PURGE(P) in addition to the existing permissions CREATE(C) AND
OWNER(O). Granting W permission to a user on the OBJECTTYPE USER access control list
allows the user to modify any user’s attributes, including passwords. Granting P permission
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