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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
<chapter id="relinfo-changes">
  <title>Main Changes</title>

  <para>Below you'll find information about the new features and updates made
  in this release, as well as details on the provided packages and the
  backwards compatibility with previous versions.</para>

  <section id="relinfo-changes-other">
    <title>New Features and Improvements</title>

    <para><emphasis role="bold">New Features:</emphasis></para>

    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>Support for Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDN) for the Enea
        Edge Management application address. For more details please see
        <olink targetdoc="book_enea_edge_getting_started"
        targetptr="prep_deploy">Preparing the Deployment in the <xi:include
        href="../../s_docbuild/olinkdb/pardoc-names.xml"
        xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
        xpointer="element(book_enea_edge_getting_started/1)" /></olink>
        Manual.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>Support for a DNS servers list for WAN interfaces
		with a static IP configuration. For more details please see <olink
        targetdoc="book_enea_edge_getting_started"
        targetptr="install_ena_device">Installing Enea Edge - uCPE Device
        Installation in the <xi:include
        href="../../s_docbuild/olinkdb/pardoc-names.xml"
        xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
        xpointer="element(book_enea_edge_getting_started/1)" /></olink>
        Manual.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>Support for NFV Infrastructure backup and restore to allow for
        recovery to a previously known state. For more details please see
        <olink targetdoc="book_enea_edge_getting_started"
        targetptr="nfvi_backup">NFV Infrastructure Backup Operations in the
        <xi:include href="../../s_docbuild/olinkdb/pardoc-names.xml"
        xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
        xpointer="element(book_enea_edge_getting_started/1)" /></olink>
        Manual.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>Support for VNF snapshotting to allow for storing, managing and
        restoring snapshots of VNFs deployed on Enea Edge Runtime. For more
        details please see <olink targetdoc="book_enea_edge_getting_started"
        targetptr="vnf_snapshots">VNF Snapshots in the <xi:include
        href="../../s_docbuild/olinkdb/pardoc-names.xml"
        xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
        xpointer="element(book_enea_edge_getting_started/1)" /></olink>
        Manual.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>Support for a Factory Reset to allow reverting of the Enea Edge
        Runtime to its initial state. For more details please see <olink
        targetdoc="book_enea_edge_getting_started"
        targetptr="basic_oper_device">Basic operations for uCPE device
        Management in the <xi:include
        href="../../s_docbuild/olinkdb/pardoc-names.xml"
        xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
        xpointer="element(book_enea_edge_getting_started/1)" /></olink>
        Manual.</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para><emphasis role="bold">Improvements:</emphasis></para>

    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>Added support for uploading multiple custom scripts on a uCPE
        Device in the Enea Edge Automation framework.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>Python APIs from the Enea Edge Automation framework can now be
        run with a limited set of optional parameters.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>Configuration files from the Enea Edge Automation framework can
        now be generated in a non-interactive way with a limited set of
        optional parameters.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>Improved support for large deployments of Enea Edge.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>The Enea Edge Management application will wait for 10 minutes 
		instead of 5 for the Enea Edge Runtime upgrade operations to complete 
		successfully, before reporting an error.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>Improved the upgrade and uninstall processes of the Enea Edge
        Management component: the database information is no longer requested
        during an upgrade or an uninstall.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>Enea Edge Runtime key component upgrades include: <itemizedlist
            spacing="compact">
            <listitem>
              <para>Linux kernel 5.10</para>
            </listitem>

            <listitem>
              <para>Open vSwitch 2.15</para>
            </listitem>

            <listitem>
              <para>QEMU 5.2.0</para>
            </listitem>

            <listitem>
              <para>libvirt 6.3.0</para>
            </listitem>

            <listitem>
              <para>DPDK 20.11.0</para>
            </listitem>
          </itemizedlist></para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>Python3 (v3.9.4) replaced Python2 support in Enea Edge
        Runtime.</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para><emphasis role="bold">Early Access Features:</emphasis></para>

    <para>The following Early Access features are included in this
    release:</para>

    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para><remark>CPDX-3498</remark>High Availability support with
        redundant Enea Edge Management applications in active standby
        configuration.</para>

        <para>In order to increase resiliency on the uCPE management side, the
        Enea Edge Management application can be installed in High-Availability
        mode. Deployment consists of multiple instances of the Enea Edge
        Management application, which can be distributed across different Data
        Centers and geographical locations, and with multiple MariaDB servers
        for each location.</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para>Early Access features are provided for evaluation and early
    feedback. They are not allowed to be used for business-critical
    deployment, unless previously approved by Enea. Support cases reported on
    Early Access features may only be set to a Minor Priority, with the intent
    of addressing them in upcoming GA releases.</para>
  </section>

  <section id="open_source">
    <title>Open Source</title>

    <para>For more information about the Open Source packages included, please
    refer to the Enea Edge Open Source Reports listed below. Each report
    contains open source and license information pertaining to packages
    provided with this release, for their respective component.</para>

    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para><xi:include href="../../s_docbuild/olinkdb/pardoc-common.xml"
        xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
        xpointer="element(book_enea_edge_runtime_open_source/1)" />.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><xi:include href="../../s_docbuild/olinkdb/pardoc-common.xml"
        xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
        xpointer="element(book_enea_edge_management_open_source/1)" />.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><xi:include href="../../s_docbuild/olinkdb/pardoc-common.xml"
        xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
        xpointer="element(book_enea_edge_telemetry_open_source/1)" />.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><xi:include href="../../s_docbuild/olinkdb/pardoc-common.xml"
        xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
        xpointer="element(book_enea_edge_automation_open_source/1)" />.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><xi:include href="../../s_docbuild/olinkdb/pardoc-common.xml"
        xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
        xpointer="element(book_enea_edge_auto_fw_th_open_source/1)" />.</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
  </section>

  <section id="relinfo-backward-compat">
    <title>Compatibility</title>

    <para>This release does not contain any public API changes impacting backwards compatibility.</para>
  </section>
</chapter>