Release Notes for 0.5.0 can be found here

0.5.2 Features and Changes

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed deadlock that can occur during paths etup if notifications received in certain orders
  • Fixed issues in traceroute pathfinder
  • Fixed issue where all domains were considered opaque and perfSONAR pathfinder failed to get inter-domain path
  • IDC-87 Fixed issue where user add form on WBUI would not allow hyphens

Improvements

  • Added more properties to control the DRAGON timeout

0.5.1 Features and Changes

Full Backward Compatibility with 0.5.0 and 0.4.X

0.5.1 is a minor release and introduces no incompatibilities with the last two major releases of the software.

OSCARS Policy Service

Version 0.5.1 contains an optional policy service module. The policy service modules runs in its own process and allows the OSCARS administrator to define a richer set of policy for each user than previously possible. This includes limiting the ports to which a user can provision, the time of day they can build circuits, and many other options. Policy is defined in a configuration file and is designed to allow for a rich set of policy definitions. Please see the documentation for more details.

OSCARS Provisioning Statistics Web Page

This release includes a web page that reports statistics on the provisioning of circuits such as the number of circuits, the average bandwidth, and average number of hops. An example with information about Internet2's network currently exists here

DRAGON Maintenance Toolkit (MTK)

DRAGON now contains a set of perl scripts installed by default for help with debugging the control plane. Its capable of testing GRE tunnels, the DRAGON components and suggesting solutions to potential problems.

Bug Fixes and Other Changes

This release includes a number of bug fixes for both OSCARS and DRAGON. A full listing can be found in our bug tracker below:

  • OSCARS - full-listing here.
  • DRAGON:
    • QoS (per-vlan bandwidth profile) support for Juniper EX3200 (and other EX switches)
    • QoS (per-vlan bandwidth profile) support for Dell PowerConnect6024
    • Fixed bugs in QoS feature for RaptorER1010

Upgrade Notes

Upgrading OSCARS from 0.4

You may upgrade by running the following:

% cd dcn-software-suite-0.5.X/idc
% ./do_upgrade.sh
% ./do_install.sh

Upgrading OSCARS from 0.5.0 if $OSCARS_HOME is NOT set

If you do NOT have the OSCARS_HOME environment variable set then please do the following:

  1. Shutdown the current running instance of OSCARS
  2. Run the following commands:

    % cd dcn-software-suite-0.5.X/idc
    % ./do_install.sh

Upgrading OSCARS from 0.5.0 if $OSCARS_HOME is set

If you do have the OSCARS_HOME environment variable set then please do the following:

  1. Run the following commands to shutdown the current instance of OSCARS and copy your configuration files:

    % cd dcn-software-suite-0.5.X/idc
    % cd ./do_upgrade.sh

  2. Change OSCARS_HOME to the location of dcn-software-suite-0.5.X/idc. You may move dcn-software-suite-0.5.X/idc anywhere on the filesystem prior to setting OSCARS_HOME.
  3. Finally, run the following to install the new version:

    % cd $OSCARS_HOME
    % ./do_install.sh

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