Chapter 2: New in this document
The following sections outline what is new in
Troubleshooting the Avaya Pod Fx
(NN47204–700).
VMware vSphere 6.0 Update 3B
Avaya Pod Fx Release 3.1 uses VMware vSphere 6.0 vCenter Server Appliance Update 3B for all
Avaya Pod Fx platforms.
Compute servers are the physical servers, operating as VMware ESXi hosts. Avaya Pod Fx
component applications are virtualized and run on a VMware High Availability (HA) cluster of ESXi
hosts.
VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) provides management for the HA clusters, vMotion, and
Dynamic Resource Schedule (DRS) rules for the ESXi hosts in the Avaya Pod Fx.
Avaya Pod Orchestration Suite Release 3.1
Avaya Pod Orchestration Suite (POS) is a bundle of visualization and management applications
required to configure, orchestrate, manage, and monitor your Avaya Pod Fx. POS Release 3.1
applications include the following enhancements:
• Support for Avaya Aura
®
7.1 applications.
• Updates to overall platform security.
New Avaya Pod Fx Release 3.1 system builds provide the following POS application versions pre-
deployed. Existing systems require an upgrade to Avaya Pod Fx Release 3.1, and the following
POS versions:
• Pod Visualization Manager (PVM) Release 3.1.
• Visualization Performance and Fault Monitoring (VPFM) Release 3.1.
• Management Server Console (MSC) Release 3.1
Important:
The following applications have been removed from the POS software starting in Release 3.1:
• Configuration and Orchestration Manager (COM)
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