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::''This is unofficial changelog, describing minor internal changes, which can be interested for ISP or XCP power users''
{{Info|This is a community changelog, describing minor internal changes, which can be interested for ISP or XCP power users. It typically covers information that were not covered in the product release notes. Feel free to add. We will regularly poll it and migrate items to [http://www.xen.org/download/xcp/releasenotes_1.6.0.html XCP 1.6 release notes].}}


==Console ==
==Console ==
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* XCP now disable C-states on CPU with errors in powersaving routines. It appears in xen log:
* XCP now disable C-states on CPU with errors in powersaving routines. It appears in xen log:
(XEN) Disabling C-states C3 and C6 on Nehalem Processors due to errata
(XEN) Disabling C-states C3 and C6 on Nehalem Processors due to errata

= Release Notes Errata =
{{Info|If you find any errors in the [http://www.xen.org/download/xcp/releasenotes_1.6.0.html XCP 1.6 release notes], please let us know here and we will fix these in the static html pages.}}


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Revision as of 13:23, 4 December 2012

Icon Info.png This is a community changelog, describing minor internal changes, which can be interested for ISP or XCP power users. It typically covers information that were not covered in the product release notes. Feel free to add. We will regularly poll it and migrate items to XCP 1.6 release notes.


Console

  • new command: xe console vm=....
  • vm: other-config:disable_pv_vnc is no longer supported
  • vncterm can provide telnet-like access to VM consoles (PV only?), called 'tc'. Port can be found in xenstore /local/domain/ID/console/tc-port.

OVS

  • OVS 1.4.2, main changes:
    • no memory leak on heavy load with many flows
    • normal ipv6 support for ovs-ofctl
  • new service /usr/bin/python /usr/share/openvswitch/scripts/ovs-xapi-sync

IP/MAC antispoofing

  • new values in vif:
               locking-mode ( RW): locked
               ipv4-allowed (SRW): X.X.X.X
               ipv6-allowed (SRW): YY:YY:YY::YY:YY
  • new vif initialization script: /opt/xensource/libexec/setup-vif-rules

Logging

  • new log with xen log ring buffer content: /var/log/xen-dmesg

Xen behavior

  • XCP now disable C-states on CPU with errors in powersaving routines. It appears in xen log:
(XEN) Disabling C-states C3 and C6 on Nehalem Processors due to errata

Release Notes Errata

Icon Info.png If you find any errors in the XCP 1.6 release notes, please let us know here and we will fix these in the static html pages.
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