Release Overview

These release notes include the following topics:

Important Information

To avoid damage to your equipment, do not interrupt power to the switch during a software update.

Terminology Change

As part of advancing HPE's commitment to racial justice, we are taking a much-needed step in overhauling HPE engineering terminology to reflect our belief system of diversity and inclusion. Some legacy products and publications may continue to include terminology that seemingly evokes bias against specific groups of people. Such content is not representative of our HPE culture and moving forward, Aruba will replace racially insensitive terms and instead use the following new language:

Usage

Old Language

New Language

Switch Security

Master

Main

Switch Routing

Master

Main Router

Smart Link

Master-Slave

Primary-Secondary

Chassis Events, IPv6 Configuration, and Troubleshooting

Master-Slave

Management-Slot

Switch Stack

Master-Slave

Conductor-Member

Switch Security, Configuration and Routing

Blacklist, Whitelist

Denylist, Allowlist

Route Type

Blackhole Route

Null Route

Type of Hackers

Black Hat, White Hat

Unethical, Ethical

Version History

All released versions are fully supported by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, unless noted in the table.

Table 1: Version History

Version number

Software

Release Date

Remarks

16.08.0027

All

2023-08-26

Released, fully supported, and posted on the web.

16.08.0026

All

2022-05-30

Released, fully supported, and posted on the web.

16.08.0025

All

2022-03-16

Released, fully supported, and posted on the web.

16.08.0024

All

2021-12-13

Released, fully supported, and posted on the web.

16.08.0023

All

2021-09-30

Released, fully supported, and posted on the web.

16.08.0022

All

2021-08-06

Released, fully supported, and posted on the web.

16.08.0021

All

2021-06-09

Released, fully supported, and posted on the web.

16.08.0020

All

2021-04-16

Released, fully supported, and posted on the web.

16.08.0019

All

2021-02-03

Released, fully supported, and posted on the web.

16.08.0018

All

2020-11-23

Released, fully supported, and posted on the web.

16.08.0017

All

2020-10-28

Released, fully supported, and posted on the web.

16.08.0016

WC

2020-10-19

Released WC 16.08.0016, fully supported, and posted on the web.

16.08.0015

All

2020-08-24

Released, fully supported, and posted on the web.

16.08.0014

All

2020-06-30

Released, fully supported, and posted on the web.

16.08.0013

All

n/a

Never released.

16.08.0012

All

2020-04-02

Released, fully supported, and posted on the web.

16.08.0011

All

2020-02-17

Released, fully supported, and posted on the web.

16.08.0010

All

n/a

Never released.

16.08.0009

All

2020-01-21

Released, fully supported, and posted on the web.

16.08.0008

All

2019-11-04

Released, fully supported, and posted on the web.

16.08.0007

All

n/a

Never released.

16.08.0006

All

2019-08-26

Released, fully supported, and posted on the web.

16.08.0005

All

2019-07-24

Released, fully supported, and posted on the web.

16.08.0004

All

n/a

Never released.

16.08.0003

All

2019-05-06

Released, fully supported, and posted on the web.

16.08.0002

All

2019-03-04

Released, fully supported, and posted on the web.

16.08.0001

All

2018-11-28

Initial release of the 16.08 branch. Released, fully supported, and posted on the web.

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Compatibility/Interoperability

The switch web agent supports the following web browsers:

  • Internet Explorer- Edge, 11
  • Chrome- 53, 52
  • Firefox- 49, 48
  • Safari (MacOS only)- 10, 9

HPE recommends using the most recent version of each browser as of the date of this release note.