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What's New in 20.05

This release introduces exciting new features along with system improvements.

• Cloud management for M510 mobile-wireless AP with LTE backhaul

  The RUCKUS M510 mobile-wireless access point (AP) is designed to leverage LTE networks as a backhaul and connect wirelessly back to any network without the need for an Ethernet cable connection.

  Due to the wireless LTE backhaul capability, the M510 addresses multiple deployment scenarios not previously served. This flexibility is helping communities and schools to add additional internet bandwidth or provide a backup WAN connection during these challenging shelter-in-place situation while managing it from the cloud. Use cases include mobile “in-vehicle” Wi-Fi ("mobile AP"), rapid Wi-Fi deployment for pop-up retail or first-responders and temporary Wi-Fi deployments at a construction site.

• AP DHCP/NAT service

  Ruckus Cloud makes it easy to segment traffic, assign IP addresses to the clients connecting from wireless SSIDs or wired ports of the AP by enabling DHCP/NAT service on the AP. In this mode AP continues to receive its own WAN IP address from external DHCP server while acting as the NAT gateway to its clients. Clients connecting to mobile-wireless access point, M510, get DHCP IP addresses from the AP which are then appropriately translated and forwarded through the LTE backhaul link.

• One click DHCP service for guests

  In many distributed sites with lean IT, it is not always feasible to have dedicated DHCP servers maintained only for guests connecting over Wi-Fi. This is because number of guests connecting over Wi-Fi can vary widely making it a chore to revisit DHCP scope configuration.

  DHCP/NAT service when offered as part of the access point simplifies guest internet connectivity while segmenting and isolating guest traffic from rest of the network. Since all access points offer this service, client load is easily shared among the APs. Ruckus Cloud offers an intuitive network creation wizard with "Enable Ruckus DHCP service" check box to offer DHCP/NAT service to guests. Guests are assigned IP addresses from a reserved IP address range and a reserved VLAN.

• Social login filtered by user email domain

  DHCP/NAT service when offered as part of the access point simplifies guest internet connectivity while segmenting and isolating guest traffic from rest of the network. Since all access points offer this service, client load is easily shared among the APs. Ruckus Cloud offers an intuitive network creation wizard with "Enable Ruckus DHCP service" check box to offer DHCP/NAT service to guests. Guests are assigned IP addresses from a reserved IP address range and a reserved VLAN.

• Audit log of config events

  With this release, customers can audit configuration changes made to the system my administrators managing the account. Admin events are generated for configuration change, AP and switch addition or deletion along with information on when the change was made and by whom.

• Display connected device info in Panel View

  Admins can now interact with the front panel view of a switch. Hovering over a port displays connected device MAC address, PoE usage and PoE Device Type to quickly understand the neighbor information.

• Rapid switch status update

  Admins can now see switch configuration status update rapidly on the User Interface when changed.

• Mobile App tools to conveniently test performance– Integrated SpeedFlex

  Mobile App users can now use the powerful built-in SpeedFlex capability to test network performance from the client to any AP. Mobile App users can easily see the network speed in uplink and downlink direction along with RSSI and channel. Ability to save, search and sort test results makes it a handy troubleshooting tool.

• Mobile App support to view, edit and filter single or multiple switch ports

  Mobile App allows network admin to conveniently view switches in the network from the app. Admin can now quickly search for a switch and zoom in to specific ports filtered by attributes such as VLAN or port status. Common attributes such as Port Enable, PoE enable, PoE class, Port Speed and Tags can be directly edited from the mobile app. This operation can be performed on a single port or on multiple switch ports.

• Comparison Report

  Comparison report is a powerful tool for admins for comparing data sets across different parts of the network. It allows admins to define filters to select portions of the network and compare 20+ attributes across them.

• Ability to Save Filters

  Filters allow admin to focus their investigation to a specific portion of the network. Filters are essential in daily troubleshooting. These filters can now be saved and reused thus eliminating unnecessary steps and speeding up investigation.

What's New in 20.04

This release introduces exciting new features along with system improvements.

• Cloud managed R850 / R550

  This release introduces simplified cloud management option for the stellar Wi-Fi 6 APs announced recently.

  Customers looking for ultra-high-density performance, maximize client connections, multi-gigabit access speeds while maintaining the simplicity of cloud management can choose the option of cloud managed R850. R850 with 12 spatial streams, (8x8:8 in 5GHz and 4x4:4 in 2.4 GHz) dual radio, dual-concurrent Wi-Fi6 options can efficiently manage up to 1024 client connections with increase capacity, improved coverage and performance in ultra-high dense environments.

  Customers can also enjoy cloud management option for the mid-range indoor Wi-Fi AP R550 that supports four spatial streams (2x2:2 in 2.4 and 5 GHz) that supports peak data rates of 1774 Mbps and efficiently manages up to 512 client connections.

• Asia cloud data center

  RUCKUS Cloud customers in Asia can now enjoy low latency connectivity to cloud resulting in better overall network experience. Asia customer data is securely stored in Asia data center helping with in-region compliance requirements. Cloud customers should whitelist the IP range shown in the Venue--> Firewall Settings page, to ensure APs and switches can connect to Asia cloud instance.

• BYOD Device OS policy

  RUCKUS Cloud admin can simply, conveniently and cost-effectively allow, restrict, rate limit or isolate user owned devices. These policies are a powerful way of exercising control over wireless clients by device / OS type. Policies can allow, block, rate limit or assign a specific VLAN to a wireless client, based on device and OS type match. These policies can be conveniently applied to a network and be operational across multiple venues in seconds.

• Network creation wizard with Network Scheduler

  Customers can make foundational configuration such as creating and activating networks on venues, enabling on radios (2.4/5 GHz), broadcasting at specific time(s) of the day and day(s) of the week in one seamless wizard guided workflow. This new capability dramatically simplifies the task of scheduling WLANs across properties.

• Simplified guest pass distribution

  Mobile phone country code is automatically detected based on the venue location making guest pass creation fast for majority of domestic guests. Country code can be manually entered to issue guest passes to international guests.

• Front panel port view enhancements

  This release adds enhancement to the switch front panel view. By hovering mouse over a port, you can now see information about connected device, PoE usage and PoE device type and so on Hover over ports in the front panel to quickly view VLAN, port state, port speed, connected device, PoE Usage and PoE type.

• Honor 7150 license for 7150-C08P

  Cloud subscription for 7150 switch now addresses 7150-C08P switch type as well reducing administrative burden. The ICX 7150 licenses (CLD-S71M-x001) will now be honored for the ICX7150-C08P switches as well. However, users still have the option to purchase subscription using the CLD-S08M-x001 licenses.

What's New in 20.03

Ease of Troubleshooting: APs and Switches establish an HTTPS session to the cloud controller. IT teams need to allow IN to OUT traffic to the cloud controller IP address. This IP address is now shown in the venue page.

Ease of Guest Access in European Union (EU): In support of Digital Single Market and Gigabit society as envisioned and defined by the European Council, WIFI4EU option is now available in the guest portal.

Ease of Accounting: As Wi-Fi clients roam across access points, a single session ID for RADIUS Accounting is maintained

RESTful APIs: RUCKUS Cloud APIs provide complete access to all RUCKUS Cloud functionality via a user-friendly RESTful Open API. They are partitioned into two namespaces for Wi-Fi and Tenant. Sample working example is also available along with rich API documentation.

What's New in 20.02

There are no changes since RUCKUS Cloud Release 20.02.

What's New in 20.01

Ruckus Cloud version 20.01 introduces Switch Management for the very first time providing a single pane of glass management solution for your Wi-Fi and Wired networking needs.

The new RUCKUS Cloud by CommScope now manages Wi-Fi6 (802.11ax) and 802.11ac access points, ICX switches 7150, 7650, 7850 and includes long-term reporting as well as ML/AI based analytics. Ruckus cloud along with the switches and access points it supports is an IoT ready solution and introduces several exciting features. These are offered at cloud scale with high performance, reliability and 24x7 support.

• Single pane of glass management for Unified Wired, Wireless and Analytics
• Ruckus Cloud Analytics (Existing cloud customers get a free trial)
• New and enhanced Managed Service Provider (MSP) friendly licensing with custom MSP URL and custom mobile app
• Scheduled Cloud Software Update allowing customers to choose their own software upgrade schedule
• Modern RESTful Northbound Public APIs that enable customers/partners to automate and innovate around Ruckus Cloud
• 30+ Reports with double the storage up to 12 months
• With Ruckus Analytics, a full BIG data explorer solution is available to the customers to slice and dice data and can create nearly limitless visualizations of data
• Ruckus Cloud is built around modern Kubernetes and micro-services architecture to provide cloud scale, performance and reliability
• New mobile app - RUCKUS Cloud by CommScope - is now available in Apple App Store and Google Play Store

Beginning this release, you will be able to manage all ICX 7150, 7650, and 7850 series switches. The switch management includes both monitoring and configuration.

Monitoring:

In addition, all the existing features like floor plans for a venue, adding administrators, access to network clients, are all extended to include switch information.

Configuration: