![]() Software Bundled in This ReleaseĚOS NCC NGT Foundation AHV AOS 6.5 NCC 4.6.0 NGT 2.3.1 Foundation 5.2.1 AHV-20201105.30398 Please review the release notes before deployment for all productsĪOS integrates storage, compute and networking resources into a scalable, secure, resilient and easy-to-use software-defined infrastructure.Please review the release notes before deployment for all productsHere are some highlights from the AOS 6.1 release.New and Updated Features | AOS 6.1Improved Single vDisk PerformancePreviously, the vDisk controller employed just a single thread for each vDisk. Now, the vDisk controller can spawn multiple sharded controllers (up to 4) to create a multithreaded environment for processing application requests (reads and writes). From the application perspective, there is still a single vDisk controller, but the actual workload is multithreaded. ![]() The multithreading can result in substantial performance improvements for applications that use a single large vDisk, such as certain database applications. The multithreading can also provide performance improvement for multiple vDisk applications.Enhanced Security with Restricted Shell AccessRestricted Shell Access improves the security posture of Nutanix AOS with the following controls:Added ability to freeze the security configuration and settings through Nutanix Command-Line Interface (nCLI). ![]() You must contact Nutanix Support to unlock the security configuration to allow for changes.Ědded an optional feature that imposes certain restrictions on the "nutanix" account access to the nCLI. The added restrictions encourage the usage of "admin" account for basic administrative workflows.Dark Theme on Prism UIThis feature extends the Prism themes feature to support a darker theme. Selection of the Dark Theme in the UI sets a dark background with high contrast view of the Prism UI background. The UI changes cosmetically to reflect the selection. ![]() See Modifying UI Settings in the Prism Web Console Guide for more information.Whole Node Maintenance ModeThis feature provides the ability to gracefully handle the node maintenance for planned outages. With this feature, the existing node maintenance procedure from the Acropolis Command-Line Interface (aCLI) is now extended to the Prism Element web console.
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