Availability | List of resolved issues | Installation instructions | Revision History

 

Introduction

R81 SmartConsole releases accumulate GUI client fixes for R81.

The below list describes each resolved issue and provides the Build number, in which the fix was included. All resolved issues are included in the Incremental SmartConsole Build starting from the Build number listed in this table (inclusive). In addition, you can find the date when the Build was published.

Unless stated otherwise, every R81 SmartConsole Build in this article including R81 GA SmartConsole build can be used as a GUI client for each R81 Jumbo Hotfix Take and for R81 General Availability.

The Incremental SmartConsole Builds table and this article are periodically updated.

Availability

• General Availability Build

  Build	Date	SmartConsole package
  549	08 February 2021	(EXE)

  For R81 Portable SmartConsole, refer to sk116158.

List of Resolved issues and New Features per Build

ID	Description
R81 SmartConsole - General Availability Build 549 (08 February 2021)
PRJ-20903	NEW: Added Automatic update mechanism for SmartConsole. SmartConsole will detect and install client updates within the same major version. For additional details, refer to sk171315.
PRJ-18318, PRJ-18314	NEW: Added 1570R, 1600 and 1800 appliances to the Hardware list in SmartConsole.
PRJ-20351, CIS-3177	NEW: When the user connects with an incompatible client version to the server, he will automatically launch the correct SmartConsole version installed on his computer. Refer to sk171422.
PRJ-19786, PRJ-18307	NEW: Added support for 1570R, 1600 and 1800 SMB Appliances. Added support for Threat Emulation blade on LSM profile of R80.20 SMB gateways and clusters. Requires R81 Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator Take 13 (or higher).
PRJ-18972, PRJ-17805	NEW: Added IoT support to Multi-Domain Security Management. Requires R81 Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator Take 13 (or higher).
PRJ-20580, PMTR-62932	UPDATE: Allow read-only users to generate a Compliance Regulation report. Display Best Practices' information on the Regulation report. For a selected Best Practice, allow activating/deactivating multiple relevant objects at the same time.
PRJ-19568, PMTR-59239	UPDATE: Policy installation time displayed in Install Policy views and Task bar includes time in seconds.
PRJ-18911, PMTR-61134	"N/A" is displayed instead of "Any" in the Protection drop-down menu under Inspection Settings -> Core Protections -> Exception editor window.
PRJ-20512, PRHF-13866	In rare scenarios, legacy SmartDashboard may unexpectedly close upon loading.
PRJ-18588, PMTR-61297	In some scenarios, user cannot select/clear the "Terminate on execution" checkbox in cloned rules.
PRJ-20466, PRHF-14559	In some scenarios, after search in Access policy, Hitcount shows incorrect information.
PRJ-18967, PRHF-13898	In some scenarios, it is possible to click the menu item "Clear Staging" on an IPS protection even when the action has no effect.
PRJ-20623, PRHF-14751	When moving Endpoints from SmartEndpoint Reporting tab to a virtual group after scrolling down the list, not all endpoints are moved.
R81 SmartConsole - General Availability Build 548 (14 December 2020)
PRJ-19074, PMTR-61355	In SmartConsole Demo Mode, some pages may display an "ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED" error message.
PRJ-14061, PRHF-10886	In some scenarios, the "Content" column does not appear in the Access policy view even if the Content Awareness blade is on one of its inline-layers.
PRJ-18053, PRHF-13479	In some scenarios, when hovering quickly between objects in SmartConsole, the tooltip shows incorrect information.
PRJ-18507, PRHF-13552	When there are many gateways and servers defined in a policy and administrator needs to scroll up and down to see them all, the links in the “Recommended Updates” column (GATEWAYS & SERVERS” view) may jump to another row.
PRJ-18961, PMTR-61483	When the user searches the NAT policy and the results contain automatic NAT rules, an error message may appear.

 

Installation instructions

Procedure:

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  Note: uninstall prior SmartConsole clients Build before installing the new one.
  

  • To install the SmartConsole clients on Windows platforms:

    1. Download the SmartConsole application build package from the table above.
       
       
    2. Run the SmartConsole executable.
       
       
    3. Continue with the instructions on the screen.
       
       

  To install SmartConsole silently, perform:
  
  

  1. Download the SmartConsole application package from the table above and extract it into temporary folder, for example C:\TEMP-SC
     
     
  2. Go to this temporary folder: cd C:\TEMP-SC
     
     
  3. For silent installation, run: C:\TEMP-SC\SmartConsole.exe /s
     Note: SmartConsole will be installed into its default location.
     
     

  
  
  
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  • For detailed installation instructions, refer to CPUSE - Gaia Software Updates (including Gaia Software Updates Agent) -> section "(4-D) "How to ..." (Gaia Clish commands, Gaia Portal actions, configuration, etc.)" -> sub-section "how to download SmartConsole package from Gaia Portal"

Revision History