General Availability of AM/AMM 2.17.5

Sierra Wireless is pleased to announce that they have officially released AM/AMM 2.17.5, a major release of the AirLink Manager Platform. The product was released on October 20, 2023.

This release introduces significant new improvements for administrators of the AMM platform. It also serves as a foundational release, redefining the approach for upgrading the server in the future. Once 2.17.5 is installed, any future upgrades can be completed by end users, using a new menu option in the administrative UI. Direct support from the Sierra Wireless Customer Support Team will no longer be required. Sierra Wireless expects that this new self-serve upgrade capability will allow us to make more frequent AM/AMM releases, keeping all customers more secure.

To continue to improve the security posture of the AM/AMM platform, new security patches have been integrated.

Here are highlights of the new features in this release:

• Self Serve Upgrade AMM: AM/AMM 2.17.5 redefines the approach for upgrading the server. To upgrade to 2.17.5, only one command is executed in a Linux terminal window. See Upgrade to 2.17.5 for more details. Once 2.17.5 is installed, any future upgrades will be completed using a new menu option in the administrative UI. Refer to System Upgrade for more details.
• System Configuration GUI: AM/AMM 2.17.5 provides a new user interface option that will allow the administrator to configure the system or application settings. Refer to System Configuration for more details.
• High Availability Configuration GUI: AM/AMM 2.17.5 introduces a new user interface menu option for configuring an HA pair, including HA setup, role swapping and teardown. Refer to HA Configuration for more details.
• Minor Feature Enhancements
• Admin Menu Redesign: The user interface admin dropdown menu has been redesigned to streamline and simplify the administrative functions of the AMM.
• Admin Privilege: A new privilege has been added when defining an AMM user. The Admin privilege defines the user to have administrative privileges over other users and access to all admin features.
• Remote User Group Support with Microsoft LDAP Schema: AM/AMM 2.17.5 enhances the LDAP search operation by incorporating “search base” and “search filter”. This allows you to define the scope and criteria for your search, thereby enabling a more efficient retrieval of a specific entry.
• System Certificate Upload GUI: AM/AMM 2.17.5 has introduced the capability to upload a system certificate via a new user interface menu option.
• Group API: This release adds a new API endpoint to allow customers to retrieve the latest stats data from a fleet of devices in a Group. This reduces the number of API calls required when a user queries the latest stats. AM/AMM now supports the Group as a query parameter.
• System ID: The System ID for the AMM server is now displayed in the Help > About menu.

Please note that all AM/AMM documentation is now published online rather than via PDFs. The updated documentation for the release is published here: https://source.sierrawireless.com/airvantage/amm/

Similarly, the release notes are also published online on the Source: https://source.sierrawireless.com/airvantage/amm/reference/releasenotes/

Release Notes for AM/AMM 2.17.5

1 Release Information
AirLink Manager (AM)/AirLink Mobility Manager (AMM) 2.17.5 is a minor release of the AirLink Manager Platform that introduces significant new improvements for administrators of the AMM platform. It also serves as a foundational release, redefining the approach for upgrading the server in the future. Once 2.17.5 is installed, any future upgrades can be completed by end users, using a new menu option in the administrative UI. Direct support from the Sierra Wireless Customer Support Team will no longer be required. We expect that this new self-serve upgrade capability will allow us to make more frequent AM/AMM releases, keeping all customers more secure.

To continue to improve the security posture of the AM/AMM platform, new security patches have been integrated. The AMM 2.17.5 release is generally available and ready for install.

• 1.1 Released Version
  
  • AM/AMM 2.17.5 was released to General Availability on Oct 20, 2023.
    
    
• 1.2 Platform Support
  
  • AM/AMM 2.17.5 has been tested on Dell R250 and R650 servers and on VMWare ESXi 6 and later.
    
    
• 1.3 Browser Support
  
  • AMM 2.17.5 has been tested on Google Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge. Users that attempt to use a browser that is not supported will get a warning and may experience some issues.
    
    
• 1.4 Sierra Wireless Gateway Support
  
  • The following table shows the minimum software version needed on the gateways to be used with AMM 2.17.5.

1 : There is no support for the management tunnel for ALEOS 4.9 (GX450/ES450). Please contact Technical Support for more information.

2 Key Features and Enhancements

• 2.1 Self Serve Upgrade AMM
  AM/AMM 2.17.5 redefines the approach for upgrading the server. To upgrade to 2.17.5, only one command is executed in a Linux terminal window. See Upgrade to 2.17.5 for more details. Once 2.17.5 is installed, any future upgrades will be completed using a new menu option in the administrative UI. Refer to System Upgrade for more details.
• 2.2 System Configuration GUI
  AM/AMM 2.17.5 provides a new user interface option that will allow the administrator to configure the system or application settings. Refer to System Configuration for more details.
• 2.3 High Availability Configuration GUI
  AM/AMM 2.17.5 introduces a new user interface menu option for configuring an HA pair, including HA setup, role swapping and teardown. Refer to HA Configuration for more details.
• 3 Minor Feature Enhancements
  3.1 Admin Menu Redesign
  The user interface admin dropdown menu has been redesigned to streamline and simplify the administrative functions of the AMM.
• 3.2 Admin Privilege
  A new privilege has been added when defining an AMM user. The Admin privilege defines the user to have administrative privileges over other users and access to all admin features.
• 3.3 Remote User Group Support with Microsoft LDAP schema
  AM/AMM 2.17.5 enhances the LDAP search operation by incorporating “search base” and “search filter”. This allows you to define the scope and criteria for your search, thereby enabling a more efficient retrieval of a specific entry.
• 3.4 System Certificate Upload GUI
  AM/AMM 2.17.5 has introduced the capability to upload a system certificate via a new user interface menu option.
• 3.5 Group API
  This release adds a new API endpoint to allow customers to retrieve the latest stats data from a fleet of devices in a Group. This reduces the number of API calls required when a user queries the latest stats. AM/AMM now supports the Group as a query parameter.
• 3.6 System ID
  The System ID for the AMM server is now displayed in the Help > About menu.

4.0 Addressed Problems

Customer Reported Field Issues

• 11683 | Vehicle Diagnostic report template created on 2.16 or older versions contains data that is incompatible to 2.17.2 or above releases. After upgrading to 2.17.5, AMM will delete the old generated reports and fix the template.
• 11667 | Unprivileged user is able to add, delete and change other users
• 11590 | CSV date format unexpected change
• 11524 | setupNewSdbAsDataDrive.sh script fails with drives larger than 2TB
• 11523 | setupNewSdbAsDataDrive.sh script unable to process previously used data drive
• 11427 | Upgrade script verifies minimum RAM requirement
• 11407 | Remote user group feature incompatible with standard Microsoft LDAP schema
• 11315 | New HFSN PID added since 2.17.3
• 11178 | Satellite view doesn’t work in some map reports
• 11174 | Require HTTPS URL support for legacy ALEOS firmware update
• 11164 | Invalid image links on emailed reports from HTTPS only AMM
• 9670 | Configuration Control Page - ‘Linked config templates’ window - Linked template missing the “Out Of Sync” tag.
• 8782 | Pre-install open-vm-tools to AMM VMware image

Security Vulnerabilities

5.0 Outstanding Problems

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