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Key Features and Enhancements in SmartZone 7.1.0 Rev B (October 2025)
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Feature |
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Reference |
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Editorial enhancements (general) |
Updated: Comprehensive editorial cleanup for clarity, consistency, and concision; corrected terminology, grammar, and capitalization; harmonized captions, notes/cautions, and UI naming. | Throughout the guide |
| Technical enrichment and accuracy corrections (general) | Updated: Reviewed and revised troubleshooting flows and prerequisite checks; aligned terms (zones, clusters, data plane, controller roles) and commands with current SZ release 7.1.x behavior. | Throughout the guide |
| Logging in to the Controller CLI | New: Access methods (console/SSH), privilege levels, and common context switches needed before running diagnostic commands. | Logging In to the Controller CLI |
| SZ node not joining the cluster (troubleshooting) | New: Diagnose join failures (interface reachability, certificates, clock skew, cluster states) with step‑by‑step checks and relevant log paths/CLI. | Troubleshooting SmartZone Node not Joining the Cluster |
| Checking the SZ cluster status | New: CLI/UI commands to verify control plane health, database sync, quorum, and node roles; includes sample outputs. | Checking the SmartZone Cluster Status |
| High controller CPU usage (troubleshooting) | New: Isolate CPU spikes (by process/services), including typical causes and controller GUI and CLI log collection instructions. | Troubleshooting High CPU Issues |
| AP troubleshooting from the AP CLI (overview) | New: Centralizes AP CLI prerequisites, login paths, and command modes. | Troubleshooting Operations from the AP CLI |
| AP packet capture | New: Procedure to capture frames from an AP (stream to Wireshark or save as PCAP), including interface selection and filters. | AP Packet Capture |
| Entering the AP CLI | New: Steps for accessing the AP CLI using a terminal emulator, including prerequisites and an example. | Entering the AP CLI |
| Changing the AP password | New: Procedure and cautions for modifying AP access credentials (single AP and at scale). | Changing the AP Password |
| AP cannot onboard to the controller | New: Troubleshooting flow for onboarding failures (option 43/DNS discovery, tunnel establishment, certificates, version compatibility). | AP Cannot Onboard the Controller |
| AP reboot issues | New: Guidance to investigate unexpected AP reboots (power/PoE, thermal, firmware, watchdog) with log locations. | AP Reboot Issues |
| AP cannot apply configuration changes | New: Diagnostic steps for stalled or failed configuration pushes (zone/template conflicts, pending tasks, certificate trust, NAT/firewall), with log collection instructions. | AP Cannot Update Configuration Changes |