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Release Summary v5.8.0

Modified on: Tue, 31 Mar, 2026 at 4:09 PM

Version: 5.8.0

Device discovery for IPMI, IBM Blade Center and Redhat virtualization with v5.8.0

  • IPMI auto-discovery
  • IBM Blade Center auto-discovery
  • Redhat virtualization/oVirt auto-discovery
  • UI Enhancement: Separator between fields
  • UI Enhancement: Rack availability
  • Chinese language support
  • OpenSSL vulnerability fix
  • Get OS and version in network device auto-discovery
  • Track VM name changes in Virtual Host auto-discovery
  • API changes
  • Import to support multiple sheets
  • Create/Update PDU Models
  • Create/Update Patch panel models
  • Device details APIs include detailed info for mac addresses


Bug fixes

  • PDU model name was missing in get API call. Now fixed.
  • PDU model name is now unique per Vendor.
  • Changed part_model location limit to 64 characters
  • Hover over in rack layout was showing 2 links for impact charts. Fixed.
  • UCS manager auto-discovery – changed service profile was not being reflected correctly in Device42. Fixed.
  • Auto-discovery scheduled job exactly at midnight didn’t execute. Fixed.
  • Racks U size calculation bug – if the rack size is changed is not fixed.
  • Ping sweep was failing for certain ranges. Now fixed.
  • If a custom key was saved with null value from the GUI, it errored out when changing via the API. Now fixed.
  • IP Address tag was getting truncated with API or excel import. Now fixed.
  • IP address list page didn’t include label in the search. Now fixed.

 

Details: http://blog.device42.com/2014/06/device-discovery-for-ipmi-ibm-blade-center-and-redhat-virtualization-with-v5-8-0/