What’s new in Version 2.5

Version 2.5 includes support for enterprise data grids, .NET applications, security enhancements, continuous query, monitoring improvements, and near-cache invalidation. support.

WebSphere eXtreme Scale Client for .NET

By installing the WebSphere® eXtreme Scale Client for .NET, you can deploy .NET applications that access the data grid. Learn more...

Appliance startup status

You can now view the startup status of the appliance in the user interface. Learn more...

ASP.NET session state store provider

You can configure your ASP.NET applications to store session state in the data grid. Learn more...

Continuous query

When you develop client applications that interact with the data grid, you might require queries that retrieve automatic, real-time results when new entries are inserted or updated. You can use continuous query to be notified in your client Java™ virtual machine (JVM) when data is inserted or updated in the data grid. This feature makes grid and data management easier for developers, administrators or both. Learn more...

Delete tasks

You can delete all tasks in the user interface. Learn more...

Dynamically update client properties for .NET

You can configureWebSphere eXtreme Scale Client for .NET to dynamically pick up manual modifications that are made the property values in client properties files. You do not need to restart the existing connection to the data grid for the changes to take effect. Learn more...

Enable FIPS

You can configure the appliance collective to use Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 for all encrypted network communication. This standard ensures high protection of data as it is sent over the wire. Learn more...

Encode the credentialGeneratorProps property in client properties files for .NET

You can encode the value of the credentialGeneratorProps property in the Client.Net.properties file with the FilePasswordEncoder utility. Learn more...

Enterprise data grid

Enterprise data grids use the eXtremeIO transport mechanism and a new serialization format. With the new transport and serialization format, you can connect both Java and .NET clients to the same data grid.Learn more...

eXtreme Data Format (XDF)

XDF is based on the MapSerializerPlugin plug-in, and is now the default serialization technology that is used when you are running IBM® eXtremeIO (XIO).

Getting started sample

You can use the getting started sample to run Java and .NET client applications that access the data grids on your appliance. Learn more...

Grid alias

You can use the REST gateway to create and manage a grid alias. Use a grid alias when you need to populate more than one grid at the same time. Learn more...

Host name management

With the publishHost property, you can configure and override the host name that is published. Using this property allows more fine-grained control over the communication that flows between clients and servers, which gives you the ability to optimize communication between nodes in the data grid. Learn more...

LDAP over SSL

Secure your Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory to authenticate users that access your appliance. To secure this the LDAP directory, configure the appliance to authenticate to LDAP over an SSL connection. Learn more...

Near-cache invalidation

You can configure near cache invalidation to remove stale data from the near cache as quickly as possible. When an update, deletion, or invalidation operation is run against the remote data grid, an asynchronous invalidation gets triggered in the near cache. Learn more...

New xscmd utility commands and parameters

Override the requestRetryTimeout property in dynamic cache data grids

Use the com.ibm.websphere.xs.dynacache.request_retry_timeout_override dynamic cache property to override the requestRetryTimeout property in the client properties file, and specify how long, in milliseconds, a request can run before timing out. Learn more...

Run the xscmd utility from within the appliance command-line interface

You can run the xscmd utility from within the appliance command-line interface. When you invoke the utility from within the appliance command-line interface, providing command-line arguments for security and catalog server connections are not required. Learn more...

Secret key generation

Override the factory default authentication secret key to specify a unique secret key in the web console. Learn more...

Updated Simple Network Monitoring Protocol (SNMP) statistics

The management information bases (MIBs) provided on the WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance to specify the SNMP data available to the SNMP client is now updated with new statistics. New statistics include applianceUsedBytes, applianceCapacity, gridUsedBytes, and gridCapacity. For more information on how to enable SNMP monitoring and download this MIB file, see Enabling SNMP monitoring for your appliance.

Specify timeout and request timeout values

You can specify the amount of time that a connection or request is processed, whether you use the eXtremeIO (XIO) transport or the Object Request Broker transport. For example, in XIO you can use the property, xiotimeout, to specify the timeout value for outbound socket connection attempts, and you can use the xioRequestTimeout property to specify the number of seconds that any request waits before it times out. The requestRetryTimeout property can be applied to either the XIO transport or the ORB transport. Use this property to specify how long to continue processing a request after an exception occurs. Learn more...