Table A-1 Changes made for simplifying implementation and setup

Item	Overview of changes	Reference manual	Reference location
Changing the operation unit used for setup and operation in virtual environment	The operation unit used for setup and operation in the virtual environment has been changed from a virtual server to a virtual server group. You can now perform batch registration of multiple virtual servers to management unit by using a file, which defines the information of virtual server group.	Virtual System Setup and Operation Guide	1.1.2
Releasing restrictions on environment setup by using setup wizard	The restrictions on the environment that you can set up by using Setup Wizard have been released. Now, you can unset up even an environment that is set up with other functionality and set up the environment by using Setup Wizard.	System Setup and Operation Guide	2.2.7
Simplifying deletion procedure of the setup environment	The deletion procedure has been simplied by adding a functionality (mngunsetup command) that deletes the system environment, which is set up by using Management Server.	System Setup and Operation Guide	4.1.37
		Management Portal User Guide	3.6, 5.4
		Command Reference Guide	mngunsetup (deleting setup environment of Management Server)

The following table describes the items that are changed to support standard and existing functionality.

Table A-2 Changes made for supporting standard and existing functionality

Item	Overview of changes	Reference manual	Reference location
Supporting Servlet 3.0	Servlet 3.0 is now supported.	Web Container Functionality Guide	Chapter 6
Supporting EJB 3.1	EJB 3.1 is now supported.	EJB Container Functionality Guide	Chapter 2
Supporting JSF 2.1	JSF 2.1 is now supported.	Web Container Functionality Guide	Chapter 3
Supporting JSTL 1.2	JSTL 1.2 is now supported.	Web Container Functionality Guide	Chapter 3
Supporting CDI 1.0	CDI 1.0 is now supported.	Common Container Functionality Guide	Chapter 9
Using the Portable Global JNDI name	You can now perform the lookup of objects by using the Portable Global JNDI name.	Common Container Functionality Guide	2.4
Supporting JAX-WS 2.2	JAX-WS 2.2 is now supported.	Web Service Development Guide	1.1, 16.1.5, 16.1.7, 16.2.1, 16.2.6, 16.2.10, 16.2.12, 16.2.13, 16.2.14, 16.2.16, 16.2.17, 16.2.18, 16.2.20, 16.2.22, 19.1, 19.2.3, 37.2, 37.6.1, 37.6.2, 37.6.3
Supported JAX-RS 1.1	JAX-RS 1.1 is now supported.	Web Service Development Guide	1.1, 1.2.2, 1.3.2, 1.4.2, 1.5.1, 1.6, 2.3, Chapter 11, Chapter 12, Chapter 13, Chapter 17, Chapter 24, Chapter 39

The following table describes the items that are changed for maintaining and improving reliability.

Table A-3 Changes made for maintaining and improving reliability

Item	Overview of changes	Reference manual	Reference location
Using TLSv1.2 in SSL/TLS communication	You can now perform SSL/TLS communication in the security protocols including TLSv1.2 by using RSA BSAFE SSL-J.	Security Management Guide	7.3

The following table describes the items that are changed for maintaining and improving operation performance.

Table A-4 Changes made for maintaining and improving operation performance

Item	Overview of changes	Reference manual	Reference location
Monitoring total pending queues in the entire web container	You can now output the pending queues in the entire web container to statistics and monitoring the pending queues.	Operation, Monitoring, and Linkage Guide	Chapter 3
Outputting performance analysis trace of an application (user extension trace)	You can now output the performance analysis trace used for analyzing the processing performance of applications developed by a user, without making changes to the applications.	Maintenance and Migration Guide	Chapter 7
Operations in a virtual environment that use user script	You can now execute scripts created by a user (user script) on the virtual server at any time.	Virtual System Setup and Operation Guide	7.8
Improving the management portal	Changes have been made to display the messages that describe procedures, on the following management portal windows: Deploying the Preference information window Startup window for the web server, J2EE server, and SFO server Package start, package restart and startup window of the web server cluster, and J2EE server cluster	Management Portal User Guide	10.11.1, 11.9.2, 11.10.2, 11.11.2, 11.11.4, 11.11.6, 11.12.2, 11.13.2, 11.13.4, 11.13.6
Adding restart functionality of operation management functionality	You can now set automatic restart with the operation management functionality (Management Server and Administration Agent). You can also continue an operation even if the operation management functionality fails. Also the method of setting automatic start has been changed.	Operation, Monitoring, and Linkage Guide	2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4
		Command Reference Guide	mngautorun (setting up and unsetting up automatic start and automatic restart)

The following table describes the items that are changed for other purposes.

Table A-5 Changes made for other purposes

Item	Overview of changes	Reference manual	Reference location
Changing the file switching unit at the time of log output	You can now execute the date-wise switching of files at the output destination when you output the log.	Maintenance and Migration Guide	3.2.1
Changing the name of the web server	A name of the web server included in Application Server has been changed to HTTP Server	HTTP Server User Guide	--
Supporting direct connection that uses API (SOAP architecture) of BIG-IP	A direct connection that uses API (SOAP architecture) of BIG-IP (load balancer) is now supported. Also the method of setting the connection environment of a load balancer when using a direct connection that uses API has been changed.	System Setup and Operation Guide	4.7.3, Appendix K
		Virtual System Setup and Operation Guide	2.1, Appendix C
		Security Management Guide	8.2, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4

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