Starting from ZStack Cloud 5.5.0, you can batch configure VM console passwords and switch VM console modes, significantly improving efficiency in large-scale operations.

The batch console password configuration feature also applies to VPC vRouters and Advanced Monitoring Servers.

Starting from ZStack Cloud 5.5.0, you can modify the console password of a running VM instance. The change takes effect immediately without requiring a reboot, effectively ensuring business continuity and stability.

This optimization also applies to VPC vRouters and Advanced Monitoring Servers.

Note:

This applies only when modifying an existing console password. Adding or removing a console password still require a VM reboot.

Starting from ZStack Cloud 5.5.0, you can migrate VM instances in batches, simplifying large-scale operations such as planned maintenance, storage expansion, and load rebalancing. You can specify a common target host or primary storage for a batch VM instances, or specify targets individually, balancing efficiency with operational flexibility.

Additionally, migration entry points are now available on the Associated Resource tab in the host or primary storage details page. This allows you to initiate batch migration directly based on the associated hosts or primary storage, providing richer operational perspectives and a more convenient user experience.

Starting from ZStack Cloud 5.5.0, the SDN module introduces a new resource type: the SDN cluster. An SDN cluster is a group of dedicated VM instances designed to provide highly available SDN capabilities.

Starting from ZStack Cloud 5.5.0, SR-IOV is supported on dual-NIC bonds. You can configure VF NICs based on dual-NIC bonds for VPC vRouters, thereby achieving both the network performance of hardware passthrough and high availability.

Support for SR-IOV Virtualization and Restoration on Dual-NIC Bonds

When physical NICs are added to a bond and the number of NICs in the bond does not exceed two, you can perform SR-IOV virtualization on the NICs. When you virtualize or restore the physical NIC, all physical NICs in the bond will be virtualized or restored.

VPC vRouter Support for NIC Traffic Visualization and Monitoring

When creating a VPC vRouter, using a bonded network with SR-IOV enabled provides both the low latency and high throughput of hardware passthrough and the redundancy mechanism provided by bonding. This meets the dual requirements of being both fast and stable for core production business networks.

ZStack Cloud5.5.0 adds NIC traffic statistics to the internal monitoring of VPC vRouters, including the following metrics:

• VRouterNetworkInBytes
• VRouterNetworkAllInBytes
• VRouterNetworkInPackets
• VRouterNetworkAllInPackets
• VRouterNetworkInErrors
• VRouterNetworkAllInErrors
• VRouterNetworkInDroppedBytes
• VRouterNetworkAllInDroppedBytes
• VRouterNetworkOutBytes
• VRouterNetworkAllOutBytes
• VRouterNetworkOutPackets
• VRouterNetworkAllOutPackets
• VRouterNetworkOutErrors
• VRouterNetworkAllOutErrors
• VRouterNetworkOutDroppedBytes
• VRouterNetworkAllOutDroppedBytes

Starting from ZStack Cloud 5.5.0, dedicated load balancers support specifying a primary storage. When creating a dedicated load balancer, administrators can use the Storage Allocation Policy option to manually select the target primary storage. This allows you to allocate appropriate storage resources to load balancer instances based on business requirements, ensuring their performance in handling network traffic.

Starting from ZStack Cloud 5.5.0, you can add an IP allowlist in the advanced settings of a load balancer listener. After adding the allowlist, only requests from the specified IP addresses will be permitted to access the load balancer service.

Starting from ZStack Cloud 5.5.0, a single cluster now supports the following additional storage combinations:

You can flexibly combine different types of storage resources based on business scenario requirements, enabling more granular storage management.

ZStack Cloud 5.5.0 enhances CBD primary storage with the following features.

Supports Adding Multiple Storage Pools

Starting from ZStack Cloud 5.5.0, you can add multiple storage pools at once when adding CBD primary storage, simplifying multi-pool configuration. Operations for storage pools are also enhanced: you can flexibly add or remove storage pools as needed and set easily identifiable display names for each pool.

Supports Configuring Overcommitment

On the Advanced Settings tab of the CBD details page, you can set an overcommitment ratio for the CBD primary storage. This controls the virtual allocatable space that can be overcommitted when creating volumes on this storage.

Starting from ZStack Cloud 5.5.0, the storage migration feature adds support for custom volume provisioning types. When performing Change Primary Storage or Change Host and Primary Storage operations across SharedBlock Primary Storage, you can use the Volume Provisioning Type option to choose from four strategies: Source Format, Destination Format, Thin Provision, or Thick Provision. This allows you to customize the provisioning type of the volume after migration, ensuring the continuity and consistency of business storage policies during the migration process.

ZStack Cloud 5.5.0 now supports KUNLUNXIN P800 passthrough, monitoring, and alarms.

ZStack Cloud 5.5.0 now supports Alibaba PPU passthrough, monitoring, and alarms.

Starting from ZStack Cloud 5.5.0, AD/LDAP users support two-factor authentication for login. The Two-Factor Verification setting in Global Setting applies to local users, local sub-accounts, and AD/LDAP users. When enabled, these users must authenticate with a two-factor security code before they can log in to the platform, effectively enhancing account security.

Starting from ZStack Cloud 5.5.0, you can virtualize, restore, or passthrough the Hygon CPU’s built-in security coprocessor, granting VMs with Hygon CPU encryption capabilities to ensure computing security. For VMs deployed on Hygon hosts, enabling SE-Based Encryption on the VM creation page or details page automatically assigns an SE device. Disabling SE-Based Encryption automatically removes the SE device.

Starting from ZStack Cloud 5.5.0, you can manage vCenter 8.0. The full list of supported vCenter versions for management is now: 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, 6.7, 7.0, 8.0.

Starting from ZStack Cloud 5.5.0, you can share licenses across multiple platform. You can upload a license file on any platform and enable License Sharing, configuring it as a license server. Other platforms (shared sites) can then connect to this platform using an AccessKey to share its license quota. This licensing model helps enterprises effectively improve asset utilization and operational efficiency in multi-environment collaboration scenarios.

On the license server, you can centrally view and manage all shared sites, including monitoring site status, synchronizing license information, and removing sites. Each shared site can view license quota and usage in real time, facilitating local operations and cost accounting.

Starting from ZStack Cloud5.5.0, clicking Customize on the Dashboard allows you to drag and change card sizes, increasing the flexibility of the dashboard layout.

ZStack Cloud 5.5.0 optimizes the tenant management project user count statistics. It now separately displays the number of members, the number of member groups, and the total number of users within the project. The total project user count is calculated as: Total Users = Number of Members + Sum of Individuals in Each Member Group.

Starting from ZStack Cloud5.5.0, support for the following billing currency types has been added: UAE Dirham (AED), Malaysian Ringgit (MYR), Pakistani Rupee (PKR), Saudi Riyal (SAR), Singapore Dollar (SGD), and Thai Baht (THB).

You can select desired currency through the global setting "Billing Currency Symbol." Once configured, relevant bills will be calculated and displayed using the chosen currency symbol.