Release Notes for Raritan Xerus™ Firmware Version 3.5.0
Version: 3.5.0 Build 45371 Release Notes, Version 3
Date:
Jan 22, 2019
Effective: Immediately
Applicability:
This firmware release is for General Availability (“GA”) on all existing Raritan PXE, PX2, PX3, PXC
PX3TS, BCM2, EMX2 and Legrand Switched/Metered models
Release 3.5.0 General Guidelines:
The User Guides for Xerus™ Release 3.5.0 contains all enhancements and fixes which are listed
below.
Some custom engineered models will not be supported by this release. Please check the Not
Supported in This Release section below. Or, contact Raritan Support if you are unsure of themodel number of your unit; it is typically viewable from the GUI Device Information page, and is
printed on a label on the side of the PDU.
Please do NOT upgrade ANY other Raritan PX model(s) to Xerus™ 3.5.0 because the unit may havebeen built after this release entered System Test, and it may result in the unit becoming nonfunctional.
Please do NOT downgrade your new Xerus™ firmware based models to any prior release. Due tosignificant internal enhancements in Release 3.5.0, downgrade from Release 3.5.0 build 45371 toANY prior release is NOT SUPPORTED. Please contact Raritan Support with any questions.
Caution: The release was tested with PIQ release 6.2.1. Only Power IQ releases 6.0 and higher aresupported with Release 3.5.0.
Release Status: General Availability (GA)
Release 3.5.0 contains all enhancements and fixes which are listed below:

New Products Supported:
Raritan SmartSensor Products (DX2)
Legrand Metered & Switched PDU
Raritan PXC PDU [71176]
Southco H3 dual frequency electronic door handle: H3-EM-62-100 [69548]
EMKA Agent-E low frequency electronic door handle: 3000-U901-31 [69980]

Xerus™ 3.5.0 Build 45371/ Release Notes, Revision V3 / Jan 22, 2019/ For Raritan Customers Only
This note is intended for Raritan customers only; its use, in whole or part, for any other purpose without the express written permission from Raritan, Inc. is prohibited.
Copyright ©2019 Raritan, Inc. CommandCenter, Dominion, and the Raritan company logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Raritan, Inc. All rights reserved. Solaris and Java aretrademarks of Oracle. Windows and Windows Vista are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. MAC and Safari are trademarks or registered trademarks of Apple, Inc. Allother marks are the property of their respective owners.

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New Features:Multi Language Web GUI - German [70813]
Graceful shutdown [70266]
Outlet grouping – Single PDU [67662]
Hardware diagnostics & alerting [45569]
Plaintext config file support [50781]
Controller eFuse reset [67946]
Silencing of beeper – Local display/interface [68919]
Support of Python 3 with JSON-RPC API [70752]
USB configuration – One log file per unit [68331]
USB configuration – Password lists [68329]
Security Fixes & Updates:
TLS 1.3 support [66271]
USB-A port disable / lock down [67992]
Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS) [61060]
SegmentSmack Linux Kernel DoS: CVE-2018-5390 [70327]
FragmentSmack Linux Kernel DoS: CVE-2018-5391[70405]
Net-SNMP DoS: CVE-2015-5621, CVE-2018-18066 & CVE-2018-18065 [71354]
Consult the PX 3.5.0 User Guides for more information on these firmware features:https://www.raritan.com/support
Not Supported with PX Release 3.5.0:.
Except for some recent Engineered to Order (ETO) models, all units/models that can run Xerus™
firmware can be upgraded to this release.
Power IQ & New Hardware Support:
DX2-DH2C2 is compatible with Power IQ release 6.1.2 and later

Unsupported Accessory Configurations:
AMS-M2-Z Hot Plugging – These asset management accessories cannot be hot plugged anddoing so may result in a controller re-boot or the need to re-boot (power down) the entire
PDU.

EMX2 products with DX2 sensors – New Gen3 “SmartSensors” are not currently supportedwith EMX2 and using a combination of EMX2 and DX2 sensors is not recommended at thistime due to compatibility issues.

Xerus™ 3.5.0 Build 45371/ Release Notes, Revision V3 / Jan 22, 2019/ For Raritan Customers Only
This note is intended for Raritan customers only; its use, in whole or part, for any other purpose without the express written permission from Raritan, Inc. is prohibited.
Copyright ©2019 Raritan, Inc. CommandCenter, Dominion, and the Raritan company logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Raritan, Inc. All rights reserved. Solaris and Java aretrademarks of Oracle. Windows and Windows Vista are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. MAC and Safari are trademarks or registered trademarks of Apple, Inc. Allother marks are the property of their respective owners.

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Support.
Americas: tech@raritan.com
Europe: tech.europe@raritan.com
Asia Pacific: support.apac@raritan.com
Upgrade Matrix (path for upgrades):This release is intended for factory shipments and firmware upgrades on all of the following
series/models: PXE, PX2, PX3, PXC, PX3TS, BCM2, EMX2 and Legrand Switched/Metered models.
Please Note:
Due to file system changes in release 3.5.0, any updates from a firmware version older than
3.3.0 to 3.5.0 or newer will require an intermediate firmware update to 3.3.x or 3.4.x
Historical firmware version downloads may be found on our support site referenced below. Pleasecontact tech support with any further questions about upgrading PX firmware.
Raritan PX Downloads
The following supplemental files can be downloaded via the Raritan support site
https://www.raritan.com/support (please select the correct product):
FW Releases and Release notesProduct documentation and user guides

SNMP MIBs



Related tools and driversJSON-RPC SDK

Release Package Details:
The Xerus™ Release 3.5.0 package has the following components. It is a GA (General Availability)
release and will be posted on the Raritan website. Please note that the firmware file for the EMX2
model is different than the PXE, PX2, PX3, PX3TS and BCM2 models.

Xerus™ 3.5.0 Build 45371/ Release Notes, Revision V3 / Jan 22, 2019/ For Raritan Customers Only
This note is intended for Raritan customers only; its use, in whole or part, for any other purpose without the express written permission from Raritan, Inc. is prohibited.
Copyright ©2019 Raritan, Inc. CommandCenter, Dominion, and the Raritan company logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Raritan, Inc. All rights reserved. Solaris and Java aretrademarks of Oracle. Windows and Windows Vista are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. MAC and Safari are trademarks or registered trademarks of Apple, Inc. Allother marks are the property of their respective owners.

3Release 3.5.0 Package components for PXE, PX2, PX3, PXC PX3TS, BCM2 and LegrandSwitched/Metered models:• “XerusReleaseNotes3_5_0v3” (this file)• A firmware release (binary): pdu-px2-030500-45371.bin
Release 3.5.0 Package Components for EMX2:• XerusReleaseNotes3_5_0v3” (this file)• A firmware release (binary): emx-ecx-030500-45371.bin
General Upgrade Instructions (standalone upgrade from the browser-based user interface):Enable JavaScript in your browser before logging into the unit to start the upgrade process.
Follow instructions in the User Guide. Please read the entire upgrade instructions before
starting an upgrade.
The upgrade procedure may change depending on network configuration (cascading).
If you have any questions, or cannot follow the instructions in the User Guide, please
STOP and contact Raritan Technical Support for further instructions.
Americas: tech@raritan.com
Europe: tech.europe@raritan.com
Asia Pacific: support.apac@raritan.com

Xerus™ 3.5.0 Build 45371/ Release Notes, Revision V3 / Jan 22, 2019/ For Raritan Customers Only
This note is intended for Raritan customers only; its use, in whole or part, for any other purpose without the express written permission from Raritan, Inc. is prohibited.
Copyright ©2019 Raritan, Inc. CommandCenter, Dominion, and the Raritan company logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Raritan, Inc. All rights reserved. Solaris and Java aretrademarks of Oracle. Windows and Windows Vista are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. MAC and Safari are trademarks or registered trademarks of Apple, Inc. Allother marks are the property of their respective owners.

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