What's New in Quantum Spark R81.10.10

Enhancement and New Features

This release supports all Quantum Spark management options including WebUI, Quantum Spark Management and Smart Center.

Networking

  • SD-WAN for appliances managed by WebUI and Spark Management

    Simplifies network oversight, boosting performance and cost-efficiency by intelligently directing traffic along the most efficient routes. This optimization is orchestrated seamlessly through Local and Spark Management.

    • Smart SD-WAN automatically provides out-the-box settings for most common applications.

    • Real-time link quality and workload visibility and control.

    • Reroute traffic during outages.

    • Supports local breakout.

    • LTE/5G throughput monitoring.

  • SD-WAN DAIP (Dynamic IP) for Centrally Managed appliances behind NAT

  • Redundant Scalable VPN Community by Spark Management

    • Easily create a VPN community with no configuration at the Security Gateway level.

    • With the new Local Network Device setting, Spark Management automatically allocates non-overlapping networks to each Security Gateway.

    • Define up to 100 satellite Security Gateways in a community with redundant VPN connections.

  • Monitoring and visibility enhancements by Spark Management

    • Detailed visibility for the Internet links, VPN tunnels, Assets, Gateway Events and more.

    • New dashboards and interactive views.

  • VPN Monitoring by Spark Management

    • Use the VPN Monitoring widget in the Overview dashboard to see the high-level VPN status of all managed Security Gateways.

    • VPN Monitoring dashboard for the aggregated VPN status of all Security Gateways.

    • Get an in-depth analysis of a Security Gateway’s VPN issues: what the issue is and when it occurs.

Security

  • IoT Security for appliances managed by WebUI and Spark Management

    Ensures the security of the network's Internet of Things (IoT) assets against cyberattacks.

    • Enhanced asset discovery with Active Scan capabilities

    • Over 140,000 discoverable assets grouped into more than hundred device categories

    • Enforce policy per device categories

    • Automatically generated rules for IoT assets

    • Track your customers' entire asset inventory from the new Assets Dashboard in Spark Management.

    • Get an in-depth analysis of specific IoT device violations.

  • Two-Factor Authentication for Administrator WebUI access to the Security Gateway

    Administrator login using email, SMS or time-based authenticator apps (Google Authenticator and Microsoft Authenticator).

    Note - You must have version 3.1.0 or higher of the WatchTower mobile app installed to ensure the paired mobile devices can continue to access the gateway.

Hardware support

  • Support for Quantum Spark 1900 / 2000 Appliance

    • Up to 5Gbps NGTP performance.

    • 4x10GbE SFP ports.

Miscellaneous

  • New UI design and Overview page for Quantum Spark managed from WebUI

  • Self-Serve portal for Spark Management end users

    Enables Managed Service Providers to offload some common tasks to their end customers by defining limited end user permissions and which pages are visible in the WebUI.