New Features and Enhancements

Connect:Direct® for UNIX 4.3 and its related software have the following features and enhancements:

FixPack 1 (v4.3.0.1)
New Features and Enhancements
  • To install this software, you should go to the Fix Central website and install the latest available fix pack.

    IBM® Connect:Direct for UNIX introduces support for license governance, remote maintenance application, and upgrades by Control Center Director. For related document see, IBM Control Center Director Support.

  • IBM Connect:Direct for UNIX can be configured to extend support to S3 object stores to include Minio, Dell EMC ECS, and Red Hat Ceph to execute cloud-based operations. For related document see, Using S3 object store providers with Connect: Direct for Unix.

Base Release (V4.3.0)

New Features or Enhancements
Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX provides an integrated solution to upload and download user files on Amazon S3 Object Store.
  • A Connect:Direct node will be installed in the AWS cloud (EC2) and place files in S3.
  • Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX now supports exchanging user files directly with an Amazon S3 Object Store. The CD Node does not use file staging when sending or receiving on S3.
  • Support for ECDSA Signed Certificates are now supported by IBM Key Manager.