Release Notes for McAfee® Email and Web Security Appliances v5.1 beta

Important information about this release


  • DAT Version: 5439

  • Engine Version: 5300

Thank you for using the beta version of McAfee® Email and Web Security Appliances v5.1. This document contains important information about this release. We strongly recommend that you read the entire document.

CAUTION: We do not support automatic upgrading of a pre-release version of the software. Do not use this beta version in a production environment.

New features

New and updated features in the current release of the software are described below:

ePolicy Orchestrator support

This release provides first level integration with ePolicy Orchestrator v4.0. Users will be able to produce high level aggregated appliance reports and dashboards using standard ePolicy Orchestrator controls and workflow, launch individual appliance interfaces from within ePolicy Orchestrator and retrieve AV DAT and Engine updates from the ePolicy Orchestrator repository. All appliance variants are supported with the exception of the Blade Server at this time.

Pushing configurations between Email and Web Security Appliances

Ability to push configuration between different hardware platforms. This release will allow you to push configuration between different hardware platforms, between different products (i.e. Email and Web Security Appliance and Email Security Appliance) as well as between appliances and the blade server.

Known issues

Known issues in this release of the software are described below:

General issues

The following general known issues may be found within either Email and Web Security Appliances or ePolicy Orchestrator:


  • Issue Description. Currently, the engine always reports that it has not been updated, even after a successful check for the latest version. This beta build contains the latest version of the engine, so this does not cause any issues. BZ 442663
  • Issue Description. You may be able to access the Email and Web Security tab from within ePolicy Orchestrator, even if you do not have the relevant permissions to do so. BZ 448397

Issues within Email and Web Security Appliances

The following issues are found within the Email and Web Security codebase:


  • Issue Description. In some language, the configuration of the dates may display differently between Email and Web Security Appliances and ePolicy Orchestrator. BZ 444466
  • Issue Description. Currently, you cannot forward or delete selected deferred messages. BZ 449095

Issues within ePolicy Orchestrator

The following issues are found within ePolicy Orchestrator:


  • Issue Description. Occasionally, if multiple Email and Web Security Appliances are connected to ePolicy Orchestrator, the information relating to one or more of the appliances may appear to freeze within ePolicy Orchestrator. BZ 428686
  • Issue Description. Occasionally, the McAfee Agent may stop responding, and then be restarted. BZ 437454
  • Issue Description. When adding patches to ePolicy Orchestrator, services some times have to be restarted before Email and Web Security Appliances can be enabled. BZ 429457
  • Issue Description. If the network is running slowly, it may be possible for events to be incorrectly counted. This may lead to a difference between the reports generated by Email and Web Security Appliances and the reports generated from ePolicy Orchestrator. BZ 443506
  • Issue Description. Currently, you cannot update the DAT and engine files from the http repository specified by ePolicy Orchestrator. Updates from ftp do work as expected. BZ 449583

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