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Publish Release notes 2404.2

Author: v-dirichards

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+---
+title: Supported software versions in Azure Operator Nexus 
+description: Learn about supported software versions in Azure Operator Nexus. 
+ms.topic: article
+ms.date: 05/06/2024
+author: jashobhit
+ms.author: shobhitjain
+ms.service: azure-operator-nexus
+---
+
+# Supported Kubernetes versions in Azure Operator Nexus
+
+This document provides the list of software versioning supported in Release 2404.2 of Azure Operator Nexus.
+
+## Supported software versions
+
+| **Software**                             | **Version(s)**                           | **Nexus Network Fabric run-time version** |
+|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
+| **Arista Firmware**                      | 4.30.0F-30849330.bhimarel                | 1.0.0                    |
+|                                          | MD5 checksum: c52cff01ed950606d36f433470110dca |                          |
+|                                          | **4.30.3M**                              | 2.0.0                    |
+|                                          | MD5 checksum: 53899348f586d95effb8ab097837d32d |                          |
+|                                          | **4.31.2FX-NX**                          | 3.0.0                    |
+|                                          | MD5 Checksum: e5ee34d50149749c177bbeef3d10e363 |                          |
+| **Instance Cluster AKS** | 1.28.3                       |                          |
+| **Azure Linux**                          | 2.0.20240301                             |                          |
+| **Purity**                               | 6.5.1, 6.5.4                             |                          |
+
+### Supported K8S versions
+Versioning schema used for the Operator Nexus Kubernetes service, including the supported Kubernetes versions, are listed at [Supported Kubernetes versions in Azure Operator Nexus Kubernetes service](./reference-nexus-kubernetes-cluster-supported-versions.md).

articles/operator-nexus/release-notes-2404.2.md

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+---
+title: Azure Operator Nexus Release Notes 2404.2
+description: Release notes for Operator Nexus 2404.2 release.
+ms.topic: article
+ms.date: 05/06/2024
+author: jashobhit
+ms.author: shobhitjain
+ms.service: azure-operator-nexus
+---
+
+# Operator Nexus Release Version 2404.2
+
+Release date: April 29, 2024
+
+## Release summary
+
+Operator Nexus 2404.2 includes NC3.10 Management updates and an NC3.8.7
+runtime patch. 
+
+## Release highlights
+
+### Resiliency enhancements
+
+* Bare Metal Machine (BMM)/BMC KeySets - Enhanced handling of Entra disconnected state.
+
+*  Prevents simultaneous disruptive BMM actions against Kubernetes Control Plane nodes.
+
+* Prevents user from adding or deleting a hybrid-compute machine  extension on the Cluster MRG.
+
+* Prevents user from creating and deleting arc-connected clusters and the arc-connected machine from Nexus Kubernetes Service (NKS) MRG.
+
+### Security enhancements
+
+* Credential rotation status information on the Bare-metal Machine (BMC or Console User) and Storage Appliance (Storage Admin) resources.
+
+* Harden Network Fabric Controller (NFC) Infrastructure Proxy to allow outbound connections to known services.
+
+* HTTP/2 enhancements.
+
+* Remove Key Vault from Cluster Manager MRG.
+
+### Observability enhancements 
+
+* (Preview) Appropriate status reflected for Rack Pause scenarios.
+
+* More metrics support: Calico data-plane failures, disk latency, etcd, hypervisor memory usage, pageswap, pod restart, NTP.
+
+*  Enable users to create alert rules that track disconnection metrics for connectivity of clusters to the Cluster Manager.
+
+* Enable storage appliance logs.
+
+### Other updates
+
+* Enable high-availability for NFS Storage.
+
+* Support Purity 6.5.4.
+
+* PURE hardware upgrade from R3 to R4.
+
+* Updated OS image as a 3.8.7 runtime patch release to remediate new Common Vulnerabilities Exposures (CVEs).
+
+## Next steps
+
+* Learn more about [supported software versions](./reference-supported-software-versions.md).