The 3DEXPERIENCE Cloud Eligibility Tool is a tool to automate Dassault Systèmes prerequisite checks on your machine to optimize
your 3DEXPERIENCE platform on Cloud experience.
See this previous article for earlier improvement.
Version 1.6.02 is available for download here
The upgrade for 3DEXPERIENCE platform on Cloud to the 3DEXPERIENCE R2024x FD01 level is now complete. A new version of 3DEXPERIENCE Cloud Eligibility Tool is also released to take into account the changes pertaining to this level.
This new and updated version of the tool includes a couple of enhancements and bug fixes. A brief summary of all the changes done during this upgrade is highlighted below:
Changes in Hardware and Software Configurations:
Graphic Cards:
Graphics Card driver versions has been updated for Certified Workstations and VDI, as per below:
For all certified Workstations supported with driver 537.13 driver, driver 537.70 is considered as a compatible driver and for all certified Configurations for VDI supported with driver VGPU 16.1 (537.13 driver) driver 16.2 (537.70) is considered as a compatible driver. Please refer Support News, for more details.
List of all those certified workstations are available on Certified Workstations Webpage and list of all certified VDI are available on Certified Configurations for VDI Webpage.
Certified Workstations:
There are some new workstations, which has been certified for supporting the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform on Cloud. These workstations are updated into the Certified Workstations List. An easy access to the same has been provided in the Cloud Eligibility Tool itself by hyperlinking it in the Expected Prerequisites column for the Hardware and Software Configurations check.
For all the above changes done into HW & SW configuration, Cloud Eligibility Checker tool does take them into account, as you can see below:
Image 1
Enrichments in HW/SW combination check:
There has been few UI changes in Hardware and Software Configuration check based on the user’s feedback, for better understanding and analysis of the final result.
- HW/SW Combination Check: Now the combination check delivers more specific information about Hardware and Software Configuration check compared to previous one which used to display more generic information. With the new enhancement, user will now able to classify the exact HW/SW component that is causing the HW/SW combination check KO. For e.g.
Image 2
As shown in image 2, the HW/SW combination check is KO due to the Operating System. The Windows 11 64-bit 22H2 is a certified Operating System as per the 3DEXPERIENCE Support Policy on Windows 11, but please note that this Operating System is not certified particularly for this manufacturer and model i.e. Dell Precision 5820 Tower (please refer to the certified workstation list), and accordingly “Warning” is shown in the status column. The (i) (information) symbol on top of the Warning symbol, provides comprehensive information regarding the same as shown in image 3.
Image 3
Note: To see this information user needs to hover the mouse over the (i) symbol.
2. The new enhancement will also identify the exact HW/SW component which needs to be upgraded or replaced. For e.g. Please refer the image 4
Image 4
When tool identifies the exact HW/SW component to be upgraded, in that case explicitly “What to Do?” message is displayed for user action.
When the HW/SW component to be replaced or upgraded, depends upon the user decision, in that case tool shows the KO result with information (i) symbol. For e.g. please refer the image 5
Image 5
With new enhancement in HW/SW combination check, tool will now help user to classify the exact KO component and component to be upgraded/replaced to make the client configuration DS Certified.
Note: To see this information user needs to hover the mouse over the (i) symbol.
Changes in Browser Version:
As per the Platform Support Policy, for 3DEXPERIENECE Platform on cloud, the most current stable channel release of the Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge Chromium, is a Compatible Platform. For Mozilla Firefox version greater than 102esr is a validated and compatible platform. Please upgrade your browsers to the recommended channel releases as per below:
Google Chrome:
For now the most current stable channel release of the Google Chrome is Version 121.0.6167.161 Official Build for both 64-bit and for 32-bit. Stable channel are released for Google Chrome on specific time interval. Hence your browser version should be on the mentioned stable channel release to be compatible with platform. You can refer most current stable channel releases through Google API here.
Microsoft Edge Chromium:
For now the most current stable channel release of the Microsoft Edge Chromium is Version 121.0.2277.112 (Official build) (64-bit). Stable channel are released for Microsoft Edge on specific time interval. Hence your browser version should always be on the mentioned stable channel release to be compatible with platform. You can refer most current stable channel release through Edge API here.
Mozilla Firefox:
For both 64-bit Mozilla Firefox and 32-bit Mozilla Firefox 102esr is a Validated Platform. Hence your browser version should be greater than or equal to above mentioned channel release to be compatible with platform
Cloud Eligibility Checker Tool does take these changes into account, please refer below image 6,
Image 6
New Enhancement in Version (1.6.01):
Version Update Warning:
This is a new enhancement added to the Cloud Eligibility Checker Tool (v1.6.01), which will show a warning pop-up message to the user if they are using the outdated version of Cloud Eligibility Checker Tool. It will make sure that user is using latest version of the tool to check eligibility for 3DEXPERIENCE Platform on Cloud. Please refer to the post for more details.
Default Datacenter Selection Warning:
This is a new enhancement added to the Cloud Eligibility Checker Tool (v1.6.01), which asks the user to select the relevant data center when the geolocation URL: https://geolocation-db.com/json/ is not accessible due to some proxy, firewall, or VPN configuration. Please refer to the post for more details.
In addition to the above improvements, the usual changes pertaining to the Cloud Upgrade have also been done in the tool. Hope that the above changes implemented in the tool prove useful for you.
In order to stay up to date with the brand new updates, it is very much essential to download the latest version of the Cloud Eligibility Checker Tool each time.
So go on then, download this upgraded version and check if you are Cloud Ready!
We would appreciate hearing your views and feedback on this tool. You can share the same by commenting on this post. Do not hesitate to let us know if you want any new features or enhancements to be included in this tool. We will consider your requirement and put in all efforts to include it in our tool.
ASSISTANCE:
In case you are facing any issue or want to know more about CloudEligibilityChecker Tool, then please refer below QA articles
- Cloud Eligibility tool
- Troubleshooting common issues encountered when executing the Cloud Eligibility Checker Tool
- Generation of Cloud Eligibility logs
If you need further assistance, please Open a Non-Technical Service Request through the 3DSupport App: Create Request - > Support & Business Tools - > 3ds.com/Support.
