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      <div class="PT-PaperTitle"><a name="664873">v8.5.3 Release Notes for Forcepoint Appliances</a></div>
      <div class="IN-TopicInfo"><a name="664875">Release Notes&nbsp;| Forcepoint Appliances&nbsp;| v8.5.3</a></div>
      <div class="B-Body"><a name="664876">Use these Release Notes to learn about what is new and improved for Forcepoint&trade; V&nbsp;Series, X&nbsp;Series, and Virtual Appliances in version 8.5.3.</a></div>
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            <div class="NT-NoteText"><a name="666706">Some older V10000 and V5000 appliances are not supported with versions of 8.0 and higher. See </a><span class="LEM-LinkEmphasis"><a href="documentation.aspx#673364" title="New for v8.5.3 Forcepoint appliances">V&nbsp;Series appliance models supported with version 8.5.3</a></span>.</div>
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            <div class="NT-NoteText"><span class="B-Bold"><a name="666690">Dual Mode</a></span> appliances are not supported with version 8.3.0 and higher. See <span class="LEM-LinkEmphasis"><a href="documentation.aspx#998820" title="New for v8.5.3 Forcepoint appliances">Command-line interface (CLI)</a></span>.</div>
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      <div class="B-Body" style="color: #000000; font-size: 11.0pt; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span class="B-Bold"><a name="609439">Contents</a></span></div>
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              <div class="B1-Bullet1_inner"><span class="LEM-LinkEmphasis"><a href="documentation.aspx" title="New for v8.5.3 Forcepoint appliances" name="609443">New for v8.5.3 Forcepoint appliances</a></span></div>
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              <div class="B1-Bullet1_inner"><span class="LEM-LinkEmphasis"><a href="resolved_and_known_issues.aspx" title="Resolved and known issues for v8.5.3 V Series and X Series appliances" name="599115">Resolved and known issues for v8.5.3 V&nbsp;Series and X&nbsp;Series appliances</a></span></div>
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      <div class="B-Body"><a name="738520">For information about which product versions are supported on which appliance platforms, see </a><span class="LEM-LinkEmphasis"><a href="documentation.aspx#1007097" title="New for v8.5.3 Forcepoint appliances">Forcepoint solutions on Forcepoint appliance platforms</a></span> and the Forcepoint <span class="URL-URL"><a href="https://support.forcepoint.com/productsupportmatrix" target="external_window">appliance compatibility matrix</a></span>.</div>
      <div class="B-Body"><a name="738525">For information about getting started with Forcepoint appliances, see </a><span class="URL-URL">Forcepoint </span><span class="URL-URL"><a href="http://www.websense.com/content/support/library/appliance/v85/getting_started/getting_started.pdf" target="external_window">Appliances Getting Started</a></span>. </div>
      <div class="B-Body"><a name="665237">For information about upgrading Forcepoint appliances, see:</a></div>
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