What's New
This page summarizes new features and improvements for the NetQ 4.9 release. For a complete list of open and fixed issues, see the UNABLE TO FIND LINK .
What’s New in NetQ 4.8.0
NetQ 4.8.0 includes the following new features and improvements:
- UNABLE TO FIND LINK improvements for new on-premises cluster installations: you can now access the NetQ UI via a virtual IP address in the event of a node failure
- Monitoring for NVLink4 devices: view your NVLink4 inventory, monitor events, perform NVOS upgrades, and generate troubleshooting files. Visit the UNABLE TO FIND LINK to get started.
- Lifecycle management support for UNABLE TO FIND LINK
- UNABLE TO FIND LINK redesign that accommodates large networks with many devices (beta)
- UNABLE TO FIND LINK monitoring for switches (beta)
- UNABLE TO FIND LINK and UNABLE TO FIND LINK support for DPUs (beta)
- Performance improvements to the NetQ Agent
- Security enhancements
Upgrade Paths
For deployments running:
- 4.7.0 or 4.6.0: UNABLE TO FIND LINK to NetQ 4.8.0
- 4.5.0, 4.4.1, 4.4.0, or 4.3.0: UNABLE TO FIND LINK and perform a UNABLE TO FIND LINK
- 4.2.0 or earlier: upgrade incrementally to version 4.3.0. Then UNABLE TO FIND LINK and perform a UNABLE TO FIND LINK .
Enabling UNABLE TO FIND LINK for the NetQ control plane and UI requires a new installation of your server cluster deployment. Database migration is not supported for new HA server cluster installations.
Compatible Agent Versions
The NetQ 4.8.0 server is compatible with NetQ Agents 4.7.0 and 4.6.0. You can install NetQ Agents on switches and servers running:
- Cumulus Linux 4.3.0 and 4.3.1 (Broadcom switches)
- Cumulus Linux 5.0.0 and above (Spectrum switches)
- SONiC 202012
- CentOS 7
- RHEL 7.1
- Ubuntu 20.04
You must upgrade to the latest agent version to enable 4.8 features.