Lifecycle Management
Using the NetQ UI or CLI, lifecycle management (LCM) allows NetQ admins to:
- Manage Cumulus Linux switch inventory and roles
- Manage Cumulus Linux and NetQ images in a local repository
- Install or upgrade NetQ agents and Cumulus Linux on switches
- Create NetQ agent configuration profiles
- Configure switch access credentials and profiles (required for installations and upgrades)
- View a history of upgrade attempts
Lifecycle management is enabled for on-premises deployments and disabled for cloud deployments by default. Contact your NVIDIA sales representative or submit a support ticket to activate LCM on cloud deployments.
Access Lifecycle Management in the UI
To access the lifecycle management dashboard, expand the 
Menu, then select Manage switches:
LCM Summary
This table summarizes LCM functionalities in the UI and CLI:
Function |
Description |
NetQ UI Cards |
NetQ CLI Commands |
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| Switch management | Discover switches, view switch inventory, assign roles, set user access credentials, perform software installation and upgrade networkwide |
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| Image management | View, add, and remove images for software installation and upgrade |
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| NetQ agent configurations | Customize configuration profiles for NetQ Agents running on switches |
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| Job history | View the results of installation, upgrade, and configuration assignment jobs |
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LCM Support for In-band Management
If you manage a switch using an in-band network interface, the inband-interface option must be specified in the initial agent configuration for LCM operations to function as expected. You can configure the agent by specifying the in-band interface in the /etc/netq/netq.yml file. Alternately, you can use the CLI and include the inband-interface option.
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/etc/netq/netq.ymlconfiguration file example:netq-agent: inband-interface: swp1 port: 31980 server: 192.168.1.254 vrf: default -
CLI configuration example:
sudo netq config add agent server 192.168.1.254 vrf default inband-interface swp1
After the NetQ Agent is configured for in-band connections, you can create custom agent configuration profiles, then apply the custom profiles to switches during upgrades.