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What's New

This page summarizes new features and improvements for the NetQ 5.1 release.

What’s New in NetQ 5.1

  • The NetQ integration with Grafana is generally available.
  • NetQ now retains OTLP metrics data for 15 days instead of the previous three-day retention period. Additionally, you can now create a customizable list of metrics that are forwarded to your time-series database.
  • You can now deploy NetQ for Ethernet and NVLink with an increased number of nodes to support large networks. To get started, perform a fresh installation. This deployment type is currently in beta.
  • You can now use NetQ to monitor multiplane networking environments (beta). With this enhancement, you can:
    • Filter and display telemetry data associated with individual planes.
    • Perform validations, such as BGP router-ID checks, within the appropriate plane context.
    • Include plane parameters across network topology, monitoring, and validation workflows.
    • To get started, configure system labels using NVUE commands.
  • You can now create threshold-crossing rules with a wider range of measurement units in both the UI and the CLI.
  • NetQ no longer broadcasts multiple, successive events for breaches to the same threshold-crossing rule. You can change this new default behavior using the CLI.
  • Performance improvements to the account management page in the UI
  • The time required to install NetQ has been reduced.
  • NetQ for NVLink API changes:
    • Added the ability to download support packages and upgrade NVOS for all switches within an NVLink domain.
    • Added an endpoint to retrieve NetQ’s version
    • Added a fault tolerance mechanism that allows NVLink switches with at least two out-of-band management ports to maintain connectivity to NMX controller and telemetry services in case of port failure.
    • Queries to the compute-nodes endpoint now return hostnames within the response
    • Performance improvements to scale deployments
    • Refer to the NetQ NVLink API Changelog for a comprehensive list of changes

Upgrade Paths

NetQ 5.1 is available exclusively for on-premises deployments. You can upgrade to 5.1 if your deployment is running version 5.0 or 4.15. First back up your NetQ data, then concurrently restore your data and upgrade NetQ during a new NetQ 5.0 installation.

If your NetQ deployment uses combined Ethernet and NVLink mode, only your Ethernet data can be backed up and restored. NVLink data is excluded from the backup and restoration process.

Compatible Agent Versions

The NetQ 5.1 server is compatible with NetQ agents 5.1 and 5.0. You can install NetQ agents on switches and servers running:

  • Cumulus Linux 5.16, 5.15, 5.11.3, 5.9.4
  • Ubuntu 24.04, 22.04

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