What's New

This page summarizes new features and improvements for the NetQ 5.2 release. For a list of open and fixed issues, see the release notes.

What’s New in NetQ 5.2

Added ability to back up your NetQ data using an NFS server for disaster recovery scenarios (beta)
Added a fault correlation system event which groups of events linked to the same underlying issue and displays the association between host-based errors and devices within a network’s fabric (beta)
Added adaptive routing validations that verify configuration consistencies across switches in your network’s fabric (beta)
Added support for node addition for NetQ NVLink + Ethernet combined mode deployments (beta)
Added RoCE validations that verify configuration consistencies across the entire network fabric, including switches, host NICs, and DPUs (beta)
Added support for Arm-based systems
Added ability to create NetQ simulations in DSX Air
Updated the Cable Validation Tool to version 1.9

Added a /v1/redfish endpoint to detect and report leak events in liquid-cooling equipment
Added /v1/certificates endpoints that let you use your own certificates instead of the ones that NetQ NVLink automatically generates. To use your own certificates, install NetQ NVLink, then upload the certificates using the API.
Added /v1/validations/fw-versions endpoint to validate that all switches within a domain have the same firmware version
Added ability to upgrade firmware using the /v1/upgrade-switch endpoint
Added several /v1/kpis endpoints that allow you to apply KPI filters to view heath metrics for GPUs, switch nodes, compute nodes, partitions, and domains over a range of time
Added several parameters to the /v1/gpus endpoint that allow for filtering based on a device’s UUID, chassis serial number, slot ID, tray index, or host ID
Added parameter that allows you to manage partitions using a device’s unique identifier (UUID) with the /v1/partitions endpoints
Added ability to adjust NMX-T polling frequency using the /v1/settings endpoint
Added recommendation to change switch credentials from their default values to dedicated usernames and passwords for each switch
Added support for NetQ NVLink on the NVIDIA Vera Rubin platform (beta)
Refer to the NetQ NVLink API Changelog for a comprehensive list of changes
View the REST API in Swagger

NetQ 5.2 is tested and validated as part of the Spectrum-X reference architecture 2.2 release. For a full compatibility matrix, refer to the NVIDIA Spectrum-X Validated Solution Stack.
When your NetQ deployment operates in combined Ethernet and NVLink mode, certain NVLink data is not preserved during the backup and restore process. Information related to network entities such as switches, GPUs, and partitions is not saved. However, data for services, switch profiles, and domains is saved during the backup and restore process.
The following features have been removed or deprecated:
- Flow analysis (deprecated)
- Validations: duplicate IP addresses, agents, VXLAN, MLAG bond VLAN consistency test (deprecated)
- ECMP without adaptive routing (removed)
- High-availability scale cluster deployment for Ethernet only (removed). You can upgrade this deployment type using the upgrade instructions for NVLink + Ethernet combined mode.

NetQ 5.2 is available exclusively for on-premises deployments. You can upgrade to 5.2 if your deployment is running version 5.1 or 5.0.

To upgrade from 5.1 to 5.2, perform an in-place upgrade.
To upgrade from 5.0 to 5.2, back up your NetQ data, then concurrently restore your data and upgrade NetQ during a new NetQ 5.2 installation.

The NetQ 5.2 server is compatible with NetQ agents 5.2 and 5.1. You can install NetQ agents on switches and servers running: