What's New

This page summarizes new features and improvements for the NetQ 4.12 release. For a complete list of open and fixed issues, see the release notes.

What’s New in NetQ 4.12

NetQ 4.12.0 includes the following new features and improvements:

• New installation option that supports up to 1,000 switches
• New workbench with additional cards that you can add to your existing workbenches
• Compare interfaces and view counter data across links with the link health view (beta)
• View a switch’s BGP and EVPN session information from the full-screen switch dashboard
• New option to send all events to a notification channel as part of the channel setup process
• The topology view is now generally available
• The topology validation is now generally available

Upgrade Paths

For deployments running:

• 4.11, 4.10.1: upgrade directly to NetQ 4.12
• 4.10.0 or earlier: back up your NetQ data and perform a new installation

Compatible Agent Versions

The NetQ 4.12 server is compatible with the NetQ 4.12 agent. You can install NetQ agents on switches and servers running:

• Cumulus Linux 5.0.0 or later (Spectrum switches)
• Ubuntu 22.04, 20.04

Release Considerations

• NetQ 4.12 is not backward compatible with previous NetQ agent versions. You must install NetQ agent version 4.12 after upgrading your NetQ server to 4.12.
• When you upgrade to NetQ 4.12, any pre-existing event and validation data will be lost.
• If you upgrade a NetQ server with scheduled OSPF validations, they might still appear in the UI but will display results from previous validations.