What's New

This page summarizes new features and improvements for the NetQ 4.7 release. For a complete list of open and fixed issues, see the release notes.

What’s New in NetQ 4.7.0

NetQ 4.7.0 includes the following new features and improvements:

• Monitor CPU and memory utilization for services and processes; create threshold-crossing rules that generate events when a process or service exceeds the limit you defined
• View queue lengths in the form of histograms
• Create workbenches that can be accessed from an individual premises or that are available globally, across multiple premises
• View ConnectX network interface controller (NIC) telemetry and inventory data in the UI
• Decommission hosts, NICs, and DPUs from the UI or CLI
• Create What Just Happened filters that suppress events based on IP addresses; aggregate WJH L1 errors that occur on the same port
• New instructions for installing the DOCA Telemetry Service on hosts and DPUs
• Performance improvements to the NetQ Agent that limit its CPU usage

Upgrade Paths

For deployments running:

• 4.6.0 or 4.5.0: upgrade directly to NetQ 4.7.0
• 4.4.1, 4.4.0, or 4.3.0: back up your NetQ data and perform a new installation of NetQ 4.7.0.
• 4.2.0 or earlier: upgrade incrementally to version 4.3.0. Then back up your NetQ data and perform a new installation of NetQ 4.7.0.

Compatible Agent Versions

The NetQ 4.7.0 server is compatible with NetQ Agents 4.6.0 and 4.7.0. You can install NetQ Agents on switches and servers running:

• Cumulus Linux 4.3.0 and above (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 4.7 features.