Lifecycle Management
Using the NetQ UI or CLI, lifecycle management (LCM) allows you to:
- Manage switch inventory
- Install or upgrade NetQ (Agents and CLI) and Cumulus Linux on switches running Cumulus Linux
- Manage Cumulus Linux and NetQ images
- Configure switch access credentials and profiles (required for installations and upgrades)
- Create snapshots of the network state at various times
- View a history of upgrade attempts
- Lifecycle management is enabled for on-premises deployments and disabled for cloud deployments by default. Contact your local NVIDIA sales representative or submit a support ticket to activate LCM on cloud deployments.
Access Lifecycle Management in the UI
You can access the LCM dashboard in a few ways:
- Expand the Menu, then select Manage switches
- Click Upgrade in a workbench header
- Click Devices in a workbench header, then select Manage switches
Access Lifecycle Management with the CLI
Lifecycle management workflows use the netq lcm
command set. Refer to the command line reference for a comprehensive list of options and definitions.
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 agent configuration for LCM operations:
/etc/netq/netq.yml
configuration 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 using the CLI, then apply the custom profiles to switches during upgrades.