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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 a “correlation” event type which displays the association between host-based errors and devices within a network’s fabric (beta)
  • Added a /v1/redfish endpoint to detect and report leak events in liquid-cooling equipment using the Redfish Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
  • Added /v1/certificates endpoints that let you use your own certificates instead of the ones that NetQ NVLink automatically generates
  • 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 view health metrics view health metrics for GPUs, switch nodes, compute nodes, partitions, and domains over 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 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 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

Release Considerations

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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)

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 5.1 installation.

Compatible Agent Versions

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:

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

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