Documentation forIP Address Manager
Managing IP addresses is a key capability of Hybrid Cloud Observability and is also available in a standalone module, IP Address Manager (IPAM). Hybrid Cloud Observability and IPAM are built on the self-hosted SolarWinds Platform.

IP Address Manager 2023.1 release notes

Release date: February 15, 2023

These release notes were last updated on April 26, 2023.

These release notes describe the new features, improvements, and fixed issues in IP Address Manager 2023.1. They also provide information about upgrades and describe workarounds for known issues.

For more information, see the following documents:

New features and improvements in IPAM

IPAM 2023.1 is built on the SolarWinds Platform and installed with the SolarWinds Installer.

Learn more about the new SolarWinds Platform.

See also the SolarWinds Platform 2023.1 release notes.

Other improvements

Cloud monitoring: Availability Zone data related to the entities you are monitoring in the cloud are now stored with the entity and used for logical grouping in the Cloud Server Infrastructure widget, filtering in the Cloud Instances Status Summary widget, and also in pop overs for individual entities.

Installation and upgrade

If you are on a version earlier than IPAM 2020.2.6, first upgrade to 2020.2.6 and then upgrade to 2023.1. Before upgrading, see Considerations for upgrading from the Orion Platform to the SolarWinds Platform.

For information about installing IP Address Manager, see help for the SolarWinds Installer, and refer to the IPAM Getting Started Guide to learn about configuring and customizing IPAM.

Use the SolarWinds Installer to upgrade your entire SolarWinds Platform deployment (all SolarWinds Platform products and any scalability engines).

For details, see Install or upgrade SolarWinds Platform products.

Fixed issues

IP Address Manager 2023.1 fixes the following issues.

Case Number Description
1233676 The issue where denying an IPRequest alert resulted in UI errors was addressed.
1242018 The issue where no option was found for ETableOrFunction SIM_TABLENAME_PROPS was addressed.
512228 The issue where wrong EngineId was assigned to subnets during import was addressed.

End of life

For modules based on SolarWinds Platform 2020.2.6 and earlier, SolarWinds is announcing future end-of-life plans for your convenience. As always, SolarWinds recommends you upgrade to the latest version of your products at your earliest convenience.

Version

EOL Announcements

EOE Effective Dates EOL Effective Dates
2020.2.6 April 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on IPAM 2020.2.6 should begin transitioning to the latest version of IPAM. May 18, 2023: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for IPAM 2020.2.6 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. May 18, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for IPAM 2020.2.6.
2020.2.5 January 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on IPAM 2020.2.5 should begin transitioning to the latest version of IPAM. February 17, 2023: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for IPAM 2020.2.5 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. February 17, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for IPAM 2020.2.5.
2020.2.4 October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on IPAM 2019.4 should begin transitioning to the latest version of IPAM. November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for IPAM 2019.4 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. November 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for IPAM 2019.4.
2020.2.1 October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on IPAM 2020.2.1 should begin transitioning to the latest version of IPAM. November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for IPAM 2020.2.1 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. November 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for IPAM 2020.2.1
2020.2 October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on IPAM 2020.2 should begin transitioning to the latest version of IPAM. November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for IPAM 2020.2 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. November 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for IPAM 2020.2.
2019.4,
2019.4.2		 July 27, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on IPAM 2019.4 should begin transitioning to the latest version of IPAM. August 26, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for IPAM 2019.4 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. July 27, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for IPAM 2019.4.
4.9 July 26, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on IPAM 4.9 should begin transitioning to the latest version of IPAM. August 25, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for IPAM 4.9 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. July 26, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for IPAM 4.9.

See the End of Life Policy for information about SolarWinds product lifecycle phases. For supported versions and EoL announcements for all SolarWinds products, see Currently supported software versions.

Deprecation notice

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This version of IP Address Manager deprecates the following platforms and features.

Deprecated platforms and features are still supported in the current release. However, they will be unsupported in a future release. Plan on upgrading deprecated platforms, and avoid using deprecated features. 

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Browser support All versions of Internet Explorer will become unsupported in a future release. Some pages are not compatible with IE 11. Do not enable Enterprise Mode in IE 11. It is not supported.

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