Documentation forIP Address Manager
Managing IP addresses is a key capability of SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted (formerly Hybrid Cloud Observability) and is available in the Essentials edition. IP Address Manager (IPAM) is also available in a standalone module.

IPAM 2023.3 release notes

Release date: July 25, 2023

For more information, see the following documents:

New features and improvements in IPAM

DHCP Scopes UX Improvements

  • Added a step component for scope options

  • Added a summary component for adding/editing scopes for Linux and other server types

  • Added a component for scope properties for Linux, other server types, and cisco

  • Added an IP range component for adding ranges of non-linux scopes

  • Added filtering based on VPC in Gateways and site to site

IPAM 2023.3 is part of the SolarWinds Platform and includes improvements and fixes from SolarWinds Platform 2023.3.

IPAM 2023.3 is built on the SolarWinds Platform and installed with the SolarWinds Installer.

Learn more about the new SolarWinds Platform.

See also the SolarWinds Platform 2023.3 release notes.

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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 2023.3. 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 IPAM deployment (all IPAM products and any scalability engines).

For details, see Install or upgrade SolarWinds Platform products.

Fixed issues

IPAM 2023.3 contains all of the fixed issues from the SolarWinds Platform 2023.3 release.

IP Address Manager 2023.3 fixes the following issues.

See also the SolarWinds Platform 2023.3 release notes.

End of life

For modules based on IPAM 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.

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End of support

This version of IP Address Manager no longer supports the following platforms and features.

Type Details
Browser support All versions of Internet Explorer are no longer supported.

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