NCM new feature summary
The following chart summarizes the features available in each version of NCM. For a complete list of features added by version, see the release notes.
Feature | 2024.1 | 2023.4 | 2023.3 | 2023.2 | 2022.3 through 2023.1 | 2020.2 |
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Option to purge completed inventory-on-demand jobs in the Default Database and Archive Maintenance job | ||||||
Credentials required to change default locations | ||||||
Fixed location for firmware vulnerability files | ||||||
Security improvements | ||||||
Firmware vulnerability matching for Cisco IOS XE and IOS XR devices | ||||||
Updated Config Summary dashboard | ||||||
Transfer Status page shows status of config transfers initiated by jobs | ||||||
On demand inventory scans run as jobs | ||||||
Session trace logs available after failed connection | ||||||
Ability to run multiple firmware upgrade operations simultaneously | ||||||
Translation into German and Japanese | ||||||
Ability to display policies pushed from the Panorama management server | ||||||
Support for EtherWAN devices | ||||||
Support for Lenovo Campus NOS devices | ||||||
Network Insight for Palo Alto Firewalls | ||||||
Increased support for Lenovo devices | ||||||
Firmware upgrade support for Juniper devices | ||||||
Multi-device baselines | ||||||
Increased support for Palo Alto devices | ||||||
Associate a config type with a vendor | ||||||
NPM 12.3 and NCM 7.8 feature: Network Insight for Cisco Nexus devices | ||||||
Exclude blocks of config files from comparison | ||||||
Cisco Nexus and Juniper Vulnerability Reporting | ||||||
Exclude blocks of text from config file comparisons | ||||||
NPM 12.2 and NCM 7.7 feature: Network Insight for Cisco ASA firewalls | ||||||
NCM data in SolarWinds Orion 2017.1 feature: Performance Analysis dashboard | ||||||
SolarWinds Feature: SolarWinds Orion Installer | ||||||
Orion Platform 2017.3 feature: Improved dashboard customization | ||||||
Firmware Upgrades | ||||||
Simplified Installer | ||||||
New Orion Platform UI | ||||||
Network Insight for F5 BIG-IP load balancers | ||||||
New F5 out-of-the box inventory and DISA STIG audit reports | ||||||
New DISA STIG Compliance Reports | ||||||
Integration with Network Performance Monitor's NetPath | ||||||
Improvements to EOL management | ||||||
Web-based Alerts | ||||||
Real-time Configuration Change Alerting | ||||||
Policy Violation Remediation | ||||||
Web-based Reports using Orion reporting engine | ||||||
Improved Change Approval Workflow | ||||||
Device Template Wizard | ||||||
New Compliance Reports | ||||||
NCM full web-based UI (desktop app functionality migrated and eliminated) | ||||||
Cisco IOS and ASA Vulnerability Reporting | ||||||
Improved EOL/EOS data and management | ||||||
Improved Configuration Management UI | ||||||
Merged NCM database with NPM |
NCM 2020.2 is the earliest supported version of NCM. For more information on supported product versions, see NCM release history.