NCM 2024.2 release notes
Release date: June 4, 2024
Here's what's new in Network Configuration Manager 2024.2.
Network Configuration Manager runs on the SolarWinds Platform.
Learn more
- See NCM 2024.2 system requirements to learn about prerequisites for running and installing NCM 2024.2.
- See the NCM 2024.2 Administrator Guide to learn how to work with NCM.
New features and improvements in NCM
Network Configuration Manager 2024.2 includes the new features in version 2024.2 of the SolarWinds Platform. For more information, see the SolarWinds Platform 2024.2 Release Notes.
Specify the SSH encryption algorithms used for a device type in the device template
You can use the device template to specify what SSH encryption algorithms NCM uses when communicating with a device. The encryption algorithms that you specify must be supported by the devices that use the device template, and they must be supported by NCM.
For information about supported algorithms, see Supported algorithms and ciphers for SSH communications. For information about specifying the SSH algorithm in a device template, see NCM device template commands.
Credentials for each polling engine
To write to network share or to specify a custom location for saving certain things (such as downloaded configs or NCM job results), you must give NCM write access to the network share or custom location. You can now specify different credentials for each polling engine. You might want to do this because:
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No single set of credentials is valid for all polling engines to access the location (for example, the polling engines are in different domains).
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You can specify local credentials for each polling engine. As a result, when you specify various custom locations, you can specify any custom location that the polling engine's local credentials have access to.
CPE match data feed URL
The CPE match data feed URL is now specified on the Firmware Vulnerability Settings page. In previous versions, this URL was specified in Advanced Configuration settings.
The CPE match data feed provides the product or platform applicability statement to CPE URI matching based on the CPEs in the official CPE dictionary. This is the same information displayed on the NIST website when you expand the matches for a match criteria.
Fixes
For information about new features and fixes in the SolarWinds Platform, see the SolarWinds Platform 2024.2 Release Notes.
| Case number | Description |
|---|---|
| 01498395, 01505412, 01509365, 01522260, 01527757, 01534554, 01535156, 01544402, 01583022 |
When devices include duplicate data, inventory jobs no longer fail with the message |
| 01496355, 01535319, 01535948, 01541480, 01543568, 01544631, 01564617, 01565311, 01571856, 01579695 |
Additional ciphers are supported for collecting data via SSH. This fixes the connectivity issues with certain versions of the FortiGate software. For the list of supported ciphers, see Supported algorithms and ciphers. If NCM still cannot connect to Fortigate devices after the upgrade, complete the additional steps in this article. |
| 01501426 |
Having duplicate names for the same node ID no longer causes an upgrade to fail. |
| 01466545 |
When you display shadowed ACL rules, line numbers are no longer broken across multiple lines, making them difficult to read. |
| 01477163 |
Upgrades no longer fail with the message |
| 01423580 |
Config change approval requests are no longer deleted because of account limitations. |
| 01376614, 01430014, 01497551 |
If the CVE field on the Firmware Vulnerabilities Settings page contains the CPE match data feed URL instead, a message is displayed and the settings cannot be saved. |
Installation or upgrade
For new SolarWinds Platform deployments, download the installation file from the NCM product page on https://www.solarwinds.com or from the Customer Portal. For more information, see Get the installer.
To activate NCM in an existing SolarWinds Platform deployment, use the License Manager.
For upgrades, go to Settings > My Deployment to initiate the upgrade. The SolarWinds Installer upgrades your entire deployment (all SolarWinds Platform products and any scalability engines).
For more information, see the SolarWinds Platform Product Installation and Upgrade Guide.
For supported upgrade paths to 2024.2, see Upgrade an existing deployment.
End of life
| Version | EoL announcement | EoE effective date | EoL effective date |
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| 2022.4 | June 4, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on NCM2022.4 should begin transitioning to the latest version of NCM. | July 4, 2024: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for NCM 2022.4 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | July 4, 2025: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for NCM 2022.4. |
| 2022.3 | February 6, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on NCM 2022.3 should begin transitioning to the latest version of NCM. | March 7, 2024: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for NCM 2022.3 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | March 7, 2025: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for NCM 2022.3. |
See the End of Life Policy for information about SolarWinds product life cycle phases. To see EoL dates for earlier NCM versions, see NCM release history.
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