NPM 2024.1 release notes
Release date: February 6, 2024
Here's what's new in Network Performance Monitor 2024.1.
Network Performance Monitor runs on the SolarWinds Platform.
Learn more
- See the NPM 2024.1 system requirements.
- For information about working with NPM, see the NPM 2024.1 Administrator Guide.
New features and improvements in NPM
Network Performance Monitor 2024.1 includes the new features in version 2024.1 of the SolarWinds Platform. For more information, see the SolarWinds Platform 2024.1 Release Notes.
For information about new features and fixes in the SolarWinds Platform, see the SolarWinds Platform 2024.1 Release Notes.
Support for Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN (formerly CloudGenix)
Add Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN (formerly CloudGenix) orchestrator nodes for monitoring and pair the Prisma orchestrator with edge nodes. For monitored nodes, you can observe:
- Status and response time of the orchestrator node
- Inventory managed by the orchestrator
- Details about SD-WAN edges managed by the Prisma orchestrator, such as serial numbers, mode, type, public IP, status
- Details on SD-WAN edge uplinks
- Details on SD-WAN VPN tunnels
You can add Prisma SD-WAN edge devices for monitoring either using a combination of SNMP and API, or only using API. See SNMP or API-based monitoring for Prisma SD-WAN devices for details.
Other improvements
- MAC addresses polling added to Device Studio Node Details technology pollers
- Improved Meraki Warm Spare failover detection process
Fixes
For information about new features and fixes in the SolarWinds Platform, see the SolarWinds Platform 2024.1 Release Notes.
| Case number | Description |
|---|---|
| 01446755, 01495559 |
In environments that upgraded from versions earlier than 2020.2.1, database maintenance no longer fails with an error similar to:
|
| 01446755 |
False alerts for failovers on SD-WAN Edge devices are no longer issued. |
| 01385352 |
Queries related to thresholds have been optimized to prevent deadlocks in the SolarWinds Platform database. |
| 01451065, 01459240, 01498804 |
The new version of the Wireless Summary View page displays the client's name correctly. |
| 01397862 |
When you monitor a Microsoft Azure or AWS Cloud Account with virtual network gateways, the Virtual Network Gateways page displays the virtual network name. |
| 01431206 |
When a related node is added more than once with different polling engines, the Routing Neighbors widget and Routing Table widget display the correct data instead of the following message:
|
| 01381182 |
Editing interfaces on nodes assigned to a polling engine in a different domain is successful and no longer returns an |
| 01420904 |
It is possible to add a Viptela orchestrator with the IP address when the IP address cannot be resolved to the host name. |
| 01359468 |
Polling a Cisco ACI device via API no longer fails with the following error:
|
| 01389075 |
If topology layer 2 pollers are assigned to a node, Topology Layer 2 is selected on the List Resources page. |
| 01196723, 01446755 |
There is no longer a substantial delay in detecting a failover on Meraki devices. |
| 01450975, 01463542 |
Interface polling no longer stops if an interface has a different ObjectSubType than its parent node. |
| 01395989 |
When an interface-to-interface topology connection is available for two nodes on a map, the map displays the connection type correctly. |
| 01309741 |
The Multiple Universal Device Pollers Chart loads faster. |
| 00686260, 00947538 |
Charts use consistent colors to indicate receiving and transmitting data. |
Installation or upgrade
For new SolarWinds Platform deployments, download the installation file from the NPM product page on https://www.solarwinds.com or from the Customer Portal. For more information, see Get the installer.
To activate NPM 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 2024.1, see Upgrade an existing deployment.
End of life
| Version | EOL Announcements | EOE Effective Dates | EOL Effective Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022.3 | February 6, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on NPM version 2022.3 should begin transitioning to the latest version of NPM. | March 7, 2024: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for NPM version 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 NPM version 2022.3. |
| 2020.2.6 | April 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on NPM version 2020.2.6 should begin transitioning to the latest version of NPM. | May 18, 2023: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for NPM version 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 NPM version 2020.2.6 |
| 2020.2.5 | January 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on NPM version 2020.2.5 should begin transitioning to the latest version of NPM. | February 17, 2023: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for NPM version 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 NPM version 2020.2.5. |
See the End of Life Policy for information about SolarWinds product life cycle phases. To see EoL dates for earlier NPM versions, see NPM release history.
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