NPM 2023.2 release notes
Release date: April 18, 2023
These release notes describe the new features, improvements, and fixed issues in Network Performance Monitor 2023.2.
For more information, see the following documents:
- NPM 2023.2 System Requirements
- NPM 2023.2 Administrator Guide
- NPM Getting Started Guides - Part 1 - Get Started | Part 2 - Customize.
If you are looking for previous release notes for Network Performance Monitor, see Previous Version documentation.
New features and improvements in NPM
NPM 2023.2 offers the following new features and improvements compared to previous releases of NPM.
NPM 2023.2 runs on the new SolarWinds Platform. See SolarWinds Platform 2023.2 Release Notes.
VeloCloud token authentication
You can use an API token generated in the VeloCloud administration to poll VeloCloud data from the orchestrator. See Add VeloCloud orchestrator for details.
Token-Based authentication for F5 iControl
When you specify credentials for polling F5 nodes via iControl, the credentials are used for retrieving an API token. The token is further used for identification. Using API tokens for authentication improves both security and performance.
Other improvements
Cloud monitoring: Virtual network gateway monitoring, Virtual private cloud (VPC) monitoring, and site-to-site monitoring are now also available for AWS. Information about subnets is now also shown in the Cloud Instance Details page for both AWS and Azure.
Installation and upgrade
For information about installing Network Performance Monitor, see help for the SolarWinds Installer.
Use the SolarWinds Installer to upgrade your entire SolarWinds Platform deployment (all Orion Platform products and any scalability engines).
For details, see Install or upgrade SolarWinds Platform products.
Fixed issues
NPM runs on the SolarWinds Platform. NPM 2023.2 contains all of the fixed issues since NPM 2020.2.6 release, including all NPM 2020.2.6 hotfixes and fixes in SolarWinds Platform 2022.2, 2022.3, 2022.4, 2023.1, and 2023.2.
See the following release notes for more information:
- SolarWinds Platform 2023.2 Release Notes
- SolarWinds Platform 2023.1 Release Notes
- SolarWinds Platform 2022.4 Release Notes
- SolarWinds Platform 2022.3 Release Notes
- SolarWinds Platform 2022.2 Release Notes
NPM 2023.2 fixes the following issues.
| Case number | Description |
|---|---|
| 648291 | The issue where Custom Interface Poller did not influence Node Status was addressed. |
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1175298, 1264916 |
The issue with an incorrect log level message for wireless tables in the Database Maintenance log was addressed. |
| 1240079 | The issue where special characters were escaped and thus not displayed correctly in the Node with Problems widget was addressed. |
| N/A | The issue where a setting to poll hardware health sensors with all statuses was ignored and new sensors were not polled was addressed. |
End of life
For modules based on Orion 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 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. |
| 2020.2.4 | October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on NPM version 2020.2.4 should begin transitioning to the latest version of NPM. | November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for NPM version 2020.2.4 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | November 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for NPM version 2020.2.4. |
| 2020.2.1 | October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on NPM version 2020.2.1 should begin transitioning to the latest version of NPM. | November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for NPM version 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 NPM version 2020.2.1. |
| 2020.2 | October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on NPM version 2020.2 should begin transitioning to the latest version of NPM. | November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for NPM version 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 NPM version 2020.2. |
| 2019.4 | July 27, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on NPM version 2019.4 should begin transitioning to the latest version of NPM. | August 27, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for NPM version 2019.4 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | August 26, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for NPM version 2019.4. |
| 12.5 | July 27, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on NPM version 12.5 should begin transitioning to the latest version of NPM. | August 26, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for NPM version 12.5 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | August 26, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for NPM version 12.5. |
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.
End of support
This version of Network Performance Monitor 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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