Documentation forNetwork Topology Mapper

NTM 2026.4 release notes

Release date: October 20, 2026

Here's what's new in NTM 2026.4. You can find the applicable system requirements here.

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New features and improvements in NTM

Support for Azure entities

Added support for discovering Azure entities and displaying them on NTM maps. You can now add Azure credentials in the scan wizard and include the following Azure entities in your discovery:

  • Virtual networks and subnets

  • Virtual machines

  • Load balancers

  • Network gateways

  • Network interface cards (NICs)

  • ExpressRoute

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

  • Network security groups (NSGs)

  • Application gateways

  • VPN gateways

Additional updates

  • AWS instances now show AWS_API as the polling method.

Fixed customer issues

Case number Description
01270187 Switches in mixed Cisco and Huawei environments are now shown connected to the core switch they are directly attached to, based on the discovered LLDP neighbor data.
01440256 Creating a new map in a new tab no longer overwrites the topology of the map in the previous tab.
01553526, 01563121, Links between devices that do not exist, such as unknown links and links on unused interfaces, no longer appear in discovered maps.
01890759 Connections between switches from different vendors that are reported through LLDP are now shown on the map, including the interface details on both ends of the link.
01798411 When a switch is connected to multiple ESXi hosts, the map now shows each switch interface connected to the correct ESXi host instead of a single host.
N/A Connections that are not configured on the devices are no longer shown between network nodes on the map.
02066608 Discovery of Cisco Catalyst 9300 switches now completes faster, and devices and links no longer overlap on the resulting map.
02111878 Maps of networks that use a non-routed VLAN shared by physically separate sites now show the correct topology.
N/A The bundled SNMPWalk utility has been updated to resolve a FIPS-related error that occurred when generating SNMP walk output using SNMPv3.

Installation or upgrade

For new installations, you can download the installation file from the product page on https://www.solarwinds.com or from the Customer Portal and install NTM on a standalone server.

For more information, see NTM Installation Guide.

End of life

Version EoL announcement EoE effective date EoL effective date
2.4 October 20, 2026: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on NTM version 2.4 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of NTM. November 20, 2026: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for NTM version 2.4 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds. November 20, 2027: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for NTM version 2.4.
2.3 June 23, 2026: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on NTM version 2.3 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of NTM. July 23, 2026: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for NTM version 2.3 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds. July 23, 2027: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for NTM version 2.3.

See the End of Life Policy for information about SolarWinds product life cycle phases. To see EoL dates for earlier NTM versions, see NTM release history.

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