User Device Tracker 3.4 Release Notes
Release date: June 6, 2019
These release notes describe the new features, improvements, and fixed issues in User Device Tracker 3.4. They also provide information about upgrades and describe workarounds for known issues.
If you are looking for previous release notes for User Device Tracker, see Previous Version documentation.
For UDT environment requirements, see UDT 3.4 System Requirements.
New features and improvements in UDT 3.4
UDT 3.4 offers new features and improvements compared to previous releases of UDT.
Advanced automatic import options
SolarWinds UDT 3.4 now allows you to select UDT monitored port types during automatic discovery. You have the ability to adjust the automatic import of UDT discovery results according to your needs, using Port Status, Port Mode, Hardware type, or other advanced filtering options, including regular expressions.
Support for Nexus devices
As of version 3.4, SolarWinds User Device Tracker supports CLI polling on Nexus devices. After you add a Nexus device to SolarWinds UDT and enable CLI polling, UDT will display Layer2 and Layer3 data on the Node Details page. You can also enable CLI polling for an existing Nexus device through Edit Node on the Node Details page.
Support for Palo Alto devices
Starting with UDT 3.4, you can add Palo Alto devices to SolarWinds UDT and enable CLI polling. Layer2 and Layer3 data will be displayed on the Node Details page. You can also enable CLI polling for an existing Palo Alto device through Edit Node on the Node Details page.
Other improvements
For new features and improvements in Orion Platform 2019.2, see the Orion Platform 2019.2 Release Notes.
New customer installation
For information about installing User Device Tracker, see the SolarWinds Orion Installer.
How to upgrade
Use the SolarWinds Orion Installer to upgrade your entire Orion deployment (all Orion Platform products and any scalability engines) to the current versions.
If you are upgrading from UDT 3.4 or later, you can upgrade your entire Orion deployment from the My Orion Deployment page. Downloading the Orion Installer is no longer necessary.
If you are upgrading from an earlier version, use this topic to plan and implement an upgrade to the current version of UDT.
Fixed issues
UDT 3.4 fixes the following issues.
| Case Number | Description |
|---|---|
|
00235311 |
UDT no longer displays a discrepancy in the displayed Current endpoint connections. |
|
00222562 |
UDT no longet gets a Javascript error when creating an account. |
|
00183889 |
UDt process is no longer blocked. |
|
00202326 |
UDT no longer displays incorrect information in the tool tip when you hover over UDT ports. |
|
00140406 |
UDT no longer shows database errors. |
|
00055756 |
You no longer observe heavy deadlocks on the SolarWinds database under DPA. |
|
1081084 |
You no longer experience excessive database deadlocks when you upgrade to NPM 12.0.1 in a multiple-product environment. |
|
1073002 |
UDT displays MAC addresses on Cisco Nexus FEX. |
|
975834 |
UDT supports Nexus 5000 with FEX. |
|
967961 |
UDT displays port information on Cisco Nexus 7K devices. |
|
947966 |
UDT supports Nexus 5000 MAC addresses. |
|
940295 |
You are able to see UDT data on Cisco Nexus switches. |
|
914407 |
UDT does not support context polling for Cisco Nexus devices. |
|
847187 |
UDT is getting MAC, IP, or VLAN information on Nexus 5K. |
|
833056 |
UDT is seeing port details for Nexus 5K switches. |
Fixed issues in Orion Platform 2019.2
See Orion Platform Release Notes.
End of life
| Version | EoL Annoucement | EoE Effective Date | EoL Effective Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0, 3.1, 3.2 |
December 4, 2018: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement - Customers on UDT versions 3.2 or older should begin transitioning to UDT 3.3.2. |
March 4, 2019: End-of-Engineering (EoE) - Service Releases, bug fixes, workaround, and service packs for UDT version 3.2 or older will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. |
March 4, 2020: End-of-Life (EoL) - SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for UDT version 3.2 or older. |
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.
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