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NQE Updates for 24.8.0

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  • September 9, 2024
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kevinbrasher
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Released: 2024-08-22

We are happy to announce the following enhancements to NQE as part of release 24.8.0.

See the full NQE release notes for Forward Enterprise version 24.8.0.

 

Breaking Change Preannouncements

  • Vendor Value Deprecation: The value OPENFLOW_GENERIC for Vendor is deprecated and will be removed in release 24.9.

  • OS and Vendor Deprecation: The value NETRONOME_OVS_OFCTL for OS and the value NETRONOME for Vendor are deprecated and will be removed in release 24.9.

What’s New

  • New VLAN Field: VLAN information is now included as a field of Device. This enhancement allows you to query VLAN details more efficiently.

  • Ethernet Speed Field Update: A new field, speedMbps, has been added to Ethernet. This field can express speeds from aggregated interfaces. The previous field negotiatedPortSpeed of Ethernet is now deprecated.

  • DELL SONIC Support: The value DELL_SONIC is now recognized as a possible value for OS.

  • General Dynamics and Viasat Support: The values GENERAL_DYNAMICS for Vendor and GENERAL_DYNAMICS_ENCRYPTOR for OS have been added. Additionally, VIASAT_ENCRYPTOR is now a possible value for OS.

Improvements

  • Netscaler Hostname Command: A command with CommandType value HOSTNAME now exists for the OS value NETSCALER in the Outputs of a Device.

  • Netscaler SLB Command Modifications: Several SLB (Server Load Balancing) commands have been modified for NETSCALER:

    • SLB_CS_VIRTUAL_SERVERS now uses show cs vserver.
    • SLB_SERVICE_GROUPS now uses show serviceGroup -includeMembers.
    • SLB_VIRTUAL_SERVERS now uses show lb vserver.
  • Checkpoint Uptime Command: The command with CommandType value UPTIME for CHECKPOINT has been updated in some cases to use uptime -p.

Deprecations

  • VpcData CloudType Field: The field cloudType on the record VpcData is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use the cloudType field on the record CloudAccount instead.

  • Built-in Function Deprecations: The built-in functions blockDiff_alpha1, blockMatches_alpha1, and hasBlockMatch_alpha1 are deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use the corresponding function without the _alpha1 suffix.

  • Ethernet Port Speed Field: The field negotiatedPortSpeed of Ethernet is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use the new speedMbps field instead.