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
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Vendor Value Deprecation: The value
OPENFLOW_GENERICfor Vendor is deprecated and will be removed in release 24.9. -
OS and Vendor Deprecation: The value
NETRONOME_OVS_OFCTLfor OS and the valueNETRONOMEfor Vendor are deprecated and will be removed in release 24.9.
What’s New
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New VLAN Field: VLAN information is now included as a field of Device. This enhancement allows you to query VLAN details more efficiently.
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Ethernet Speed Field Update: A new field,
speedMbps, has been added to Ethernet. This field can express speeds from aggregated interfaces. The previous fieldnegotiatedPortSpeedof Ethernet is now deprecated. -
DELL SONIC Support: The value
DELL_SONICis now recognized as a possible value for OS. -
General Dynamics and Viasat Support: The values
GENERAL_DYNAMICSfor Vendor andGENERAL_DYNAMICS_ENCRYPTORfor OS have been added. Additionally,VIASAT_ENCRYPTORis now a possible value for OS.
Improvements
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Netscaler Hostname Command: A command with
CommandTypevalue HOSTNAME now exists for the OS valueNETSCALERin 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.
- SLB_CS_VIRTUAL_SERVERS now uses
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Checkpoint Uptime Command: The command with
CommandTypevalue UPTIME for CHECKPOINT has been updated in some cases to useuptime -p.
Deprecations
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VpcData CloudType Field: The field
cloudTypeon the record VpcData is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use thecloudTypefield on the record CloudAccount instead. -
Built-in Function Deprecations: The built-in functions
blockDiff_alpha1,blockMatches_alpha1, andhasBlockMatch_alpha1are deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use the corresponding function without the_alpha1suffix. -
Ethernet Port Speed Field: The field
negotiatedPortSpeedof Ethernet is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use the newspeedMbpsfield instead.



