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IP Fabric v6.2 (Hessian)

Upgrade version policy

We support the following upgrade paths:

  • latest version in the previous major line → any version in the current major line (for example 5.0.2 → 6.1.3)
  • any version in the current major line → any newer version in the current major line (for example 6.0.1 → 6.2.3)
  • latest version in the current major line → any version in the next major line (for example 6.2.5 → 7.1.3)

Clearing Browser Cache

Please force refresh your browser cache after an upgrade. Depending on your operating system use the following key combination in your browser window:

  • Windows: CTRL + F5
  • Mac/Apple: Apple + R or ⌘ + R
  • Linux: CTRL + F5

v6.2.2 (May 16th, 2023)

SHA256 (ipfabric-6-2-2+0.qcow2) = 45787c1039e3ca322477332fb96d9eb7b63d9bd0682870443066bd355510c242
MD5 (ipfabric-6-2-2+0.qcow2) = d3a7d7c0aed917bacc8c2f5aee33c41f
SHA256 (ipfabric-6-2-2+0.ova) = 1ba74e416cfdb777c7f36302911da8f9ad373bc4f167c7fca950f6c7d9d5a1c9
MD5 (ipfabric-6-2-2+0.ova) = fcaa6cde82b4abb41acd8e80c8503a5d
SHA256 (ipfabric-update-6-2-2+0.tar.gz.sig) = 464634d28b79565f38d983ec027e2a940a95c6368ea8cd8fd07535eaf4e578fa
MD5(ipfabric-update-6-2-2+0.tar.gz.sig) = ccfc9e25d347a00fc8bf085979380bf0

For the list of delivered tickets, please consult the Low-Level Release Notes for 6.2.2.

Bug Fixes

  • Resolved an issue with F5 where interface IP addresses were not correctly interpreted.
  • Resolved some FS parsing issues following initial support in 6.2.1.
  • Improved PBR representation and resolved an issue with set-vrf not correctly interpreted.

Network Discovery

  • Versa – Changed API endpoints for routing table collection. New endpoints support pagination and allow downloads of big routing tables (see our feature matrix for more details).
  • Check Point – refactoring of API discovery.

v6.2.1 (April 11th, 2023)

SHA256 (ipfabric-6-2-1+0.qcow2) = d0c32f66a29235b3c29d5d45c550dd8531634a071f03d82454f9ebe4f8b137a2
MD5 (ipfabric-6-2-1+0.qcow2) = 1b9d9e3792cdd143a594391694d2d040
SHA256 (ipfabric-6-2-1+0.ova) = e0f6fb103aa2e09500d1aebb05aa25d04981cc29c61ae788be6f3acaceed1964
MD5 (ipfabric-6-2-1+0.ova) = ecafc607eaa8277b63564f46574ec101
SHA256 (ipfabric-update-6_2_1+0.tar.gz.sig) = f255329e2cecab9f819feaafdf0f182d696029412b00bdd304606b888aa19964
MD5(ipfabric-update-6_2_1+0.tar.gz.sig) = cfe8cc8f05b4b3f8435612176d5d6e62

Backward incompatible changes

  • Tables for Cisco APIC (endpoint group contracts, applications, bridge domains and controllers) have siteName and hostname columns replaced by apiUrl string column.

Noticeable changes

  • Limiting the number of the Discovery services restarts – only 1 restart per service is allowed (previously unlimited). Crashed service will impact the IP Fabric ability to finish running discovery or start a new one. Investigation of the cause of the restart is advised.

Network Discovery

  • Alcatel – Added support for basic network management (see our feature matrix for more details).
  • Cisco
    • FMC – Added support for HA Pairs in Zone Firewall.
    • FMC – Added support for EtherChannels in Zone Firewall.
    • Viptela
      • Lowered the maximum number of concurrent requests to a Viptela controller from 75 to 25 concurrent requests.
      • Improved re-authentication process for Viptela controller – this was causing destroyed client issues.
  • Forcepoint – NAT support was added (see our feature matrix for more details).
  • FS – Added limited support of basic discovery (see our feature matrix for more details).
  • PaloAlto
    • Panos – Added support for license (see our feature matrix for more details).
    • Prisma – Added support for management tasks (see our feature matrix for more details).

Underlying Operating System and 3rd party packages

  • The dex package used for SSO was upgraded from version 2.30.2 to latest version 2.36.0, see their release notes.
  • Added several tools to simplify image management and troubleshooting. We are explicitly including the following – dnsutils, htop, ldap-utils, lftp, libcap2-bin, lsof, mtr-tiny, nano, net-tools, ncdu, screen, sntp, strace, tcpd, tcpdump, telnet, tmux, traceroute, vim, wget.

Upgrade Notices

  • Upgrade to v6.2 will break custom SSO integrations and will require a change to the /etc/ipf-dex.yaml file. Simply replace the vX.Y in this file with v6.2 and then run systemctl restart ipf-dex.

    staticClients:
  - id: ipfabric
    redirectURIs:
      - "https://demo1.eu.ipfabric.io/api/vX.Y/auth/external/azure"

    For more information, please refer to the SSO documentation. If you would like assistance please contact your Solution Architect.