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IP Fabric v7.12

Unreleased Version

This is an upcoming IP Fabric version, which has not been released yet and is not available for download.

Upgrade Version Policy

We support the following upgrade paths:

  • The latest version in the previous major line → any version in the current major line (for example: 6.10.7 → 7.3.25).
  • Any version in the current major line → any newer version in the current major line (for example: 7.0.15 → 7.3.25).
  • An upgrade to 7.5 can be only performed from version 7.3.25 or newer.
  • An upgrade to 7.11 can be only performed from version 7.5.14 or newer.

Clearing Browser Cache

After upgrading IP Fabric to a newer version, you should see the Your application has been updated and must be refreshed dialog in the main GUI.

It is usually sufficient to just click the Refresh button.

However, in case of issues with the main GUI or if you did not see the mentioned dialog, please force refresh your browser cache.

The key combination for doing this depends on your operating system. In your browser window with your IP Fabric appliance’s URL open, use one of the following key combinations:

  • Windows: Ctrl + F5
  • macOS: Command + Shift + R
  • Linux: Ctrl + F5

This will only affect the browser cache for the IP Fabric appliance.

Known Issues

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v7.12.X (UNRELEASED)

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Fixes

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v7.12.0 (UNRELEASED)

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New Features

  • Path lookup now supports disabling regex matching for the Application value, allowing you to use a plain string instead.

Improvements

  • Added a new Device Configuration Collection API job type that becomes visible when Configuration Management runs its next update.
  • Discovery or snapshot load jobs no longer block downloading snapshots, toggling MCP, or exporting appliance configurations.
  • Updated licensing documentation to clarify that AWS VPC endpoints (vpce) do not use a license.
  • Fixed an issue where discovery could remain stuck in the Discovery onDone started state due to CLI log compression running at the end of discovery. CLI logs for successfully discovered devices are now compressed immediately, reducing end-of-discovery processing overhead.

Technology Tables

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GUI

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Path Lookup

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Vendor Support and Improvements

  • D-Link
    • Added support of basic discovery for D-Link DES-3000 family switches (DES-3028, DES-3052, DES-3200) and DGS-1210/ME. See Feature Matrix for more details.
    • Covered features include:
      • Platform & system: init, device information
      • Configuration
      • Interfaces: Layer 2 interfaces, Layer 3 interfaces, port-channel
      • Network data: ARP, MAC table, LLDP
      • Routing & switching: routing table, STP, VLAN
      • Management: AAA, NTP, SNMP, logging
  • Meraki
    • VRF
      • Added support for VRF on Meraki Catalyst switches.
      • The ARP table, routing table, and L3 interfaces now reflect this support.
    • Filtering Options
      • Added support for discovery filtering options in Meraki REST Vendor API configuration. You can now limit Meraki discovery to specific networks, platforms, or tags using equal, not equal, and regex operators combined with And / Or logic.
  • Extreme VOSS
    • IS-IS
      • Added support for IS-IS on VOSS family. See Feature Matrix for more details.
  • Alcatel AOS
    • IS-IS
      • Added support for IS-IS on AOS family. See Feature Matrix for more details.
  • Azure
    • IP Fabric now reads the management group hierarchy to build resource context.
    • This requires a second custom role with Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/read and Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/descendants/read assigned at the management group scope. See Azure – Management Group Access.

  • GCP

    • Added Load Balancer SSL Certificate Visibility support.

    New GCP Permissions Required

    Add new permissions to your GCP IAM role to enable this feature.

API Endpoint Deprecation

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Cloud Table Column Deprecation

As part of upcoming changes to the cloud data model, several columns in the existing /technology/cloud/... tables are deprecated in v7.12. A future release will remove them.

The affected tables describe cloud resources (subnets, VPC endpoints, scaling groups, etc.), not network devices. The device-centric columns inherited from the old model are no longer meaningful:

  • Hostname and Serial Number (sn) – Deprecated in all existing cloud tables, with the exception of /technology/cloud/nodes/inventory.
  • Device interface – Deprecated in /technology/cloud/endpoints/virtual-machines-interfaces.

Automation Concerns

Update all scripts, automations, intent rules, and reports that reference these columns before upgrading to the release that removes them.

Experimental Features

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Miscellaneous

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