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IP Address Manager Changelog

What's new in IP Address Manager 4.8.1

Dec 24, 2018
  • New features and improvements:
  • This section describes the features and improvements in this release. See the release notes for older versions of IPAM to learn about previous releases.
  • IPAM 4.8.1
  • This service release introduces:
  • F5 device discovery support
  • F5 device subnet discovery support
  • IPAM 4.8 is an Orion Platform product and uses Orion Platform 2018.4.
  • Support for your Infoblox environment
  • IPAM 4.8 introduces monitoring support for Infoblox. You can now monitor DHCP, DNS and IP information coming from your Infoblox environment.
  • Custom properties replace custom fields
  • With this release, IPAM has migrated from product-specific custom fields to the centralized custom properties used by other Orion platform products. Custom fields created with IPAM 4.7 or earlier will be automatically converted to custom properties.
  • Support for more Linux versions
  • Orion Platform 2018.4 new features and improvements
  • Centralized Upgrades
  • Automatically upgrade additional polling engines, additional web servers, and High Availability servers directly from the Orion Web Console. Upgrades run in parallel, dramatically reducing the time required to upgrade large deployments.
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  • Authenticate users with the SAML protocol
  • Users can log in to the Orion Web Console using Okta or Active Directory Federation Service credentials.
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  • Performance Analysis upgrades
  • PerfStack can transform line data to show different values instead of raw data.
  • Orion Deployment Health updates
  • Orion Diagnostics on the Web: Collect diagnostics from your polling engines directly from the Orion Web Console.
  • Access your deployment health directly from Settings.
  • Other improvements:
  • Legacy charts and classic charts are being replaced by new generation modern charts.
  • Open a Performance Analysis dashboard for a mapped entity directly from Orion Maps.
  • New customer installation:
  • For information about installing IPAM 4.8, see the SolarWinds Orion Installer documentation.
  • Fixed issues:
  • IPAM 4.8.1 fixes the following issues:
  • Active Directory users can use local non-American user names.
  • Custom properties functionality extended to include:
  • predefined lists
  • date time picker
  • true/false selector
  • IPAM was unable to load certain scanned subnets from Linux DHCP servers..
  • Database creation and migration issue fixed for UK locales.
  • Date format corrected for the DateTime custom property.

New in IP Address Manager 4.8 (Dec 17, 2018)

  • New features and improvements:
  • This section describes the features and improvements in this release. See the release notes for older versions of IPAM to learn about previous releases.
  • IPAM 4.8 is an Orion Platform product and uses Orion Platform 2018.4.
  • Support for your Infoblox environment
  • IPAM 4.8 introduces monitoring support for Infoblox. You can now monitor DHCP, DNS and IP information coming from your Infoblox environment.
  • Custom properties replace custom fields
  • With this release, IPAM has migrated from product-specific custom fields to the centralized custom properties used by other Orion platform products. Custom fields created with IPAM 4.7 or earlier will be automatically converted to custom properties.
  • Support for more Linux versions
  • IPAM 4.8 has extended DHCP and DNS support to the following Linux variants:
  • Ubuntu 14.4
  • Ubuntu 16.4
  • Debian 9.5
  • Debian 8.6
  • Orion Platform 2018.4 new features and improvements
  • Centralized Upgrades
  • Automatically upgrade additional polling engines, additional web servers, and High Availability servers directly from the Orion Web Console. Upgrades run in parallel, dramatically reducing the time required to upgrade large deployments.
  • Authenticate users with the SAML protocol
  • Users can log in to the Orion Web Console using Okta or Active Directory Federation Service credentials.
  • Performance Analysis upgrades
  • PerfStack can transform line data to show different values instead of raw data.
  • Orion Deployment Health updates
  • Orion Diagnostics on the Web: Collect diagnostics from your polling engines directly from the Orion Web Console.
  • Access your deployment health directly from Settings.
  • Other improvements:
  • Legacy charts and classic charts are being replaced by new generation modern charts.
  • Open a Performance Analysis dashboard for a mapped entity directly from Orion Maps.
  • Fixed issues:
  • Additional polling engines can now be used for subnet discovery.
  • IP Address Conflicts widget no longer shows duplicates.
  • DHCP scopes import correctly.
  • Data displayed correctly for accounts with limitation.
  • IPAM loads certain scanned subnets correctly.
  • Microsoft Edge correctly shows groups on Manage Subnets & IP address page.
  • IP Requests Alert clears properly.
  • IP Address search results sort correctly.

New in IP Address Manager 4.7 (Aug 14, 2018)

  • New features and improvements:
  • This section describes the features and improvements in this release. See the release notes for older versions of IPAM to learn about previous releases.
  • IPAM 4.7 is an Orion Platform product and uses Orion Platform 2018.2.
  • Amazon Route 53 and Azure DNS monitoring:
  • Users can monitor DNS zones and records from both Amazon Route 53 and Azure DNS cloud providers
  • DNS zones from multiple cloud accounts are displayed in a centralized view
  • IP Request form:
  • Built-in, web-based request form for restricted users to request a static IP. Requests then go through a manual approval process.
  • Accounts with the necessary permissions can request IPs from a specific subnet and automatically make reservations.
  • Overlapping IP support:
  • Users can monitor non-routed subnets at multiple locations, allowing for overlapping IP spaces.

New in IP Address Manager 4.1.0 (Feb 19, 2014)

  • New Features and Improvements:
  • Support for ISC DHCP management and monitoring
  • Create, edit, or remove DHCP subnets directly and update servers automatically via the IPAM web interface.
  • Manage ISC DHCP subnet options, ranges, and pools.
  • Monitor ISC shared subnet utilization.
  • Monitor server status and availability and IP address static assignments within groups.
  • Support for management of standard DHCP scope options on Microsoft and Cisco DHCP servers
  • Manage all RFC standard DHCP options through the IPAM web interface, including setting up VoIP options (66 & 67) on your DHCP scopes
  • New UI for DHCP options management with data type validator and text translation of numeric value of each option (you don't have look into RFC doc.)
  • Automatic detection of supported/unsupported options per DHCP vendor
  • Automatic DHCP scope option syncing between IPAM and your DHCP servers
  • Fixed Issues:
  • Fixed an issue with duplicate shared subnet declarations.
  • Fixed an issue with host declarations not displaying in the web interface.
  • Fixed a subnet scanning issue with IP Addresses that contain multiple ranges within a subnet
  • Fixed an issue with scans not running as scheduled.
  • Fixed an issue with Master DNS server IP Addresses not being visible when editing secondary zones.
  • Fixed an issue with DNS Zones server groups not displaying as expected.

New in IP Address Manager 4.0.0 (Jul 18, 2013)

  • BIND DNS Support
  • Active IP Address Conflict Detection
  • Integration with SolarWinds User Device Tracker

New in IP Address Manager 3.1.1 (Feb 13, 2013)

  • User Device Tracker (UDT) Integration
  • Adds UDT columns into the IP Address Management Tab that displays UDT ports, currently connected users(s), and connected switch IDs (IP or link to node)
  • Support for Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8
  • Support DHCP and DNS services running on Windows 2012
  • UI improvements
  • Users can see related subnets, IP address exclusion, or split scopes for each DHCP scope

New in IP Address Manager 3.1 (Dec 21, 2012)

  • New features:
  • Integrated Microsoft DNS Management
  • Integrated Cisco DHCP Management
  • Support for Cisco ASA devices
  • Split Scope Functionality for Microsoft and Cisco

New in IP Address Manager 3.0 (Nov 30, 2012)

  • Fixed an licensing issue linked with maintenance expirations. 1
  • Fixed an issue with editing IP Address fields when scanning was disabled. 2
  • Fixed an issue with adding Cisco DHCP devices. 3
  • Fixed an issue with the IPAM server name populating as the DNS name for some devices.4
  • Fixed an issue with IP Address sorting incorrectly.5
  • Fixed an issue with reports not being displayed in the Custom List of Reports.6
  • Fixed an issue with adding IP addresses or ranges to an existing subnet.7
  • Fixed an issue with IPAM subnet scans not working, even when conducted manually.8
  • Fixed an issue with Discovered Scopes page not being able to scroll. 9
  • Fixed an issue with transient addresses set to unlimited time frames becoming active after scans. S10
  • Fixed an issue with scans on SNMP nodes incorrectly displaying the lastboot has changed11
  • Fixed an issue with exporting subnet descriptions and locations. 12
  • Fixed issues with adding CISCO 6509 DHCP servers.13
  • Fixed an issue with Subnet ranges showing as static and not dynamic.14
  • Fixed an issue with dragging subnets to another group folder in the left pane of the management page. 15
  • Fixed an issue IPAM events not populating based on advance alert settings.16
  • Fixed an issue with scrolling in the left pane management window.17

New in IP Address Manager 2.0.1 (Nov 30, 2012)

  • Fixed an issue with URL links on exported subnets list . 1
  • Fixed an issue with the overwriting of manually entered data during scans. 2
  • Fixed an issue with obtaining diagnostics from Cisco DHCP servers. 3
  • Fixed an issue with IP Addresses being added into subnets after being canceled.4
  • Fixed an issue with highlighted IP address search results being unclickable.5
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Cisco 6509-E devices using VSS configurations being added.6
  • Fixed an issue with IPAM modules not being listed on the License details page.7
  • Fixed an issue with missing scroll bars on the subnet scan settings page.8
  • Fixed an issue with missing text on the Subnet Allocation Wizard page.9
  • Fixed an issue with Supernets only displaying 10 subnets in the left tree pane.10
  • Fixed an issue with subnets not sorting correctly.11
  • Fixed an issue with the scroll bar in the left tree menu not functioning.12
  • Fixed issues with browsers Firefox 4 and Internet Explorer 9.13
  • Fixed an issue with IP Addresses not displaying after upgrading to IPAM 2.0.14
  • Fixed an issue with the job engine throwing application errors.15
  • Fixed an issue with customized views and broken columns being displayed.16
  • Fixed an issue with neighbor scanning and null exception errors.17

New in IP Address Manager 2.0 (Nov 30, 2012)

  • Fixed an issue when license counts would become exceeded with duplicate subnets.
  • Fixed an issue with DHCP scan hanging due to old credentials.
  • Fixed an issue with the Subnet Allocation Wizard creating subnets in the wrong supernet.
  • Fixed an issue with "MAC address from SNMP scan" errors flooding the events table.
  • Resolved an erroneous licensing issue present in a previous build of IP Address Manager version 2.0.

New in IP Address Manager 1.7.1 (Nov 30, 2012)

  • Fixed an issue with SNMPv3 credentials not working during neighbor scanning.
  • Fixed an issue with DHCP scans throwing unexpected errors.
  • Fixed an issue with "Violation" error messages appearing in IPAM event logs.
  • Fixed an issue where DHCP servers would appear to be down when they were up.
  • Fixed an issue with the comments field being overwritten during DHCP scans.
  • Fixed an issue with the flooding of the Orion events table with incorrect MAC address information.

New in IP Address Manager 1.7 (Nov 30, 2012)

  • Fixed an issue when attempting to delete multiple subnets would fail.
  • Fixed an issue with imported IP addresses not displaying in the Orphaned IP list.
  • Fixed an issue with the Subnet Allocation Wizard not properly recognizing allocated subnets.
  • Fixed an issue with the DHCP servers, with fully excluded IP Addresses scopes, displaying incorrectly on the IPAM resources page.
  • Fixed an issue when the IP address type would change, clearing out any associated custom fields.
  • Fixed an issue when trying to click past 150 subnet items in the left menu tree.
  • Fixed an issue with IPAM not installing when FIPS verification was enabled.
  • Fixed an issue with vendor names missing in reports.
  • Improved search results when searching Subnet/Supernet/Groups by name, description, and by scope name.
  • Progress status bar added to multi-selection operations.
  • Fixed an issue with stack overflow errors when exporting groups.
  • Fixed an issue with “Index out of range” errors when loading the Manage Subnets & IP Addresses page.
  • Fixed an issue with 'exception errors' occurring when clicking "View New Scopes" link.
  • Fixed an issue with exceptions being thrown when refreshing the DHCP scope monitoring page.
  • Fixed an issue with DHCP Server Scanning errors on installs without .NET 3.5 SP1.
  • Enhanced DHCP Server scanning job enumerations.
  • Fixed an issue when manual runs of Subnet Scans would clear some custom fields.

New in IP Address Manager 1.6 (Nov 30, 2012)

  • Fixed an issue with Internet Explorer 8 browser crashing on Win2008.
  • Fixed an issue with DHCP scopes returning negative numbers.
  • Icons now report DHCP server operational status when communication losses occur.
  • IP Address view now displays MAC, System Name, and IPv6 columns by default.
  • SQL timeout now configurable from the configuration file.
  • Fixed an issue with the Subnet manual scan not displaying changes in operational status.
  • MAC Addresses are now available for import & export in the UI.
  • Manage Subnets & IP Addresses view automatically scrolls when viewing the edge of the tree pane.
  • Select All checkboxes within IP Address View now automatically unchecks after a command completes.
  • Uninstall and reinstall no longer resets the default IPAM view.
  • Pagination on Search fields functions as designed.
  • User can now specify default settings for new subnets.
  • The format of times and dates displayed in IPAM web interface now corresponds to the system regional settings set on the server.
  • UI Change: Remove button option for removing IPs clarified.
  • Ajax error occurs when changing status of an IP.
  • Certain types of IPs incorrectly displayed after importing.
  • Issue with changing CIDR and the correct number of IPs not being reflected.
  • Sort Tree now sorts by network order and not textually.
  • Fixes an issue with the IP Address Tracker database not containing references to every IP in the subnet
  • Fixes an issue with Static IP addresses being incorrectly marked as 'Transient' after scanning.
  • IP Ordinal is now added to the reporting schema.
  • Adding large IP ranges no longer times out.

New in IP Address Manager 1.0.1 (Nov 30, 2012)

  • Custom Fields and Attributes are now available when using Orion Report Writer.
  • Event type icons now display within reports.
  • Addresses an issue with report subtitles not displaying.
  • The report schema now updates to reflect new ipv6 field changes.
  • Previous SNMP values were overwritten when SNMP scanning was disabled.
  • Addresses an issue with IP Address Tracker and IP Address Toolset IPDB import tool would cause some subnets to stop scanning.
  • Addresses an issue with SQL2008 server roles not inherited during IPAM configuration.
  • Fixes an issue when decreasing a subnet's size caused scans to fail.
  • Fixes an issue when the Config. wizard connection to SQL 2008 DB would fail.
  • Fixes an issue with exporting not displaying ip address type.
  • Fixes an issue with license counts not updating after changing status.
  • Fixes an issue with German OS incorrectly reporting percentage usage.
  • Fixes an issue with Licensing Library updating FIPS support.
  • Current IPAM and SP version now displays on IPAM settings page.
  • IPDB import tool would cause scans to fail.
  • SQL Collation error when saving scan settings (or personalization settings).
  • Fixed issue moving subnets to a supernet with another parent ID would create orphaned addresses.
  • Values entered for Available IPs would receive a validation error.
  • License count now updates periodically without refreshing the page.
  • Changing of mass IP status will consider license count and provide a warning.
  • Fixes an issue with Available and Orphaned IP Addresses not getting moved when a new subnet was added.