June 16, 2022
To: DX NetOps Customers
From: The Broadcom DX NetOps Product Team
Subject: General Availability Announcement for DX NetOps 21.2.12
On behalf of Broadcom, we appreciate your business and the opportunity to provide you with high-quality, innovative software and services. As part of our ongoing commitment to customer success, we continue to innovate and improve the scale, speed and simplicity of network operations. Today, we are pleased to announce that DX NetOps 21.2.12 is now available.
New features for DX NetOps 21.2.12 include:
Issues Resolved in DX NetOps 21.2.12 include:
DX NetOps 21.2.12 supports CA Business Intelligence (CABI) 7.9.1.2. This support has Log4j dependencies/libraries upgraded to Log4j2 in both CABI and DX NetOps Performance Management CABI Reports in NetOps Portal, which helps address various security vulnerabilities. For more information, see Support for CA Business Intelligence 7.9.1.2.
Starting in DX NetOps 21.2.12, DX NetOps includes NetOps Kafka, a Kafka cluster deployment for your installed solutions. If you plan to install or upgrade the OI Connector, you must now install NetOps Kafka prior to installing the OI Connector. For more information refer to NetOps Kafka as a Kafka Cluster Deployment.
Starting in 21.2.11, the OI connector no longer supports data from Network Flow Analysis. For more information, see the technical documentation.
Product Download
Users can download a copy of DX NetOps 21.2.12 through the download management center:
Installation/Upgrade Information
We encourage users to visit each link below which provides all necessary install/upgrade information required for DX NetOps 21.2.12:
DX NetOps Performance Management
Notes: Upgrades from releases prior to 21.2.3 require an upgrade to the Data Repository. Upgrades from prior to 21.2.8 require an upgraded to the MySQL database for NetOps Portal, which includes database changes which may add some time to the upgrade.
DX NetOps Spectrum
Virtual Network Assurance
Should you need any assistance in understanding these new features, or implementing this latest release, our implementation services partners can help. Please contact your local account representative for more information on how they can help.
To connect, learn, and share with other customers, join and participate in our DX NetOps Community.
Please review our End of Service / End of Life Policy within the Broadcom Maintenance Policy Handbook.
Thank you again for your business.