Hi,

I just wanted to post my enthusiasm to the list regarding 3.11. This is a _HUGE_ milestone for NAV. I have _really_ been looking forward to this - thanks a lot, Morten!

Just to recap - in 3.6 (Oct 2010) we replaced the javabased SNMP- collector (gDD) with the radically improved, pyhton-based ipdevpoll - thus introducing the 4th generation SNMP collector in the history of NAV.

ipdevpoll has since then gradually been enhanced and with 3.11 it now covers SNMP gathering of switch forwarding tables and CDP (meaning the java based getBoksMacs can rest in peace).

By also fully supporting Q-BRIDGE MIB and doing LLDP snmp data collection, NAV 3.11 does great steps forward both in terms of equipment support and topology detection.

And fewer java dependencies is in itself a great advantage :)

A goal set years (and years) ago is finally reached!

Cheers, - Vidar

On 3/8/2012 3:10 PM, Morten Brekkevold wrote:

The newest feature release of NAV, version 3.11.0, is now available for download at Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/nav/3.11/3.11.0

The (hopefully) last bugfix release of the 3.10 series is also available at https://launchpad.net/nav/3.10/3.10.4

Both releases include a fix for the following embarrassing issue:

• LP#947080 (Netbox attributes aren't updated when modules are found)

The 3.11.0 release adds the following user-visible features and improvements:

• LLDP support for improved topology detection.

• getBoksMacs replaced by ipdevpoll plugins in `topo` job (i.e. fewer Java dependencies)

• Q-BRIDGE-MIB now also used when collecting switch forwarding tables, meaning improved machine tracking data for switch vendors like HP, Juniper and Alcatel.

• The Machine Tracker's IP search form has consolidated the `To` and `From` IP address search fields into a single `IP Range` search field with extended search syntax for ranges of IP addresses. See LP#643544 for details.

• ipdevpoll can now be made to run single job configurations from ipdevpoll.conf, to run in the foreground, and to log to stderr instead of its log file.

• ipdevpoll will reset its log levels from logging.conf upon receiving a SIGHUP signal.

• ipdevpoll will log the currently active polling jobs upon receiving a SIGUSR1 signal.

Don't forget to check out the release notes before/during/after upgrading to NAV 3.11.

Please report bugs at https://launchpad.net/nav/+filebug :-)

Binary packages for Debian will be made available as soon as possible. The Debian package is maintained by Morten Werner Forsbring, on commission From UNINETT.

Happy NAVing everyone!