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Review the new and updated drivers in this release. This release contains a number of new enhancements (RFEs). Update the device driver to determine if any current issues are resolved by installing the latest driver.

New drivers

This release contains the following new and updated drivers.

Table 1. Drivers in this release
Part number Description
M0HM2EN

IBM Netcool Configuration Manager Drivers 26 V6.4 Multiplatform English

Filename: ITNCM_Drivers26_Installers.zip.

This package contains all the individual drivers, which are segregated by vendor, type, model, and operating system. Inside this package are various vendor folders, each of which contains sub-folders for all supported types. Each type folder contains sub-folders for model, and each model folder contains drivers for all supported operating systems for that model.
M0HM3EN

IBM Netcool Configuration Manager Autodiscovery Drivers 26 V6.6 Multiplatform English

Filename: ITNCM_Autodiscovery-6.10.0.zip.

This package contains the latest version of autodiscovery.
Restriction:

Drivers 26 no longer supports the SSH1 protocol.

Restriction:

Drivers 22 and above requires Netcool Configuration Manager FP16 or above, to maintain Log4j version compatibility between Netcool Configuration Manager Core and Drivers.

You cannot combine any drivers from an older version with drivers from Drivers 22 due to a Log4j version conflict. All drivers need to be upgraded to Drivers 22.

New features

The following new features have been implemented in this release.

RFEs

This release contains the RFEs listed in the following table.

Table 2. RFEs in this release
RFE ID Description
TNCM-I-188 SmartModel driver support for Cisco ASR 1000 series aggregation services routers 17 version.
TNCM-95 Smart Model support for Catalyst IE-3200, Catalyst IE-3300, Catalyst IE-3400 to support IOS 17.*
Request for new VTMOS Support - Aruba Switch 29xx 16x.
Request for new VTMOS Support – Juniper Firewall SRX JunOS 22.* [Non-netconf/YANG enabled].
Request for new VTMOS Support – Juniper Switch EX JunOS 22.* [Non-netconf/YANG enabled].
Request for new VTMOS Support – Juniper Router MX JunOS 23.* [Non-netconf/YANG enabled].
Request for new VTMOS Support – Juniper Switch QFX JunOs 21.* [Non-netconf/YANG enabled].
SSH ciphers

Support for the following SSH ciphers is added in this release.

  • Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)128-cbc
  • AES128-ctr
  • AES GCM mode with 128-bit key (aes128-gcm@openssh.com)
  • AES192-cbc
  • AES192-ctr
  • AES256-cbc
  • AES256-ctr
  • AES GCM mode with 256-bit key (aes256-gcm@openssh.com)
  • chacha20-poly1395@openssh.com
  • blowfish-cbc
  • 3Data Encryption Standard (DES)-cbc
HMAC

Support for the following HMAC algorithms is added in this release.

  • hmac-sha1
  • hmac-sha2-256
  • hmac-sha2-512
  • hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com
  • hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com
  • hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com
  • hmac-md5
  • hmac-md5-96
Key exchange

Support for the following key exchange algorithms is added in this release.

  • diffie-hellman-group14-sha256
  • diffie-hellman-group15-sha512
  • diffie-hellman-group16-sha512
  • diffie-hellman-group17-sha512
  • diffie-hellman-group18-sha512
  • diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256
  • ecdh-sha2-nistp256
  • ecdh-sha2-nistp384
  • ecdh-sha2-nistp521
  • curve25519-sha256
  • curve25519-sha256@libssh.org
  • curve448-sha512
  • diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
  • diffie-hellman-group14-sha1
  • diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1

Defect fixes

This release contains fixes for the following defects.

Table 3. Defect fixes in this release
RFE ID Description
DT258631 Password prompt does not work with Apache SSH-based version of Netcool Configuration Manager Autodiscovery.