Release 6.1.0

8 October 2020

These release notes accompany Juniper Networks NorthStar Controller/Planner Release 6.1.0.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Important: Before You Upgrade to NorthStar 6.1.x

Contents of this Release

New Features

NorthStar CLI

Link Latency, SRLGs, and Affinities Included in Network Archives

NorthStar Controller Tile Map Improvements

Diagnostics Manager

Topology Filter

Ingress Peer Engineering (IPE)

Support for Anycast Groups

SNMP Enhancements

PCEP Enhancements

Segment Routing Enhancements

Remote Server for NorthStar Planner

Interactive Simulation in Web Planner

Traffic Aggregation in Web Planner

Database for Network and Session in Web Planner

Auto-Save and Restore Feature in Web Planner

Changes in Behavior

Known Behavior

Known Issues

Resolved Issues

Guidance for Migrating to CentOS 7 for NorthStar 6.0.0 and Later

Example Scenario

The Basic Work Flow

Upgrade the Operating System on Your Analytics Nodes

Upgrade the Operating System on Your NorthStar Application Nodes

Upgrade the Operating System on Your Collector Nodes

Special Notes for Nested JunosVM Nodes

Upgrade all Nodes to NorthStar 6.0.0 or Later

Analytics Node Upgrade to NorthStar 6.0.0 or Later

NorthStar Application Node Upgrade to NorthStar 6.0.0 or Later

Collector Node Upgrade to NorthStar 6.0.0 or Later

Requesting Technical Support

Revision History