Meet NFA v26.02, featuring BGP visibility tools, extended threshold matching, and SNMP reporting enhancements.

We’re excited to announce the release of Noction Flow Analyzer v26.02. This version includes a focused set of improvements that enhance BGP visibility, expand threshold-monitoring options, improve flow-processing performance, and refine the SNMP reporting experience. This update builds on the foundation of v26.01 and introduces new tools for network engineers who rely on real-time routing intelligence and traffic analysis.

BGP diagnostics and visibility tools

The biggest addition in v26.02 is a complete set of BGP diagnostics and visibility tools. These give network administrators new insights into routing behavior directly within NFA. The new BGP diagnostics panel introduces ping and traceroute checks, allowing engineers to run connectivity and path diagnostics without leaving the NFA interface. Additionally, a BGP Data Lookup feature enables direct queries against NFA’s internal BGP tables, supporting exact-match and more-specific match modes for precise prefix investigations. Finally, BGP History Lookup provides access to historical route events, including key attributes such as prefix, next-hop, AS path, and more. This makes it easier to trace routing changes over time and connect them with traffic events.

Expanded Threshold matching criteria

Building on the threshold monitoring framework from the previous version, NFA v26.02 expands the conditions you can monitor. You can now define thresholds based on exporter address, input/output interface, source/destination port, and source/destination country. The expanded matching criteria allow for more targeted and actionable threshold policies while keeping the configuration process familiar.

SNMP reporting enhancements and new chart engine

NFA v26.02 significantly upgrades SNMP reporting. It transitions charts to a new chart engine and adds useful usability improvements. SNMP report charts now support multiple parameter sets. This allows you to view and compare several data series in a single chart.

Performance improvements and additional updates

Improving performance remains a key focus in this release. In flow processing, we replaced dynamic field handling in flow record storage with a more efficient structure. We have also optimized table offset calculation for DynamicFlowRecord, reducing processing overhead in high-volume environments.

The BGP daemon has experienced about a 14% improvement in overall performance due to updates to internal trie structures. This provides a significant advantage for deployments with large routing tables or high route churn.

This release also includes several other updates:

• DSCP Dictionary Support in Data Explorer: DSCP class and description display is now available in Data Explorer, along with filtering by DSCP name. This makes quality-of-service analysis more intuitive.
• Keeptime Configuration Notifications: A notification appears when saving changes to keeptime parameters, confirming that settings have been applied correctly.
• Confirmation Dialog Enhancements: Minor UI adjustments to confirmation dialogs improve clarity and lessen the chance of unintended actions.

To learn more about NFA v26.02, request a free 30-day trial of the product or email support@noction.com with any questions.