Overview for Management Plane Appliance Version 53.8.0
This release provides several improvements for Netskope’s on-premises Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), such as new features, enhancements, known issues, and fixed issues. The N2000 and N5000 appliances provide the physical footprint to process and maintain data inside an enterprise's perimeter.
Note
The N1000, N5000, and N10000 appliances are no longer available for purchase. Netskope continues to support software upgrades on existing N1000, N5000, and N10000 appliances.
The N2000 appliance hardware has been revised and comes preloaded with Appliance software version 77.6.
The following are the specifications of the new appliance hardware.
Interface | Ports | Speed |
---|---|---|
IPMI | 1g | |
eth0 | Management | 1g |
eth1 | Aux1 | 1g |
eth2 | Tap | 1g |
eth3 | Aux2 | 1g |
eth4 | Out (Outbound) | 10g |
eth5 | In (Inbound) | 10g |

The following are the specifications of the old appliance hardware.
N2000 | N5000 Series II | |
---|---|---|
CPU | Dual 16 core | Dual 10 core |
Memory | 512 GB DDR4 | 768 GB DDR4 |
Storage | 4x 1.2 TB Intel SSD | 12x 1.2 TB SSD |
I/O | (2x 10gbe), 1x gbe ipmi, 1x gbe mgmt, 3x gbe | (2x 10gbe) 1x gbe ipmi, 1x gbe mgmt, 3x gbe |
Power | Dual redundant 800W | Dual redundant 750W |

Note
Management plane On-Premises (MPoP) is supported on appliance version 53.x.
The Log Parser version must be the same as the MPoP.
To learn more about the appliance: Overview of Netskope On-Premises Appliance.