Hitachi Block Storage Driver for OpenStack v02.1.0 Release Notes Hitachi Block Storage Driver for OpenStack v02.1.0 Release Notes... 1 About this document... 1 Intended audience... 1 Getting help... 1 Software and Hardware Support... 2 Changes in this Release... 3 New features and important enhancements... 3 Known Problems... 3 Fixed Problems... 4 Restrictions and Considerations... 4 Notice... 5 Documentation... 5 Copyrights and Licenses... 5 About this document This document provides the latest information about the Hitachi Block Storage Driver for OpenStack. It includes information that was not available at the time the technical documentation for this product was published and known problems and solutions. Intended audience This document is intended for customers and Hitachi Ltd. partners who license and use the Hitachi Block Storage Driver for OpenStack. Getting help Hitachi Data Systems Support Connect is the destination for technicalsupport of products and solutions sold by Hitachi Data Systems. To contact technical support, log on to Hitachi Data Systems Support Connect for contact information: https://support.hds.com/en_us/contact-us.html. Before calling the Hitachi Data Systems Support Center, please provide as much information about the problem as possible, including: The circumstances surrounding the error or failure. Copyright 2017 Hitachi Ltd., ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 1
The exact content of any error message(s) displayed on the host system(s). Software and Hardware Support The software and hardware listed below is supported by this release. Hardware and/or software not listed in the table(s) below is not supported by this release. Operating Systems operating systems: # Operating System 1. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 (AMD/Intel64) (Kernel 3.10.0-327.el7 or later) 2. Ubuntu 14.04 (AMD/Intel64) (Kernel 3.13.0 or later) OpenStack openstacks: # OpenStack 1. Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 9 (RHEL7) 2. Mirantis OpenStack 9.0 (Ubuntu 14.04) 3. Ubuntu OpenStack Mitaka (Ubuntu 14.04) Storage Systems storage systems: # Item Description 1. Supported systems HUS VM VSP VSP G1000 VSP G200, G400, G600, G800 VSP F400, F600, F800 VSP G1500, F1500 2. Host port HUS VM Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel on Ethernet VSP Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel on Ethernet Copyright 2017 Hitachi Ltd., ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 2
# Item Description VSP G1000 VSP G200, G400 G600, G800 VSP F400, F600, F800 VSP G1500, F1500 Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel on Ethernet Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel on Ethernet, iscsi Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel on Ethernet, iscsi Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel on Ethernet Software software: # Item Description 1. RAID Manager HUSVM 01-39-03/XX or later 2. VSP 01-39-03/XX or later 3. VSP G1000 01-39-03/XX or later 4. VSP G200, G400 G600, G800 01-39-03/XX or later 5. VSP F400, F600, F800 01-39-03/XX or later 6. VSP G1500, F1500 01-39-03/XX or later Changes in this Release New features and important enhancements Support the following distributions of OpenStack Mitaka. -Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 9 - Mirantis OpenStack 9.0 - Ubuntu OpenStack Mitaka Support for Cascade TI (Clone/Snapshot) Support for Virtual Storage Platform VSP G1500, VSP F1500 Known Problems Not Applicable for this release. Copyright 2017 Hitachi Ltd., ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 3
Fixed Problems Not Applicable for this release. Restrictions and Considerations Ubuntu OpenStack Mitaka (Ubuntu 16.04) hasn t been supported yet. hitachi_group_delete parameter is supported only for False. True isn t supported. Image-Volume cache function isn t supported. Please set the following parameter to False. If you quickly need to create a volume from an image, Volume-backed image function can be used. Cinder-specific parameters (in the back-end section of cinder.conf) No. Parameter Required Storage device Default Description or optional model value 1 image_vol ume_cach e_enabled Optional All supported device models None This is the parameter of Image-Volume cache function. HBSD cannot use this function. Please set this parameter to False. If both the parameter of the back-end section and that of the default section are set, the parameter of the back-end section takes a priority. Copyright 2017 Hitachi Ltd., ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 4
Notice Volume-backed image function is supported only under the following condition. Cinder-specific parameters (in the back-end section of cinder.conf) No. Parameter Required Storage device Default Description or optional model value 1 image_upl oad_use_c inder_bac kend Optional All supported device models None This is the parameter of Volume-backed image function. This function can be used in the condition that the following 2 parameters are set. -hitachi_copy_version=2.0 -hitachi_default_copy_method=full When this function is used, please set this parameter to True and set hitachi_copy_version, hitachi_default _copy_method like the above. When this function isn t used, please set this parameter to False. If both the parameter of the back-end section and that of the default section are set, the parameter of the back-end section takes a priority. Documentation Related Documents This section lists the documents and their part numbers for this release. Hitachi Block Storage Driver for OpenStack User's Guide (MK-92ADPTR129-00) Copyrights and Licenses Copyright 2017 Hitachi Ltd., ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Legal Disclaimer No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or stored in a database or retrieval system for any purpose without Copyright 2017 Hitachi Ltd., ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 5
the express written permission of Hitachi, Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Hitachi ). Hitachi reserves the right to make changes to this document at any time without notice and assume no responsibility for its use. This document contains the most current information available at the time of publication. When new and/or revised information becomes available, this entire document will be updated and distributed to all registered users. All of the features described in this document may not be currently available. Refer to the most recent product announcement or contact your local Hitachi Data Systems Corporation sales office for information on feature and product availability. Trademarks of other companies Intel and Xeon are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. Linux(R) is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries. Red Hat is a trademark or a registered trademark of Red Hat, Inc. in the United States and other countries. SUSE is a registered trademark or a trademark of SUSE LLC in the United States and other countries. The OpenStack Word Mark and OpenStack Logo are either registered trademarks/service marks or trademarks/service marks of the OpenStack Foundation in the United States and other countries and are used with the OpenStack Foundation's permission. We are not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by the OpenStack Foundation, or the OpenStack community. Mirantis and FUEL are are registered trademarks of Mirantis, Inc. All other brand names and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of the individual owners. In addition, and are not marked in the text. Copyright 2017 Hitachi Ltd., ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 6