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What's new with the ONTAP Mediator

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New enhancements to the ONTAP Mediator are provided with each release. Here's what's new.

Enhancements

ONTAP Mediator version

Enhancements

1.7

  • Support for RHEL 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, and 9.3

  • Support for Rocky Linux 8 and 9

1.6

  • Python 3.9 updates.

  • Support for RHEL 8.4-8.8, 9.0-9.2, Rocky Linux 8 and 9.

  • Discontinued support for RHEL 7.x / CentOS all releases.

1.5

  • Optimizes speed for larger scale SMBC systems.

  • Cryptographic code-signature added to the installer.

  • Includes deprecation warnings for RHEL 7.x / CentOS 7.x.

1.4

  • Support for RHEL 8.4 and 8.5.

  • Includes SCST version 3.6.0.

  • Added support for UFEI-based firmware's Secure Boot (SB).

1.3

  • Support for RHEL/CentOS 8.2 and 8.3.

  • Includes SCST version 3.5.0.

1.2

  • Support for HTTPs mailboxes.

  • For use with ONTAP 9.8+ MCC-IP AUSO and SM-BC ZRTO.

  • Includes SCST version 3.4.0.

1.1

  • Support for RHEL/CentOS 7.6, 7.7, 8.0, and 8.1.

  • Eliminates Perl dependencies.

  • Includes SCST version 3.4.0.

1.0

  • Support for iSCSI mailboxes.

  • For use with ONTAP 9.7+ MCC-IP AUSO.

  • Support for RHEL/CentOS 7.6.

OS support matrix

OS for ONTAP Mediator

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.0

7.6

Obsolete

Obsolete

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes (RHEL only)

7.7

Obsolete

Obsolete

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

7.8

Obsolete

Obsolete

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

7.9

Obsolete

Obsolete

Yes

Yes

Yes

Implied

No

No

RHEL 8.0

Obsolete

Obsolete

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

RHEL 8.1

Obsolete

Obsolete

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

RHEL 8.2

Obsolete

Obsolete

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

RHEL 8.3

Obsolete

Obsolete

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

RHEL 8.4

Obsolete

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

RHEL 8.5

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

RHEL 8.6

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

RHEL 8.7

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

RHEL 8.8

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

RHEL 9.0

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

RHEL 9.1

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

RHEL 9.2

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

RHEL 9.3

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

CentOS 8 and stream

No

No

No

No

No

N/A

N/A

N/A

Rocky Linux 8

Yes

Yes

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Rocky Linux 9

Yes

Yes

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

  • OS refers to both RedHat and CentOS releases unless otherwise specified.

  • "No" means that the OS and ONTAP Mediator are not compatible.

  • Centos 8 was removed for all releases due to its rebranching. Centos Stream was deemed as not a suitable production target OS. No support is planned.

  • ONTAP Mediator 1.5 was the last supported release for RHEL 7.x branch operating systems.

  • ONTAP Mediator 1.6 adds support for Rocky Linux 8 and 9.

Resolved issues

Date of change

Change ID

Description

10 Jan 2023

6567145

The following changes were made:

  • Added support for additional operating systems for ONTAP Mediator: RHEL 9.6, 8.7, 9.0, and 9.1.

  • Added new SCST version 3.7.0 to unblock issues for newly supported operating systems.

  • Added support for Rocky Linux: Rocky 8 and 9.

24 Jan 2023

6621319

Allowed pre-installed SCST library for ONTAP Mediator installations.

27 Feb 2023

6623764

Implemented changes to always load the scst_disk kernel module when the mediator-scst service restarts. These changes ensure the service will always be ready to create new iSCSI targets using the standard logic.

28 Feb 2023

6625194

Added a new option to the ONTAP Mediator installer: --skip-yum-dependencies

24 Mar 2023

6652840

Updated the ONTAP Mediator installer so that it is able to reinstall or repair the SCST installation.

27 Mar 2023

6655179

Fixed a parsing issue that occurred when the support bundle collection with a complex password was triggered.

28 Mar 2023

6656739

Changed the SCST comparison logic so that is will install the right version when ONTAP Mediator is upgraded.