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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

1.8

  • Support for RHEL 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10, 9.2, 9.3, and 9.4

  • Support for Rocky Linux 8 and 9

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 SnapMirror active sync 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 SnapMirror active sync 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

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.0

7.6

Obsolete

Obsolete

Obsolete

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes (RHEL only)

7.7

Obsolete

Obsolete

Obsolete

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

7.8

Obsolete

Obsolete

Obsolete

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

7.9

Obsolete

Obsolete

Obsolete

Yes

Yes

Yes

Implied

No

No

RHEL 8.0

Obsolete

Obsolete

Obsolete

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

RHEL 8.1

Obsolete

Obsolete

Obsolete

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

RHEL 8.2

Obsolete

Obsolete

Obsolete

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

RHEL 8.3

Obsolete

Obsolete

Obsolete

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

RHEL 8.4

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

RHEL 8.5

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

RHEL 8.6

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

RHEL 8.7

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

RHEL 8.8

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

RHEL 8.9

Yes

TBD

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

RHEL 8.10

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

RHEL 9.0

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

RHEL 9.1

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

RHEL 9.2

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

RHEL 9.3

Yes

TBD

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

RHEL 9.4

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

CentOS 8 and stream

No

No

No

No

No

No

N/A

N/A

N/A

Rocky Linux 8

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Rocky Linux 9

Yes

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

Change ID

Description

6995122

When a kernel mismatch is detected, a warning message is issued and the ONTAP Mediator installation process continues without any disruption.

7062227

Implemented changes to ensure the ONTAP Mediator installation process stops when OpenSSL verification failures occur.

6912810

Added support for the ONTAP Mediator health check events and ONTAP support operations.

7028815

Upgraded the scst package to version 3.8.0 to remove the unnecessary patch files.

7097014

Introduced a new script to validate certificates used by the ONTAP Mediator 1.8.