New features in ONTAP Mediator

Enhancements

For SCST version information, see the SCST support matrix.

ONTAP Mediator version	Enhancements
1.11	Support for RHEL: Compatible: 9.5. Recommended: 10.1, 10.0, 9.7, 9.6, 9.4, and 8.10. Support for Rocky Linux 10.1, 9.7, and 8.10. Support for Oracle Linux 10.0 and 9.6. Adds support for IPv6 for MetroCluster IP configurations. Adds support for fapolicyd.
1.10	Support for RHEL: Compatible: 9.5. Recommended: 10.0, 9.6, 9.4, and 8.10. Support for Rocky Linux 10.0, 9.6, and 8.10. Upgrades the base Python version from Python 3.9 to Python 3.12.
1.9.1	Support for RHEL: Compatible: 9.3, 9.1, 8.9, 8.7, 8.6, 8.5, and 8.4. Recommended: 9.5, 9.4, 9.2, 9.0, 8.10, and 8.8. Support for Rocky Linux 9.5 and 8.10. Adds new certificates for code signature verification. Added support for skipping code signature checks using the `-skip-code-signature-check` flag. The installer displays warnings when it detects expired code signature certificates.
1.9	Support for RHEL: Compatible: 9.3, 9.1, 8.9, 8.7, 8.6, 8.5, and 8.4. Recommended: 9.5, 9.4, 9.2, 9.0, 8.10, and 8.8. Support for Rocky Linux 9.5 and 8.10. FIPS support for RHEL and Rocky Linux. Added performance enhancements for larger scalability. Improved filenames to simplify the setup of PKI-signed certificates.
1.8	Support for RHEL: Compatible: 8.7, 8.6, 8.5, and 8.4. Recommended: 9.4, 9.3, 9.2, 9.1, 9.0, 8.10, 8.9, and 8.8. Support for Rocky Linux 9.4 and 8.10.
1.7	Support for RHEL: Compatible: 8.7, 8.6, 8.5, and 8.4. Recommended: 9.3, 9.2, 9.1, 9.0, 8.9, and 8.8. Support for Rocky Linux 9.3 and 8.9. Support for SAN (Subject Alternative Name) data in self-signed certificates and third-party signed certificates.
1.6	Python 3.9 updates. Support for RHEL: Compatible: 8.7, 8.6, 8.5, and 8.4. Recommended: 9.2, 9.1, 9.0, and 8.8. Support for Rocky Linux 9.2 and 8.8. Discontinued support for RHEL 7.x / CentOS all releases.
1.5	Support for RHEL 8.5, 8.4, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1, 8.0, 7.9, 7.8, 7.7, and 7.6. Support for CentOS 7.9, 7.8, 7.7, and 7.6. Includes deprecation warnings for RHEL 7.x / CentOS 7.x. Optimizes speed for larger scale SnapMirror active sync systems. A cryptographic code-signature was added to the installer.
1.4	Support for RHEL 8.5, 8.4, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1, 8.0, 7.9, 7.8, 7.7, and 7.6. Support for CentOS 7.9, 7.8, 7.7, and 7.6. Added support for UFEI-based firmware's Secure Boot (SB).
1.3	Support for RHEL 8.3, 8.2, 8.1, 8.0, 7.9, 7.8, 7.7, and 7.6. Support for CentOS 7.9, 7.8, 7.7, and 7.6.
1.2	Support for RHEL 8.1, 8.0, 7.9, 7.8, 7.7, and 7.6. Support for CentOS 7.9, 7.8, 7.7, and 7.6. Support for HTTPs mailboxes. For use with ONTAP 9.8+ MCC-IP AUSO and SnapMirror active sync ZRTO.
1.1	Support for RHEL 8.0 and 7.6. Support for CentOS 7.6. Eliminates Perl dependencies.
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	1.11	1.10	1.9.1	1.9	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.1	1.0
RHEL 10.1	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
RHEL 10.0	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
RHEL 9.7	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
RHEL 9.6	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
RHEL 9.5	Compatible	Compatible	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
RHEL 9.4	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
RHEL 9.3	No	No	Compatible	Compatible	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
RHEL 9.2	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
RHEL 9.1	No	No	Compatible	Compatible	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
RHEL 9.0	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
RHEL 8.10	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
RHEL 8.9	No	No	Compatible	Compatible	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
RHEL 8.8	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
RHEL 8.7	No	No	Compatible	Compatible	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
RHEL 8.6	No	No	Compatible	Compatible	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
RHEL 8.5	No	No	Compatible	Compatible	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
RHEL 8.4	No	No	Compatible	Compatible	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
RHEL 8.3	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
RHEL 8.2	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
RHEL 8.1	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
RHEL 8.0	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
RHEL and CentOS 7.9	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Yes	Yes	Yes	Compatible	No	No
RHEL and CentOS 7.8	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
RHEL and CentOS 7.7	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
RHEL and CentOS 7.6	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Obsolete	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (RHEL only)
CentOS 8 and stream	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rocky Linux 10.0	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Rocky Linux 9	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rocky Linux 8	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oracle Linux 10.0	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Oracle Linux 9	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No

OS for ONTAP Mediator

1.11

1.10

1.9.1

1.9

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.0

RHEL 10.1

Yes

No

RHEL 10.0

Yes

No

RHEL 9.7

Yes

No

RHEL 9.6

Yes

No

RHEL 9.5

Compatible

Yes

No

RHEL 9.4

Yes

No

RHEL 9.3

No

Compatible

Yes

No

RHEL 9.2

No

Yes

No

RHEL 9.1

No

Compatible

Yes

No

RHEL 9.0

No

Yes

No

RHEL 8.10

Yes

No

RHEL 8.9

No

Compatible

Yes

No

RHEL 8.8

No

Yes

No

RHEL 8.7

No

Compatible

Yes

No

RHEL 8.6

No

Compatible

Yes

No

RHEL 8.5

No

Compatible

Yes

No

RHEL 8.4

No

Compatible

Yes

No

RHEL 8.3

Obsolete

Yes

No

RHEL 8.2

Obsolete

Yes

No

RHEL 8.1

Obsolete

Yes

No

RHEL 8.0

Obsolete

Yes

No

RHEL and CentOS 7.9

Obsolete

Yes

Compatible

No

RHEL and CentOS 7.8

Obsolete

Yes

No

RHEL and CentOS 7.7

Obsolete

Yes

No

RHEL and CentOS 7.6

Obsolete

Yes

Yes (RHEL only)

CentOS 8 and stream

No

N/A

Rocky Linux 10.0

Yes

No

Rocky Linux 9

Yes

N/A

Rocky Linux 8

Yes

N/A

Oracle Linux 10.0

Yes

No

Oracle Linux 9

Yes

No

"Yes" means that the OS is recommended for ONTAP Mediator installation and is fully compatible and supported.
"No" means that the OS and ONTAP Mediator are not compatible.
"Compatible" means that Red Hat no longer supports these RHEL versions, but ONTAP Mediator can still be installed on them.
ONTAP Mediator 1.6 adds support for Rocky Linux 9 and 8.
ONTAP Mediator 1.5 was the last supported release for RHEL 7.x branch operating systems.
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.

SCST support matrix

The following table shows the supported SCST version for each version of ONTAP Mediator.

ONTAP Mediator version	Supported SCST version
ONTAP Mediator 1.11	scst-3.9.tar.gz
ONTAP Mediator 1.10	scst-3.9.tar.gz
ONTAP Mediator 1.9.1	scst-3.8.0.tar.bz2
ONTAP Mediator 1.9	scst-3.8.0.tar.bz2
ONTAP Mediator 1.8	scst-3.8.0.tar.bz2
ONTAP Mediator 1.7	scst-3.7.0.tar.bz2
ONTAP Mediator 1.6	scst-3.7.0.tar.bz2
ONTAP Mediator 1.5	scst-3.6.0.tar.bz2
ONTAP Mediator 1.4	scst-3.6.0.tar.bz2
ONTAP Mediator 1.3	scst-3.5.0.tar.bz2
ONTAP Mediator 1.2	scst-3.4.0.tar.bz2
ONTAP Mediator 1.1	scst-3.4.0.tar.bz2
ONTAP Mediator 1.0	scst-3.3.0.tar.bz2

ONTAP Mediator version

Supported SCST version

ONTAP Mediator 1.11

scst-3.9.tar.gz

ONTAP Mediator 1.10

scst-3.9.tar.gz

ONTAP Mediator 1.9.1

scst-3.8.0.tar.bz2

ONTAP Mediator 1.9

scst-3.8.0.tar.bz2

ONTAP Mediator 1.8

scst-3.8.0.tar.bz2

ONTAP Mediator 1.7

scst-3.7.0.tar.bz2

ONTAP Mediator 1.6

scst-3.7.0.tar.bz2

ONTAP Mediator 1.5

scst-3.6.0.tar.bz2

ONTAP Mediator 1.4

scst-3.6.0.tar.bz2

ONTAP Mediator 1.3

scst-3.5.0.tar.bz2

ONTAP Mediator 1.2

scst-3.4.0.tar.bz2

ONTAP Mediator 1.1

scst-3.4.0.tar.bz2

ONTAP Mediator 1.0

scst-3.3.0.tar.bz2

New features in ONTAP Mediator

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Enhancements

OS support matrix

SCST support matrix