This release features this major improvement:
Storing credentials for IPMI — Platform Server can store the IPMI username and password for an externally managed Swarm chassis. By storing these credentials, there is no need to enter them when Platform runs power on/off commands using IPMI over LAN. Add --ipmiUser and --ipmiPassword to the CLI command 'platform deploy storage' to use these options. See Legacy Platform CLI Commands. (ZINC-627)
Required integrationsThis version requires Swarm 10.0 or later, Gateway version 5.4 or later, and SwarmNFS version 2.1 or later, if used. |
If Platform is installed without having offline mode enabled, offline mode cannot be used for future operations. (ZINC-582)
When an X.509 certificate is added using the Swarm UI (pointed at Platform Server), the newlines are correctly converted to {{\n}} escaped chars for use by Storage, but the escaped chars still display in Swarm UI.(ZINC-581)
This release features these major improvements:
Self-service migration from CSN to Platform Server — Direct upgrades from CSN 8.3 are now supported. Swarm 10 now includes tools and documentation for upgrading from CSN 8.3 to the new generation of Platform server. These enable you to extract the live configuration and run-time information from the CSN Platform 8.3.x server and perform a live migration to a Platform 10 server without downtime for the storage cluster. See /wiki/spaces/DOCS/pages/2443827978. (ZINC-433)
Offline installation, for sites without Internet access — With this release, Platform Server supports offline usage (for "dark" sites): it can install and run Swarm Storage with no connection to the outside world needed, beyond the usual (such as NTP servers). See Platform Installation. (ZINC-76)
Support for multiple subnet architectures — Platform can be configured to work across multiple subnets, an architecture in which each subnet uses its own PXE boot server. This is performing by installing Platform Server for the first subnet, then installing additional MaaS rack servers for each additional subnet. These additional rack servers register with the primary Platform Server, which is used for all normal operations. See Setting up Multiple Subnets. (ZINC-547)
Support both iPXE and gPXE — To broaden support for network booting, Platform allows specifying use of the older network bootloader, gPXE, instead of the newer, default bootloader, iPXE. See /wiki/spaces/KBI/pages/2443828226. (ZINC-557)
Required integrationsThis version requires Swarm 10.0 or later, Gateway version 5.4 or later, and SwarmNFS version 2.1 or later, if used. |
Upgrade impact: The new default kernel argument applies to chassis deployed after the upgrade. Use the existing CLI commands for kernel args existing chassis. (ZINC-478)
If you installed Platform without having offline mode enabled, you cannot use offline mode for future operations. (ZINC-582)
When an X.509 certificate is added via the Swarm UI (pointed at Platform Server), the newlines are correctly converted to {{\n}} escaped chars for use by Storage, but the escaped chars still display in Swarm UI.(ZINC-581)