Changes in Platform 9.1

This release features these major improvements:

• UEFI Network Booting Support — Platform includes support for UEFI so Swarm Storage nodes can be network booted using BIOS or UEFI. As part of this boot support, MAAS is upgraded to version 2.3, which has better support for offline installation and is able to work behind a proxy server, for web access. (ZINC-526, ZINC-495)

  • Upgrade impact: The new default kernel argument only applies to chassis that are deployed after the upgrade. For existing chassis, you must use the existing CLI commands for kernel arguments. (ZINC-478)

• Rolling Reboot API and CLI Support — Platform now enables you to conduct rolling reboots of active Swarm clusters through its management API. It also includes CLI control over the rolling reboot process with commands to pause, resume, skip specific nodes, and cancel rolling reboots altogether. (ZINC-499)
  See Platform Administration.

• Bonding Mode and Default Gateway — When implementing Platform, you can set and later modify the bonding mode that is used by Swarm Storage (see Deploy Storage, Network Bonding Mode). You can also change the default gateway that is used by Swarm (see Changing the Default Gateway). (ZINC-460)
  See Platform Administration.

• New CLI Commands — For this release, Platform's CLI commands is extensively expanded and simplified. Following is a complete list of all commands available.
  See Legacy Platform CLI Commands.

  • platform add

  • platform add adminuser

  • platform add bonding-mode

  • platform add config

  • platform add kernelparam

  • platform add tag

  • platform delete

  • platform delete adminuser

  • platform delete allchassisconfig

  • platform delete allclusterconfig

  • platform delete bonding-mode

  • platform delete config

  • platform delete kernelparam

  • platform delete proxyimage

  • platform delete rollingreboot

  • platform delete tag

  • platform deploy

  • platform deploy proxy

  • platform list

  • platform list adminusers

  • platform list bonding-mode

  • platform list license

  • platform list proxyimages

  • platform list tags

  • platform pause

  • platform pause rollingreboot

  • platform release

  • platform release proxy

  • platform release storagechassis

  • platform restart

  • platform restart proxy

  • platform restart storagecluster

  • platform restart storagenode

  • platform resume

  • platform resume rollingreboot

  • platform status

  • platform status platform

  • platform status proxy

  • platform status rollingreboot

  • platform status storagechassis

  • platform status storagecluster

  • platform subcluster

  • platform subcluster assign

  • platform subcluster list

  • platform subcluster unassign

• Fixed: The CLI command 'platform list config' failed when run immediately after initial installation. (ZINC-399)

Changes in Platform 9.0

Swarm Platform release 9.0 introduces the next-generation Platform server for new installations of Swarm Storage and Content Gateway.

• Known issue: The CLI command 'platform list config' fails when run immediately after the initial deployment. (ZINC-399)