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Open-E DSS V6

Release date:April 5, 2012
Build:6156
Version:6.00 up95

NEW:

  • Volume replication tasks can be added/removed to iSCSI Failover without need to stop the failover cluster
  • Possibility to use as a Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA) for VMware (using native VMware network driver)
  • Mutual CHAP user authentication for iSCSI Target
  • Driver for VMware 10 Gigabit Ethernet controller
  • Driver for Hyper-V 10 Gigabit Ethernet controller


UPDATED:

  • Kernel 2.6.35
  • LVM (Logical Volume Manager)
  • AFP framework (Netatalk, v2.2.2)
  • iSCSI Target software (SCST, v2.1.0)
  • LSI 3ware RAID management tool (3dm2, v2.11.00.019)
  • Driver for Intel 10 Gigabit Ethernet controller (ixgbe, v3.4.24)
  • Driver for Myricom 10 Gigabit Ethernet controller (myri10ge, v1.5.3)
  • Driver for Solarflare Communications 10 Gigabit Ethernet controller (sfc, v3.0)
  • Driver for Broadcom Tigon3 Gigabit Ethernet controller (tg3, v3.110)
  • Driver for Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet controller (e1000e, v1.5.1)
  • Driver for Marvell Yukon 2 Gigabit Ethernet controller (sky2, v1.28)
  • Driver for NVIDIA nForce Gigabit Ethernet controller (forcedeth)
  • Driver for Accusys SAS/SATA RAID controller (acs_ame, v2.2.0)
  • Driver for Areca SATA/SAS RAID controller (arcmsr, v1.20.0X.15.110330)
  • Driver for ATTO ExpressSAS RAID controller (esasraid, v3.70)
  • Driver for HighPoint RocketRAID 3xxx/4xxx controller (hptiop, v1.6)
  • Driver for LSI 3ware SAS/SATA RAID controller (3w-sas, v3.26.02.000)
  • Driver for LSI Fusion MPT SAS RAID controller (mptsas, v3.04.15)
  • Driver for LSI MegaRAID SAS RAID controller (megaraid_sas, v5.40)
  • Driver for LSI MPT Fusion SAS 2.0 RAID controller (mpt2sas, v10.00.00.00)
  • Driver for Promise Technology SuperTrak EX RAID controller (stex, v4.6.0000.4)
  • Driver for Marvell SATA controller (sata_mv, v1.28)
  • Driver for ATTO Technology Fibre Channel controller (celerityfc, v2.66)
  • Driver for LSI Fusion MPT Fibre Channel controller (mptfc, v3.04.15)
  • Improved memory management - better memory utilization and SWAP management


FIXED:

  • Problem with Trial registration mechanism
  • Possibility to use the same network port for different Volume replication tasks causing function instability
  • LSI battery status missing in WebGUI
  • Nested shares cannot be created in WebGUI


TESTING:

  • Driver for Chelsio T4 10 Gigabit Ethernet controllers (cxgb4, v1.1.0.10)
  • Infiniband tuning - possible to switch to connected mode (console tools ctrl-alt-w -> Infiniband tuning)
  • API function to manage iSCSI Cluster (broadcast mode only)
  • Possibility of turning on and off TCP offload engine (console tools ctrl-alt-w -> Tuning options -> TCP offload options)
  • NDMP server provides incremental backup functionality in combination with NetBackup
  • Support for more than 27 units in Software RAID function