What's new in Version 8.2.1

The following table describes new technical changes and important information updates for the system.

Version 8, Release 2.1

Table 1. Updates for software version 8.2.1
Function	Description
NVMe over Fibre Channel support	Host attachment FC-NVMe limitations and SAN configuration guidelines NVMe over Fibre Channel host attachments NVMe hosts that run the Linux operating system (and subtopics) Checking the status of NVMe hosts
Support for additional key server management application, Gemalto SafeNet KeySecure	Encryption Planning for encryption Enabling encryption with key servers Migrating between key management methods lskeyserverkeysecure chkeyserverkeysecure
Support for IP quorum metadata for system recovery operations	IP quorum configuration metadata Recover system procedure
Enhancements to the call home function: Support for call home with cloud services Improvements to call home with email notifications	Call Home Heartbeat notifications Configuring call home Setting up call home with cloud services Setting up call home with email notifications Managing call home notifications Changing settings for call home with cloud services Changing settings for call home with email notifications sendcloudcallhome (New command) chcloudcallhome (New command) lscloudcallhome (New command)
Support for host login information for Ethernet-attached hosts	Hosts lshostiplogin
Support for Data Reduction Estimation Tool	Data Reduction Estimation Tool Planning for deduplicated volumes Storage pools Moving volumes to a data reduction pool