Release scope and highlights
IBM block storage CSI driver is a brand new IBM driver that has been released for general availability.
Software version: 1.0.0
General availability date: 14 November 2019
Supported features in this release
The following functional CSI (Container Storage Interface) component features are included in this release of the IBM block storage CSI driver:
- CSI Identity
- CSI Identity main use is for identifying the CSI driver service, makes sure that the driver is
running properly and returns basic information.This includes the following supported CSI APIs:
- GetPluginInfo
- GetPluginCapabilities
- Probe
- CSI Controller
- The CSI Controller controls and manages the volumes. This includes the following supported CSI APIs:
- CreateVolume / DeleteVolume
- ControllerPublishVolume / ControllerUnpublishVolume
- GetCapacity
- ControllerGetCapabilities
- CSI Node
- The CSI Node controls a volume's action in the Kubernetes node. This includes the following supported CSI APIs:
- NodeStageVolume / NodeUnstageVolume
- NodePublishVolume / NodeUnpublishVolume
- NodeGetCapabilities
- NodeGetInfo
- RWO (read/write once) access mode
- The IBM block storage CSI driver supports RWO access mode, allowing a volume to be mounted as read-write by a single node.
- Both xfs and Ext4 file system types