What's new in version 3.5.0

Version 3.5.0 introduces a range of enhancements and fixes as detailed in the following sections.

IBM FlashSystem 9100 support

Version 3.5.0 introduces support for IBM's new NVMe-powered all-flash storage system, FlashSystem 9100. This unique offering combines advantages of FlashCore technology with deeply integrated software-defined capabilities of IBM Spectrum Storage solutions.

HTML5 support by IBM Storage Enhancements for VMware vSphere Web Client

Version 3.5.0 adds HTML5 support for IBM® Storage Enhancements for VMware vSphere Web Client. This ensures interoperability of the plugin and improves its overall performance.

Deduplication capability support for storage services

Version 3.5.0 allows storage services to use deduplication capability available for the Spectrum Virtualize Family storage systems. This function eliminates duplicate data copies, resulting in substantial reduction in amount of stored information.

Support for data reduction pools

Version 3.5.0 lets data reduction pools to be used as storage resources on the Spectrum Virtualize Family systems. Data reduction pools support volume unmapping, eliminating a need for storage space allocation to a range of blocks on a target volume. This system optimization method ensures significant storage space re-use.

Resolved issues

For information about resolved issues in version 3.5.0, see Change log.