What's new in version 1.1.0
IBM block storage CSI driver version 1.1.0 introduces a range of enhancements and fixes, as detailed in the following sections.
Software version: 1.1.0
General availability date: 30 March 2020
IBM block storage CSI driver support for DS8000 Family products
Version 1.1.0 allows storage provisioning by the IBM block storage CSI driver for DS8000 Family products.
RHCOS support
Version 1.1.0 adds support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS (RHCOS).
More supported orchestration platforms for deployment
Version 1.1.0 adds support for orchestration platforms Kubernetes 1.16 and Red Hat OpenShift 4.3, suitable for deployment of the CSI driver.
IBM Z architecture support
Version 1.1.0 adds IBM Z support for Red Hat OpenShift 4.2.
Note: Refer to the User Guide for
specific installation instructions of the CSI driver on OpenShift Container Platform with IBM
Z.
Raw block volume support for Kubernetes
Version 1.1.0 now allows persistent volumes (PVs) to be defined inside containers as a block device instead of as a mounted file system.
Automatic iSCSI login
Version 1.1.0 contains automatic iSCSI login, allowing the system to automatically log into an iSCSI node.