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5Revision: A02 Release Date: July 2021 Dell EMC PowerStore Release Notes Release Version: 2.0.0.0 (Build: 1397847) Release Type: Major (MA) Contents Revision History...1 Product Description ...2 New Features ...3 Changed Features...14 Resolved Issues ...14 Known Issues ... - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 2
breaking Dell EMC PowerStore achieves Active-Active architecture o Container based PowerStore OS o Block, File, and vVols o NVMe Flash and Storage Class Memory (SCM) media support o Front End Connectivity: space efficient thin clones • Enterprise Data Services & Data Reduction: o Inline dedupe and - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 3
Model numbers Support Configurations PowerStore T 500T Storage-centric deployments. 1000T 3000T 5000T Both block (storage area networks (SAN)) and file (network attached storage (NAS)) services are supported with PowerStore T deployments. Note: Hypervisor deployments are not supported on this - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 4
service provider. More bandwidth for better network performance. Additional ports for expanding storage networks. This feature provides the ability to relay audit logs to the remote server for monitoring PowerStore. Also, it adds TLS support offers the best $/IOPS to PowerStore customers. The - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 5
PowerStore 500T model is introduces with this release and serves block and file services, and the software stack is deployed directly on the system. The PowerStore 500T line support was not supported. Hardware Import Installation and Upgrade Internal Migration Additionally, PowerStore 500T model - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 6
Monitoring Monitoring PowerStore CLI PowerStore Manager (GUI) PowerStore Manager (GUI) Provides the ability to measure the performance of iSCSI protocols per IP interface. Enables the user to measure iSCSI performance per IP interface as part of the ongoing management or troubleshooting. Provides - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 7
the Cluster Time for a PowerStore cluster in PowerStore Manager. Supports a new role called Storage Operator for operating PowerStore. The new storage user role the Developer Portal, developers can discover, explore, and test Dell APIs needed to integrate with other solutions and automate tasks. - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 8
at boot time. Security Serviceability Digitally signed firmware upgrades ensure that root of trust authenticates all signed upgrade firmware images. The Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol provides the ability to secure communications across networks. PowerStore supports TLS 1.2 by default - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 9
Dell EMC service personnel with temporary access to a PowerStore cluster to respond faster to resolve issues. Dell EMC Support does not need to contact the customer and obtain the service inline deduplication and PowerStore model's data reduction services give the system up to a 20% IOPS boost with - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 10
Virtualization Note: Access to this article is restricted to partners and Dell personnel. PowerStore X model clusters support up to four PowerStore X model appliances that are running the same version of PowerStore software. Customers can take advantage of the improved performance and scaling - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 11
X model cluster use a newer version of ESXi that contains bug fixes and security fixes. Virtualization Download the latest PowerStore X model software upgrade .zip file from https://www.dell.com/support and see the Upgrade Considerations section in this document for more information. For - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 12
in a cluster without powering off the VM. For information on required vSphere versions to support this feature, please see: https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/enus/000105896/ powerstore-supported-host-os-fornon-disruptive-migration-of-storage-resources This feature allows users to easily use vVols - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 13
Functional Area Feature Description Other Improves PowerStore datapath performance for: VM Boot/Shutdown Storm that uses a large amount of UNMAP commands File System formatting Any thin aware application generating large amounts of - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 14
On a PowerStore X model cluster, the timesynced service was enabled, but not used. The time sync service is provided by the NTP service running on the hosting ESXi. The timesynced service will try to reach the factory default NTP server. It can be disable by a support representative. Cannot - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 15
validation component unavailability during PUHC. Contact your support representative and provide the (cyc_net_error) message. may ignore or acknowledge these alerts. But correctness of functioning of PowerStore's services that require precise time synchronization (replication etc.) is not guaranteed - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 16
many snapshots on a large volume group, PowerStore Manager may freeze for more than one minute system encountered unexpected backend errors. Please contact support. (0xE0101001000C)". Do not continue using the disks malfunction where the system entered "service offline mode", the system was able - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 17
reboot over diagnosable materials. Timing of this process is under review. Cluster cannot add two new appliances "The system encountered failure tiers are left in a degraded mode while the system continues to service I/Os. Rare race condition on system boot between iSCSI portal configuration and - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 18
Upgrade Health Checks that validate network configuration incorrectly report a problem and block the upgrade attempt. This issue only affects SAN PowerStore Manager failed with error, "Unable to load system configuration data. Contact your service provider for assistance. Error: Service unavailable - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 19
the problem, the NDU was restarted several times and each time the following error occurred: "Upgrade failed on appliance appliance-1 with the following message: The system encountered unexpected backend errors. Please contact support. (0xE04030010003)". While upgrading from PowerStore 1.0.1 to - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 20
redirect a host application running on either Linux/Windows or VMware to the associated PowerStore volumes. When migration is occurring on a volume, the Mapped Volumes tab of metrics information, the metrics provided by support metrics are too large for the script to process. 20 Resolved Issues - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 21
remains even after HA issue resolved. Alert must be manually removed by a support representative. If PowerStore X is connected to a vCenter with enabled SSO authentication, Users may periodically see alerts about vCenter login problems on PowerStore X side. This alert should be ignored. In some - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 22
189872 PowerStore Manager(GUI) On the Settings Support Materials page, the page has a PowerStore PowerStore Manager(GUI) Cannot login to PowerStore Manager (GUI) after NDU from PowerStore 1.0 to SP1.1 and the following error is returned "RESTAPI failed with 503 Service Unavailable." PowerStore - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 23
service responsible for uploading files to SupportAssist to fail, requiring a restart of the Control Path container. MDT-234621 Support MDT-238662 SupportAssist When performing a factory restart using the svc_factory_reset script, there is an issue in which the Master License Key for PowerStore - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 24
the service script supported. Metrics data may be unavailable in PowerStore Manager if a PowerStore X model appliance cannot communicate with vCenter Server due to a vCenter Server failure or connection problem PowerStore Release Notes - Minor issues at: https://www.dell.com/support/article/LKB000320772 - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 25
manually only to available hosts using the vSphere UI. Booting from SAN is not supported with FC-NVMe on AIX in PowerStore container should be restarted." due to failed registration to the internal Zeroconf service. First try to restart the CP container using the "svc_container_mgmt restart - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 26
on PowerStore 3000X model. To avoid the problem, use separate VLANs for Storage networks and networks that contain a lot of non-storage related IPv6 traffic. Also, route management VLANs and other VLANs with large amounts of IPv6 traffic to dedicated storage ports. Contact your service provider - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 27
The "Do Not Remove" LED light is not working correctly on PowerStore 500T model appliance nodes. After powering down a node on a PowerStore 500T model appliance, the "Do Not Remove" LED light on the of restarting from the internal M.2 boot module. Contact your service provider. Known Issues 27 - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 28
subsequent short AC failures. If the hosts are connected and the IOs are being serviced, the alert can be ignored. Wait a few minutes and try again. Import MDT-252560 Import If an import from a Unity or VNX2 system to PowerStore is cancelled by the user or fails for some reason, it is possible - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 29
Dell knowledge base article 000184766. After migrating volumes, removing an appliance from the cluster failed with the following error message: "Failed to delete target port group." Contact your service provider. In a PowerStore migrate volumes by using the manual migration workflow instead of - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 30
, the vVol can be migrated to another appliance in the cluster. A PowerStore software upgrade fails if the PowerStore X model cluster cannot communicate with the vCenter Server during the upgrade. Contact your service provider to recover from the failed upgrade. During upgrade if Physical Large - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 31
and the second appliance will not be upgraded. Contact your service provider. After a software update, the NAS servers may not fail back automatically to the original node. Manually fail back the NAS servers from PowerStore Manager. Drive firmware updates may not get applied to a single - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 32
are selected, a user selects Not Eligible For Migration objects and then selects Select Objects Manually for migration. PowerStore Manager (GUI) PowerStore Manager (GUI) While Select Objects Manually and Eligible For Migration objects are selected, a user selects Not Eligible For Migration objects - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 33
Firefox. For instructions, see the KB article "How to clear the Firefox cache" on the Mozilla Firefox support site. PowerStore REST Two invalid value less than 3 minutes. 4. Scroll down to the Modify Directory Services panel, and expand the Advanced Settings. Set User Search Settings>Search Path - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 34
removed from the system. DNS is not supported for LDAP. None After mapping a LUN or service provider for the procedure to delete the snapshots. The File system deleted alert is displayed as an active alert in PowerStore T even after the file system has been successfully deleted. Review - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 35
statistics exported from PowerStore Manager (GUI). None After a request is sent from the REST API with an incorrect GUID, the error message Take one of the following actions on the appliance on which the NAS service is installed: add capacity to the appliance (for example, add drives or - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 36
array) to send out traffic to Dell support or Dell support personnel can use normal remote servicing functions if the customer provides Dell support with credentials for access to the PowerStore cluster. See the PowerStore Security Configuration Guide for information specific to port usage related - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 37
your service provider. Use a different version of the SRS gateway. Either create the vVol storage container in PowerStore new vVol storage container in PowerStore with the same name that was used in vSphere. Manually mount the vVol storage instructions on recovering the VMs. Known Issues 37 - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 38
CLI command: pstcli -service storage_container -id create_directory -size 100G -name ISOs By default PowerStore creates a 500 GB folder, but you can specify another size if necessary. VMware vSphere 7.0 supports SCSI-3 Persistent Reservations (SCSI3-PRs) on - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 39
checking the vvold.log vCenter log file reveals the following messages: Try to deploy the VM again. For more information, see the Dell knowledge base article 000320647. 2019-11-15T05:24:35.161Z info vvold[2112740] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] VVolAbandonedObjectScan::ProcessName space examining - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 40
manual cutover. PowerStore Clusters PowerStore Management access PowerStore scalability service use. The PowerStore Simple Support Matrix lists the scalability limitations in PowerStore models. The PowerStore Simple Support Matrix is available from PowerStore documentation page at: https://www.dell - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 41
requirements For host connectivity to PowerStore appliances, please refer to the Dell EMC PowerStore Host Configuration Guide. Installation and Upgrade Considerations Installation considerations Before you begin to install PowerStore, review the PowerStore Deployment Checklist. Once you have - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 42
list of compatible PowerStore OS and ESXi/vCenter versions for PowerStore X model appliances, see the VMware Licensing and Support for PowerStore X table in the PowerStore Simple Support Matrix which can be downloaded from the PowerStore Documentation page at: https://www.dell.com/powerstoredocs. To - Dell PowerStore 500T | Release Notes for PowerStore OS Version 2.0.0.0-1397847 - Page 43
. For more information, see the Upgrade the PowerStore OS section of the PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide. Where to Get Help Dell Technologies maintains support pages for all products at https://www.dell.com/support. The product support pages provide important product information such as product
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Dell EMC PowerStore Release Notes
Revision: A02
Release Date: July 2021
Dell EMC PowerStore Release Notes
Release Version: 2.0.0.0 (Build: 1397847)
Release Type: Major (MA)
Contents
Revision History
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Product Description
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New Features
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Changed Features
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14
Resolved Issues
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Known Issues
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Limitations
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Environment and System Requirements
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Installation and Upgrade Considerations
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Where to Get Help
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Revision History
Document revision
Date
Comments
A00
June 2021
Original release version 2.0.0.0 (Build: 1376722)
A01
June 2021
Updated build release version 2.0.0.0 (Build 1397847). The following issues were
resolved in this release: MDT-294054, MDT-305819, MDT-303583, MDT-305868,
and MDT-305874.
Refer to the
Resolved Issues
section for details.
A02
July 2021
Updated resolved issue MDT-237899, and the workaround description for Known
Issue MDT-280394.