Release Notes

12 New Features
Functional Area Feature Description Summary of Benefits
Virtualization All PowerStore models now support automatic
vCenter Server and VASA Provider registration.
PowerStore Manager displays the vCenter
Server connection status and VASA Provider
status on the vCenter Server Connection page.
In addition, new VMware vSphere property
called "vSphere Host Name" is now displayed in
PowerStore Manager:
The internal ESXi hosts of a PowerStore X model
cluster are displayed as hosts on the Hosts &
Host Group page.
Hosts added to PowerStore Manager display
their associated ESXi host name in the vSphere
Host Name column of the Hosts & Host Groups
page.
The name of the ESXi host that a Virtual
Machine is running on is displayed in the
vSphere Host Name column of the Virtual
Machines page.
The names of the ESXi host, VM, and appliance
to which a specific vVol belongs are displayed in
the vSphere Host Name, Virtual Machine, and
Appliance columns on the Virtual Volumes card
of the Storage Container details page.
The ESXi hosts to which a vVol Storage
Container is accessible are displayed on the ESXi
Hosts card of the Storage Container details
page.
The ESXi version running on each recognized
vSphere host is displayed.
This feature allows users to easily use vVols by
registering the VASA provider from the PowerStore
manager by adding vCenter information and provides
vSphere host level visibility into PowerStore objects
associated with these hosts.
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 UNMAP (truncate/trim of files)
commands
Performance and efficiency improvement of third-
party applications.