Release Notes

New Features 5
Functional Area Feature Description Summary of Benefits
Hardware The 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 hardware
consists of a 2U, two node storage solution.
Between the front and rear of the enclosure, a
mid-plane distributes power and signals to all
the enclosure components. On the front of the
base enclosure, drives connect to the mid-
plane. On the rear of the base enclosure, the
nodes and power supply modules connect to
the mid-plane. The I/O modules connect
directly to the node. Each node contains an
internal battery backup module, redundant fan
modules, DDR4 memory, and one Intel Cascade
Lake processor.
Additionally, PowerStore 500T model
appliances also offers dedicated low line power
(less than 220V) in a native fashion. As a result,
low line customers purchasing a 500T will no
longer be required to additionally purchase step
up transformers (SUTs) in order to operate the
PowerStore 500T at low line voltages.
Provides a cost-optimized appliance with a single
socket CPU and onboard vaulting.
Customers can operate at low line power will be the
capital expenditures savings historically required
when purchasing step up transformers (SUTs) when
native low line support was not supported.
Hardware Added support for 1.5 TB NVMe SCM drives. Provides an additional NVMe SCM drive capacity
option.
Import The non-disruptive import feature supports
additional combinations of host OS, host
multipath software, and host to storage
protocols. This enhancement is based on the
support for ESXi 6.7 Update 3 and SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server 15 for host OS. For the most
up-to-date supported versions of software and
systems, see the Support Matrix for
PowerStore.
This enhancement provides the ability to migrate
applications running on ESXi 6.7 Update 3 or SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server 15 to PowerStore.
Installation and
Upgrade
An appliance that is part of a PowerStore
cluster can be removed from the cluster. When
an appliance is removed from a cluster a factory
reset is performed on the appliance. The factory
reset leaves the appliance in an unconfigured
state and in a discoverable mode.
When an appliance is removed from a cluster, the
appliance can be used in a new cluster or the
appliance can be added to another existing cluster.
Internal Migration Allows you to non-disruptively move storage
resources to another appliance in the cluster.
This feature is applicable if you want to
evacuate space from an appliance, power off an
appliance, or remove an appliance from a
cluster.
Provides the ability to non-disruptively move storage
resources to another appliance in the cluster. Allows
you to select multiple volumes for migration and
provides Resource Balancer recommendations for
target appliances.