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Document Number: 680-021-017

Rev. P

April 2018

Storage Center 6.7 Release Notes

This document describes the new features, enhancements, and known issues in Storage Center 6.7.

Current Release Version: 6.7.50

Release Date: 2018 - 03

Previous Release Version: 6.7.40

Topics:

• Revision History

• Storage Center 6.7 Feature Availability and Licenses

• Storage Center 6.7 Scalability

• System Manager Requirements

• New in This Release

• Storage Center Fixed Issues

• Known Issues

• Storage Center Update Information

Revision History

Document Number: 680-021-017

Revision

Date Description

A October 2015 Initial release

B October 2015 Added the Import Volumes from PS Series Storage Arrays feature description

C October 2015 Added information about the SC9000 controller

D November 2015 Updated for Storage Center 6.7.3

E December 2015 Updated for Storage Center 6.7.4

F February 2016 Updated for Storage Center 6.7.5

G February 2016 Removed information about SCv2000 series

H June 2016 Updated for Storage Center 6.7.10

I June 2016 Updated for Storage Center 6.7.11

J August 2016 Updated for Storage Center 6.7.20

K November 2016 Updated for Storage Center 6.7.22

L December 2016 Updated for Storage Center 6.7.30

M April 2017 Updated for Storage Center 6.7.40

N May 2017 Added one Fixed Issue and clarified Live Volume with Automatic Failover availability

O March 2018 Updated for Storage Center 6.7.50

P September 2018 Add feature license options for CT-SC040

Summary of content (17 pages)

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Document Number: 680-021-017 Rev. P April 2018 Storage Center 6.7 Release Notes This document describes the new features, enhancements, and known issues in Storage Center 6.7. Current Release Version: 6.7.50 Release Date: 2018 - 03 Previous Release Version: 6.7.40 Topics: • • • • • • • • Revision History Storage Center 6.7 Feature Availability and Licenses Storage Center 6.
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Storage Center 6.7 Feature Availability and Licenses The core licenses and support for optional licensed features varies depending on the storage system. Table 1. Licensed Features Storage System Licensed Features SC9000 SC9000 storage systems provide a Core Software bundle and optional value-add bundles.
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Table 1.
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Storage System Supported Maximum SC4020 with 16GB of memory per controller ● 1054TB raw and 700TB addressable storage space using the standard 2MB page size ● 500TB raw and 400TB addressable storage space using a 512KB page size CT-SC040 (Dual-Controller) with 12GB of memory per controller ● 750TB raw and 500TB addressable storage space using the standard 2MB page size ● 400TB raw and 300TB addressable storage space using a 512KB page size CT-SC040 (Dual-Controller) with 6GB of memory per controller
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Component Requirements NOTE: Other web browsers might work, but are not officially supported. Java Java version 7 and 8. When using Java, open the Java Control Panel and make sure that the Enable Java content in the browser option is selected. Enterprise Manager Compatibility Storage Center 6.7 is compatible with Enterprise Manager 2015 R2 or later. New in This Release Storage Center 6.7 supports new Dell EMC hardware and introduces software features. SC9000 Storage Controller Storage Center 6.
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Import Volumes From PS Series Storage Arrays Enterprise Manager version 2015 R2 and Storage Center version 6.7 support importing volumes from EqualLogic PS Series storage arrays. You can import volumes using the offline or online method. ● Offline import migrates a volume from the source to the destination. The volume must then be mapped to the server after the import. ● Online import creates a destination volume, maps it to the server, then migrates the data to the destination volume.
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Issue Description ● ● ● ● ● ● SCOS-24991 CVE-2016-2180 www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-2180/ CVE-2016-2181 www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-2181/ CVE-2016-2182 www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-2182/ CVE-2016-2183 www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-2183/ CVE-2016-6302 www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-6302/ CVE-2016-6303 www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-6303/ Addressed the following security vulnerabilities related to SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.0: ● CVE-2011-3389 www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2011-3389/ ● CVE-2013-0169 www.
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Issue Description SCOS-16362 Fibre channel switch environment changes might generate fatal RISC pause errors on the front-end ports. SCOS-13232 A Fibre Channel port or controller might reset due to RISC pause errors on a QLogic 8 Gb Fibre Channel HBA. Fixed Issues in Version 6.7.31 The following table summarizes the issues fixed in Storage Center 6.7.31. Issue Description SCOS-21900 Updating to Storage Center 6.7.5 might cause an increase in BadRegionsPresent health code errors for drives.
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Fixed Issues in Version 6.7.22 The following table summarizes the issues fixed in Storage Center 6.7.22. Issue Description SCOS-20635 Renewed the Java code signing certificate for Storage Center System Manager. SCOS-18932 Using Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX) in Hyper-V might result in degraded MPIO paths. Fixed Issues in Version 6.7.20 The following table summarizes the issues fixed in Storage Center 6.7.20.
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Fixed Issues in Version 6.7.11 The following table summarizes the issues fixed in Storage Center 6.7.11. Issue Description SCOS-16367 Resolved an issue with the Secure Console command syntax. Fixed Issues in Version 6.7.10 The following table summarizes the issues fixed in Storage Center 6.7.10. Issue Description SCOS-13956 In rare cases, disabling compression a volume might cause the controllers to reboot.
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Issue Description CQ00503244 CQ00501895 CQ00500072 CQ00493850 CQ00503237 CQ00502304 CQ00502267 CQ00502263 CQ00502250 After updating to Storage Center version 6.7.4, Data Progression, Data Compression, and RAID Rebalance operations may stop working without warning. CQ00499176 CT-SC040 controllers may issue event alerts and reset due to a system size memory allocation issue. Fixed Issues in Version 6.7.4 The following table summarizes the issues fixed in Storage Center 6.7.4.
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Fixed Issues in Version 6.7.2 The following summarizes the issues fixed in Storage Center 6.7.2. Issue Description CQ00489757 Web services under a sustained heavy workload may fail to restart resulting in a loss of access to the Storage Center management interface. CQ00486609 CQ00486531 Controllers may report increased memory usage due to improper release of sockets.
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Issue Description CQ00471760 Security vulnerability can occur due to a minor NTP vulnerability in processing remote configuration packets referenced in SA-15:07. Security: CVE-2014-9293, CVE-2014-9294, Security: CVE-2014-9295, CVE-2014-9296, Security: FreeBSD-SA-14:31.ntp. CQ00471380 Enabling additional debug logging on iSCSI IO cards may lead to server connectivity issues on other controller front-end ports.
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Issue Description CQ00306149 In rare cases, a RAID device may not be degraded properly when a second write failure is reported for the same device. Known Issues The following sections summarize the known issues that may affect Storage Center operations. Known Storage Center Issues The following table lists known issues in Storage Center 6.7.
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Issue Description CQ00304203 High traffic on a 1Gb PCIe iSCSI IO card may cause connectivity issues. Known Vendor Issues The following table lists vendor issues found with Storage Center 6.7 Issue Description CQ00489134 Storage Center servers running RedHat version 7.1 may experience resets. Workaround: Use the latest recommended version of RedHat. See the Dell Storage Compatibility Matrix. CQ00481040 Emulex OCx1410x iSCSI adapters do not function correctly with Storage Center 6.7.
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Updating Software on Storage Center Controllers Storage Center 6.7 supports controller models SC9000, SC8000, SC4020, and CT-SC040. To update Storage Center: ● The Storage Center must be running Storage Center 6.4.5 or later to perform a Phone Home/SupportAssist update to Storage Center 6.7. This update may require network firewall changes to maintain the transition between Phone Home (Storage Center 6.5 and earlier) and SupportAssist (Storage Center 6.6 and later).
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