From 18a7f1ce5e7b460b6aab0e7b51aeba2b6b0c66ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Goutham Pacha Ravi Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 03:08:39 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] [config-ref] Call out deprecation of NetApp 7-mode driver The 7-mode configuration of NetApp ONTAP storage systems is now marked for limited support by the vendor. It's support in the block storage service has been marked deprecated [1][2]. Call out this fact in the configuration reference. [1] http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2016-November/106690.html [2] I181e6be45c358c3d8b81b7a2cde2e1eb4ef50d92 Closes-Bug: #1639849 Change-Id: Ic72cf07c02cd9caa9f9eb7e012718680e070b9ba --- .../drivers/netapp-volume-driver.rst | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/config-reference/source/block-storage/drivers/netapp-volume-driver.rst b/doc/config-reference/source/block-storage/drivers/netapp-volume-driver.rst index 540ecfb500..8c9313783d 100644 --- a/doc/config-reference/source/block-storage/drivers/netapp-volume-driver.rst +++ b/doc/config-reference/source/block-storage/drivers/netapp-volume-driver.rst @@ -17,6 +17,19 @@ accessing and storing data using the storage protocol on the storage family system. The NetApp unified driver is an extensible interface that can support new storage families and protocols. +.. important:: + + The NetApp unified driver in cinder currently provides integration for + two major generations of the ONTAP operating system: the current + clustered ONTAP and the legacy 7-mode. NetApp’s full support for + 7-mode ended in August of 2015 and the current limited support period + will end in February of 2017. + + The 7-mode components of the cinder NetApp unified driver have now been + marked deprecated and will be removed in the Queens release. This will + apply to all three protocols currently supported in this driver: iSCSI, + FC and NFS. + .. note:: With the Juno release of OpenStack, Block Storage has @@ -326,6 +339,11 @@ as such does not require any additional management software to achieve the desired functionality. It uses NetApp ONTAPI to interact with the Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode storage system. + +.. important:: + Support for 7-mode configuration has been deprecated in the Ocata release + and will be removed in the Queens release of OpenStack. + **Configuration options** Configure the volume driver, storage family, and storage protocol to the NetApp