Updates in previous versions

This table describes the technical changes and important updates that were made in previous versions.

Version 8, Release 5.0.5

Table 1. Updates for Version 8.5.0.5
Function		Description
Updates to this content include editorial and quality fixes and other minor changes that were identified between releases.

Version 8, Release 5.0.2

Table 2. Updates for Version 8.5.0.2
Function	Description
Updates to this content include editorial and quality fixes and other minor changes that were identified between releases.

Version 8, Release 5.0

Table 3. Updates for Version 8.5.0
Function	Description
Support for FlashSystem 7300 system	Overview FlashSystem 7300 system overview FlashCore Modules IBM Storage Expert Care Planning SAS expansion enclosure requirements Environmental requirements Planning control enclosure cache memory Installing Installing Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Removing and replacing a boot drive Problem: Cannot initialize or create a clustered system Problem: SAS cabling not valid Reference Control enclosure replaceable units Control enclosure indicators Power supply units and indicators Replaceable parts for the 5U expansion enclosure Removing and replacing the node canister battery
Support for 100 Gbps adapter	Overview FlashSystem 7300 system overview Hosts Planning Network cable connections worksheet Planning for 100 Gbps Ethernet adapters Connections for control enclosures Configuring Node configuration details iSCSI configuration details for host connections Configuring a system to use RDMA-capable Ethernet ports for node-to-node communications Open-systems hosts Migrating Migrating from Fibre Channel connections to RDMA over Ethernet connections between nodes Administrating Managing nodes that use RDMA-capable Ethernet ports Troubleshooting iSCSI performance analysis and tuning Debugging iSCSI backend sessions Ethernet iSCSI host-link problems Resolving problems with IP partnerships Command-line interface chhost mkhost
Support for multifactor authentication and single sign-on	Overview Multifactor authentication Single Sign-on User roles Planning Supported authentication providers Configuring Configuring multifactor authentication with IBM Security Verify Configuring user groups for multifactor authentication with IBM Security Verify Adding local users to IBM Security Verify Adding remote users to IBM Security Verify Configuring single sign-on Configuring user groups for single sign-on Configuring user authentication Administrating Changing user groups Changing the failmode parameter for multifactor authentication Managing proxy server for SSO login Changing MFA credentials of system Changing SSO credentials of system Troubleshooting Recover system procedure Restoring the system configuration Backing up and restoring the system configuration Command-line interface lsauthmultifactorverify chauthmultifactorverify lscurrentuser lsuser mkusergrp chusergrp lsservicestatus lssecurity chsecurity chsra resetpassword setpwdreset
Support for NVMe host attachment over RDMA	Overview Hosts Configuring Configuring host objects Host attachment NVMe over RDMA host attachments Command-line interface lsnvmefabric mkhost lshost chhost lshostclustermember addhostport
Support for Fibre Channel portsets	Overview Portsets Fibre channel portset Configuring Configuring Fibre Channel portsets Administrating Managing portsets Deleting a portset Troubleshooting Resolving a problem with blocked Fibre Channel login Command-line interface lsfcportsetmember addfcportsetmember rmfcportsetmember lsportset lsfabric lstargetportfc mkportset rmportset chhost mkhost lshost
Support for I/O stats in microseconds	Overview Performance statistics Command-line interface lssystemstats lsnodecanisterstats
Support for domain names for IP replication	Overview IP partnerships Configuring Creating partnerships for Metro Mirror configurations Creating partnerships for HyperSwap configurations Configuring IP replication Creating remote-copy partnerships Command-line interface lspartnership mkippartnership chpartnership
Support for IBM Spectrum Virtualize 3-Site Orchestrator version 4.0	Planning Installing IBM Spectrum Virtualize 3-Site Orchestrator Administrating Reverting a 3-site consistency group to a 2-site consistency group Removing and reverting relationship from 3-site consistency group Updating IBM Spectrum Virtualize 3-Site Orchestrator installation package Adding a HyperSwap relationship with data to 3-site consistency group Adding a HyperSwap relationship to an existing 3-site consistency group Adding a Metro Mirror relationship to an existing 3-site consistency group Adding a Metro Mirror relationship with data to a 3-site consistency group Troubleshooting Recovering from an orchestrator system failure in Metro Mirror configurations Recovering from an orchestrator system failure in HyperSwap configurations Command-line interface convertrcrelationship ls3sitercrelationship ls3siteconfig
Support for increased number of host per I/O group	Configuring Logical unit numbers for Fibre Channel ports Troubleshooting Fibre Channel host configuration guidelines Command-line interface mkhost
Support for 48 NVMe drives per distributed RAID-6 array	Overview Distributed RAID array properties Array configurations Planning Planning for array configurations Administrating Expanding an MDisk in a distributed array Command-line interface lsarrayrecommendation lspotentialarraysize mkdistributedarray
Improved distributed RAID array recommendations	Overview Distributed RAID array properties Array configurations Administrating Expanding an MDisk in a distributed array
Support for secure boot drives	Servicing Removing and replacing the Trusted Platform Module Resolving a problem with dual boot drives Troubleshooting Resolving a problem with failure to boot
Support for certificate chains	Configuring Configuring secure communications Administrating Requesting and installing a signed certificate
Improved default time for updates	Updating Updating the system software Updating the software automatically using the CLI
Updates to OpenStack support summary	OpenStack support summary