Compatibility of the Global Data Platform and Fusion Data Foundation storage services with OpenShift® Container Platform in IBM Storage Fusion HCI System single rack, multi-rack, and expansion rack
configurations.
Multi rack with Global Data Platform
The following table shows the compatibility matrix for
Global Data Platform in a multi rack for
IBM Storage Fusion HCI System.
Table 1. Global Data Platform version
support on IBM Storage Fusion HCI System
| Phase |
Fresh installation |
Node upsize |
Disk upsize |
Remote mount |
Scale support for rack failure tolerance |
| Expansion rack |
- Require a minimum of 6 storage nodes
- A new RG gets created
|
Any number of Compute-Storage or client nodes like GPU, Compute, and AFM |
Even number of disks with the same capacity can only be up sized |
Supported from 2.8.1 release onwards |
Not supported |
Multi rack with Fusion Data Foundation
The following table shows the compatibility matrix for
Fusion Data Foundation in a multi rack for
IBM Storage Fusion HCI System.
Table 2. Fusion Data Foundation version support on IBM Storage Fusion HCI System
| Phase |
Fusion Data Foundation provider mode |
Fusion Data Foundation Provider mode failure domain
tolerance |
Disk upsize |
| HA rack |
Supported |
Rack |
Supported |
| Expansion rack |
Supported |
Node |
Supported |