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IBM Fusion HCI support matrix table provides a comprehensive reference to help you understand the compatibility of data services in your version of the IBM Fusion HCI System with the supported Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform.
| IBM Fusion HCI and services | OpenShift versions | ||||||
| IBM Fusion HCI 2.12.0* | 4.20 | 4.19 | 4.18 | 4.17 | 4.16 | 4.15 and 4.14 (support discontinued) | |
| Global Data Platform 5.2.3.4 |  | |  | | | ||
| Global Data Platform Remote Mount 6.0.0.1 | | | | | | ||
| Fusion Data Foundation | | | | | | ||
| Backup & Restore | | | | | | ||
| Data Cataloging | | | | | | ||
Content-Aware Storage (CAS) | | | | | | ||
| IBM Fusion HCI 2.11.1 | NA | 4.19 | 4.18 | 4.17 | 4.16 | 4.15 | 4.14 |
| Global Data Platform 5.2.3.3 | | | | | | | |
| Fusion Data Foundation | | | | | NA | NA | |
| Backup & Restore | | | | | | | |
| Data Cataloging | | | | | | | |
Content-Aware Storage (CAS) | | | | | | | |
| IBM Fusion HCI 2.11 | NA | 4.19 | 4.18 | 4.17 | 4.16 | 4.15 | 4.14 |
| Global Data Platform 5.2.3.0 | | | | | | | |
| Fusion Data Foundation | | | | | NA | NA | |
| Backup & Restore | | | | | | | |
| Data Cataloging | | | | | | | |
Content-Aware Storage (CAS) | | | | | | | |
| IBM Fusion HCI 2.10 | NA | 4.18 | 4.17 | 4.16 | 4.15 | 4.14 | 4.12 (support discontinued) |
| Global Data Platform 5.2.3.0 | | | | | | ||
| Fusion Data Foundation | | | | NA | NA | ||
| Backup & Restore | | | | | | ||
| Data Cataloging | | | | | | ||
Content-Aware Storage (CAS) | | | | | | ||
| IBM Fusion HCI 2.9 | NA | NA | NA | | | | |
| Global Data Platform 5.2.1.x | | | | | |||
| Fusion Data Foundation | | NA | NA | NA | |||
| Backup & Restore | | | | | |||
| Data Cataloging | | | | | |||
| IBM Fusion HCI 2.8.2 | NA | NA | NA | | | | |
| Global Data Platform 5.2.0.1 | | | | | |||
| Fusion Data Foundation | | NA | NA | NA | |||
| Backup & Restore | | | | | |||
| Data Cataloging | | | | | |||
| IBM Fusion HCI 2.8.1 | NA | NA | NA | | | | |
| Global Data Platform 5.2.0.1 | | | | | |||
| Fusion Data Foundation | | NA | NA | NA | |||
| Backup & Restore | | | | | |||
| Data Cataloging | | | | | |||
| IBM Fusion HCI 2.8.0 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | | |
| Global Data Platform 5.2.0.0 | | | | ||||
| Fusion Data Foundation | NA | NA | NA | ||||
| Backup & Restore | | | | ||||
| Data Cataloging | | | | ||||
Notes:
* IBM recommends Fusion HCI clients to upgrade to the latest version of code. To upgrade to the latest level for IBM Fusion HCI, see Upgrade IBM Fusion HCI Systems.
For supported IBM Cloud Paks versions in IBM Fusion HCI 2.12.0, see IBM Cloud Paks support for IBM Fusion HCI.
For supported IBM Maximo versions in IBM Fusion HCI 2.12.0, see IBM Maxmio support for IBM Fusion HCI.
For the interoperatability matrix for multi-cluster IBM Fusion HCI using Hosted Control Plane, see Interoperability matrix.
From IBM Fusion HCI 2.9 release onwards, IBM Fusion HCI base cluster can be used with any of the four distributions of OpenShift®: Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Engine (OVE), OpenShift Kubernetes Engine (OKE), OpenShift Container Platform, or OpenShift Platform Plus (OPP).
For IBM Storage Scale software requirement levels, see IBM Storage Scale documentation.
Compatibility matrix for versions lower than 2.8.0:
IBM Fusion HCI Systems | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform | IBM Storage Scale | Fusion Data Foundation | Backup & Restore | Data Cataloging | Node firmware | High-speed switches firmware | Management switches firmware | Spine switches firmware |
| 2.9 | 2.8.0 | 5.6.0 | 4.3.0 | 5.6.0 | |||||
| 4.16 | 5.2.1.1 | 4.16 | 2.9 | 2.1.8 | |||||
| 4.15 | 5.2.1.1 | NA | 2.9 | Not supported | |||||
| 4.14 | 5.2.1.1 | NA | 2.9 | 2.1.8 | |||||
| 4.12 | NA | Not Supported | Not Supported | Not Supported | |||||
| 2.8.2 | 2.8.0 | 5.6.0 | 4.3.0 | 5.6.0 | |||||
| 4.16 | Not Supported | 4.16 | 2.8.2 | 2.1.7 | |||||
| 4.15 | 5.2.0.1 | NA | 2.8.2 | Not Supported | |||||
| 4.14 | 5.2.0.1 | NA | 2.8.2 | 2.1.7 | |||||
| 4.12 | Not Supported | NA | Not Supported | Not Supported | |||||
| 2.8.1 | 2.8.0 | 5.6.0 | 4.3.0 | 5.6.0 | |||||
| 4.16 | Not Supported | 4.16 | 2.8.1 | 2.1.7 | |||||
| 4.15 | 5.2.0.1 | NA | 2.8.1 | Not Supported | |||||
| 4.14 | 5.2.0.1 | NA | 2.8.1 | 2.1.7 | |||||
| 4.12 | Not Supported | NA | 2.8.1 | Not Supported | |||||
| 2.8.0 | 2.8.0 | 5.6.0 | 4.3.0 | 5.6.0 | |||||
| 4.15 | 5.2.0.0 | NA | 2.8.0 | Not Supported | |||||
| 4.14 | 5.2.0.0 | NA | 2.8.0 | 2.1.6 | |||||
| 4.12 | Not Supported | NA | 2.8.0 | 2.1.6 | |||||
| 2.7.2 | 4.12, 4.14 | 5.1.9.1 | NA | 2.7.2 | 2.1.5 | 2.7.0 | 5.6.0 | 4.3.0 | 5.6.0 |
| 2.7.1 | 4.12, 4.14 | 5.1.9.1 | NA | 2.7.1 | 2.1.4 | 2.7.0 | 5.6.0 | 4.3.0 | 5.6.0 |
| 2.6.1 | 4.10 and 4.12 | 5.1.7 efix | NA | 2.6.1 | 2.1.2 | 2.6.0 | 5.1.0 | 4.3.0 | 5.1.0 |
| 2.5.2 | 4.10 | 5.1.7 | NA | 2.5.2 | 2.1.1 | 2.5.0 | 5.1.0 | 4.3.0 | 5.1.0 |
| 2.4 | 4.10 | 5.1.6 | NA | NA | 2.0.5.2 | 2.4.0 | 5.1.0 | 4.3.0 | Not applicable |
| 2.3 | 4.10 | 5.1.5 | NA | NA | 2.0.5 | 2.3.0 | 5.1.0 | 4.3.0 | Not applicable |
| 2.2.1 | 4.8 | 5.1.3.1 | NA | NA | 2.0.4.5 | 2.1.0 | 4.3.0 | 4.3.0 | Not applicable |
| 2.2< | 4.8 | 5.1.3 | NA | NA | 2.0.4.5 | 2.1.0 | 4.3.0 | 4.3.0 | Not applicable |
| 2.1.2 | 4.8 | Not applicable | NA | NA | NA | 2.1.0 | 4.3.0 | 4.3.0 | Not applicable |
| 2.1 | 4.7 | Not applicable | NA | NA | NA | 2.1.0 | 4.3.0 | 4.3.0 | Not applicable |
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