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Contents About this document 5 Release highlights for HCP 8.1 5 Release highlights for HCP 8.0 9 Related documents 13 Upgrade notes 15 Considerations for cross-release replication 16 Supported limits 17 Supported clients and platforms 21 Windows clients 22 Unix clients 22 Browsers 23 Client operating systems for HCP Data Migrator 23 Platforms for HCP-VM 24 Third-party integrations 25 HSwift tools 25 HS3 tools 25 Mail servers 26 NDMP backup applications 26 Windows Active Directory 26 RADIUS protocols 27 Supported hardware 27 Supported servers 27 Server memory 28 Supported storage platforms 28 Supported back-end switches 28 Fibre Channel switches 29 Fibre Channel host bus adapters 29 Issues resolved in 8.1 patch releases 29 Contents 3 HCP 8.1 Release Notes Issues resolved in release 8.1 31 Issues resolved in release 8.0 35 Issues with workarounds 39 Other known issues 47 Accessing product documentation 57 Getting help 57 Comments 58 4 Contents HCP 8.1 Release Notes About this document This document contains release notes for release 8.1 of Hitachi Content Platform (HCP). It describes new features, product documentation, and known issues, and provides other useful information about this release of the product. Note: Throughout this document, the word Unix is used to represent all UNIX-like operating systems (such as UNIX® itself or Linux®), except where Linux is specifically required. Release highlights for HCP 8.1 Release 8.1 of HCP fixes issues found in release 8.0 and earlier releases. Patch-level software updates As of release 8.1, HCP will make fixes to critical bugs found by customers and overall system quality improvements widely available in the form of software patches. An HCP system can be upgraded to any patch-level software release from release 7.0 or later. Encrypted ranged-read optimizations Release 8.1 of HCP improves the performance of ranged-read requests on objects tiered to encrypted storage pools with Amazon S3, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, the S3 compatible API, and NFS. Replication encryption updates HCP release 8.1 improves replication security by enabling encryption on replication links by default. Hitachi API for Amazon S3 bulk delete New with release 8.1 of HCP, you can use the HTTP POST method to delete multiple objects in a bucket with the S3 compatible API. 5 HCP 8.1 Release Notes Release highlights for HCP 8.1 For information on how to delete multiple objects with the S3 compatible API, see Using the Hitachi API for Amazon S3. S3 compatible retention headers With release 8.1 of HCP, you can set object retention values and perform privileged deletes on objects with the S3 compatible API. For information on how to use S3 compatible retention headers, see Using the Hitachi API for Amazon S3. S3 compatible GET bucket v2 Release 8.1 of HCP supports GET bucket v2 operations using the S3 compatible API. With this added support, you can use the HTTP GET method to list the contents of a bucket with v2 of the S3 compatible API. For information on how to use GET bucket v2 operations with the S3 compatible API, see Using the Hitachi API for Amazon S3. VMware ESXi 6.5 U1 support As of release 8.1 of HCP, HCP software can be deployed on virtual machines in VMware ESXi 6.5 U1 environments. For information on how to deploy and configure HCP virtual machines in VMware ESXi 6.5 U1 environments, see Deploying an HCP-VM System on ESXi. HCP-VM management port network With release 8.1 of HCP, a separate management port network can be configured on HCP-VM systems, which can be used to isolate management access from client access. For more information about the HCP-VM management port network, see Deploying an HCP-VM System on ESXi. For information on how to configure the management port network using the System Management Console, see Administering HCP. Signal monitoring enhancements HCP release 8.1 expands the signaling capabilities of HCP, which allows HCP nodes and services to be monitored and examined more effectively. This feature also allows you to use the HCP management API to retrieve statistics regarding the nodes in your HCP system and statistics regarding the services used by your HCP system. 6 HCP 8.1 Release Notes Release highlights for HCP 8.1 For information on how to use the management API to retrieve node statistics and service statistics, see HCP Management API Reference. BMC/BIOS firmware updates Release 8.1 of HCP updates the BMC Firmware Revision to 3.66.00 and updates the BIOS Version to S2B_3B10.07. VMware vSAN support Release 8.1 of HCP provides support for VMware vSAN 6.5 in VMware environments. Resolution of cross-site scripting vulnerabilities HCP release 8.1 includes security updates regarding persisted cross-site scripting, reflected cross-site scripting, and cross-site request forgery. Documentation for configuring HCP as a CIFS Vault Store Partition within EV Release 8.1 of HCP provides new documentation on how to create an HCP Vault Store Partition within Veritas Enterprise Vault using the CIFS namespace access protocol. For more information on this and other configurations using CIFS, see HCP Streamer Adapter for Veritas Enterprise Vault v1.4.4 User Guide. Dedicated database volume for HCP-VM New with HCP release 8.1, you can optionally configure a dedicated database volume for an HCP-VM system if each virtual machine is configured with three or more data disks, at least one of which is greater than 50 GB. By configuring a dedicated database volume for an HCP-VM system, you can separate the storage of user data and metadata from the HCP database. For information on how to configure a dedicated database volume for an HCP-VM system, see Deploying an HCP-VM System on ESXi. Windows 10 CIFS validation As of release 8.1 of HCP, Windows 10 can be used for CIFS ingest. SSD expansion support With HCP release 8.1, you can expand SSD drive capacity in an HCP system by using the HCP Service Menu. 7 HCP 8.1 Release Notes Release highlights for HCP 8.1 AD cipher support expansion With release 8.1 of HCP, you can integrate HCP into Active Directory environments that permit the use of only AES-128 and AES-256 Kerberos authentication with AD.