Unsupported Releases¶

HPE supports up to three historic minor releases on supported versions of upstream and downstream Kubernetes. Releases are kept here for historic purposes.

Unsupported Releases

HPE CSI Driver for Kubernetes 2.4.0¶

Release highlights:

Kubernetes 1.27 and 1.28 support
KubeVirt and OpenShift Virtualization support for Nimble/Alletra 5000/6000
Enhanced scheduling for the NFS Server Provisioner
Multiarch images (Linux ARM64/AMD64) for the CSI driver components and Alletra 9000 CSP
Major updates to SIG Storage images

Upgrade considerations:

Existing claims provisioned with the NFS Server Provisioner needs to be upgraded.

Kubernetes	1.25-1.28¹
Helm Chart	v2.4.0 on ArtifactHub
Operators	v2.4.0 on OperatorHub v2.4.0 via OpenShift console
Worker OS	RHEL² 7.x, 8.x, 9.x, RHCOS 4.12-4.14 Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, 22.04 SLES 15 SP3, SP4, SP5
Platforms³	Alletra OS 9000 9.3.x - 9.5.x Alletra OS 5000/6000 6.0.0.x - 6.1.1.x Nimble OS 5.0.10.x, 5.2.1.x, 6.0.0.x, 6.1.2.x Primera OS 4.3.x - 4.5.x 3PAR OS 3.3.x
Data protocols	Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Filesystems	XFS, ext3/ext4, btrfs, NFSv4^*
Release notes	v2.4.0 on GitHub
Blogs	Introduction to new workload paradigms with HPE CSI Driver for Kubernetes

^* = The HPE CSI Driver for Kubernetes is a block storage driver primarily. It includes an NFS Server Provisioner that allows "ReadWriteMany" PersistentVolumeClaims.
¹ = For HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise, SUSE Rancher, Mirantis Kubernetes Engine and others; Kubernetes clusters must be deployed within the currently supported range of "Worker OS" platforms listed in the above table. See partner ecosystems for other variations. Lowest tested and known working version is Kubernetes 1.21.
² = The HPE CSI Driver will recognize CentOS, AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux as RHEL derives and they are supported by HPE.
³ = Learn about each data platform's team support commitment.

HPE CSI Driver for Kubernetes 2.3.0¶

Release highlights:

Introducing HPE Alletra 5000
Security updates
Support for Kubernetes 1.25-1.26 and Red Hat OpenShift 4.11-4.12
Support for SLES 15 SP4, RHEL 9.1 and Ubuntu 22.04

Upgrade considerations:

Existing claims provisioned with the NFS Server Provisioner needs to be upgraded.

Kubernetes	1.23-1.26¹
Helm Chart	v2.3.0 on ArtifactHub
Operators	v2.3.0 on OperatorHub v2.3.0 via OpenShift console
Worker OS	RHEL² 7.x, 8.x, 9.x, RHCOS 4.10-4.12 Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, 22.04 SLES 15 SP2, SP3, SP4
Platforms³	Alletra OS 5000/6000 6.0.0.x - 6.1.1.x Alletra OS 9000 9.3.x - 9.5.x Nimble OS 5.0.10.x, 5.2.1.x, 6.0.0.x, 6.1.1.x Primera OS 4.3.x - 4.5.x 3PAR OS 3.3.x
Data protocol	Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Release notes	v2.3.0 on GitHub
Blogs	Support and security updates for HPE CSI Driver for Kubernetes (release blog)

¹ = For HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise, SUSE Rancher, Mirantis Kubernetes Engine and others; Kubernetes clusters must be deployed within the currently supported range of "Worker OS" platforms listed in the above table. See partner ecosystems for other variations. Lowest tested and known working version is Kubernetes 1.21.
² = The HPE CSI Driver will recognize CentOS, AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux as RHEL derives and they are supported by HPE. ³ = Learn about each data platform's team support commitment.

HPE CSI Driver for Kubernetes 2.2.0¶

Release highlights:

Support for Kubernetes 1.24 and Red Hat OpenShift 4.10
Added Tolerations, Affinity, Labels and Node Selectors to Helm chart
Improved automatic recovery for the NFS Server Provisioner
Added multipath handling for Alletra 9000, Primera and 3PAR
Volume expansion of encrypted volumes

Upgrade considerations:

Existing encrypted volumes needs to be migrated to allow expansion
Existing claims provisioned with the NFS Server Provisioner needs to be upgraded.

Kubernetes	1.21-1.24¹
Helm Chart	v2.2.0 on ArtifactHub
Operators	v2.2.1 on OperatorHub v2.2.1 via OpenShift console
Worker OS	RHEL² 7.x & 8.x, RHCOS 4.8 & 4.10 Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04 & 20.04 SLES 15 SP2
Platforms	Alletra OS 6000 6.0.0.x - 6.1.0.x Alletra OS 9000 9.3.x - 9.5.x Nimble OS 5.0.10.x, 5.2.1.x, 6.0.0.x, 6.1.0.x Primera OS 4.3.x - 4.5.x 3PAR OS 3.3.x
Data protocol	Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Release notes	v2.2.0 on GitHub
Blogs	Updates and Improvements to HPE CSI Driver for Kubernetes (release blog)

¹ = For HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise, SUSE Rancher, Mirantis Kubernetes Engine and others; Kubernetes clusters must be deployed within the currently supported range of "Worker OS" platforms listed in the above table. See partner ecosystems for other variations.
² = The HPE CSI Driver will recognize CentOS, AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux as RHEL derives and they are supported by HPE.

HPE CSI Driver for Kubernetes 2.1.1¶

Release highlights:

Support for Kubernetes 1.23
Upstream CSI sidecar updates
Improved LUN discoverability in certain environments

Kubernetes	1.20-1.23¹
Worker OS	CentOS and RHEL 7.x & 8.x, RHCOS 4.6 & 4.8, Ubuntu 18.04 & 20.04, SLES 15 SP2
Data protocol	Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Platforms	Alletra OS 6000 6.0.0.x Alletra OS 9000 9.4.x Nimble OS 5.0.10.x, 5.1.4.200-x, 5.2.1.x, 5.3.0.x, 5.3.1.x, 6.0.0.x Primera OS 4.3.x, 4.4.x 3PAR OS 3.3.2
Release notes	v2.1.1 on GitHub

¹ = For HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise, Rancher and Mirantis Kubernetes Engine; Kubernetes clusters must be deployed within the currently supported range of "Worker OS" platforms listed in the above table. See partner ecosystems for other variations.

HPE CSI Driver for Kubernetes 2.1.0¶

Release highlights:

Prometheus exporters
Support for Red Hat OCP 4.8
Support for Kubernetes 1.22
Reliability/Stability enhancements
- Peer Persistence Remote Copy enhancements
- Volume Mutator enhancements
- Logging enhancements

Kubernetes	1.20-1.22¹
Worker OS	CentOS and RHEL 7.x & 8.x, RHCOS 4.6 & 4.8, Ubuntu 18.04 & 20.04, SLES 15 SP2
Data protocol	Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Platforms	Alletra OS 6000 6.0.0.x Alletra OS 9000 9.3.x, 9.4.x Nimble OS 5.0.10.x, 5.1.4.200-x, 5.2.1.x, 5.3.0.x, 5.3.1.x, 6.0.0.x Primera OS 4.0.x, 4.1.x, 4.2.x, 4.3.x, 4.4.x 3PAR OS 3.3.1, 3.3.2
Release notes	v2.1.0 on GitHub
Blogs	HPE CSI Driver enhancements with monitoring and alerting (release blog) Get started with Prometheus and Grafana and HPE Storage Array Exporter (tutorial)

¹ = For HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise, Rancher and Mirantis Kubernetes Engine; Kubernetes clusters must be deployed within the currently supported range of "Worker OS" platforms listed in the above table. See partner ecosystems for other variations.

HPE CSI Driver for Kubernetes 2.0.0¶

Release highlights:

Support for HPE Alletra 5000/6000 and 9000
Host-based volume encryption
Multitenancy for HPE Alletra 5000/6000 and Nimble Storage

Kubernetes	1.18-1.21¹
Worker OS	CentOS and RHEL 7.x & 8.x, RHCOS 4.6, Ubuntu 18.04 & 20.04, SLES 15 SP2
Data protocol	Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Platforms	Alletra OS 6000 6.0.0.x Alletra OS 9000 9.3.0 Nimble OS 5.0.10.x, 5.1.4.200-x, 5.2.1.x, 5.3.0.x, 5.3.1.x, 6.0.0.x Primera OS 4.0.x, 4.1.x, 4.2.x, 4.3.x 3PAR OS 3.3.1, 3.3.2
Release notes	v2.0.0 on GitHub
Blogs	HPE CSI Driver for Kubernetes now available for HPE Alletra (release blog) Multitenancy for Kubernetes clusters using HPE Alletra 5000/6000 and Nimble (tutorial) Host-based Volume Encryption with HPE CSI Driver for Kubernetes (tutorial)

¹ = For HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise, Rancher and Mirantis Kubernetes Engine; Kubernetes clusters must be deployed within the currently supported range of "Worker OS" platforms listed in the above table. See partner ecosystems for other variations.

HPE CSI Driver for Kubernetes 1.4.0¶

Release highlights:

Kubernetes CSI Sidecars: Volume Group Provisioner and Volume Group Snapshotter
NFS Server Provisioner GA
HPE Primera Remote Copy Peer Persistence support
Air-gap support for the Helm chart

Kubernetes	1.17-1.20¹
Worker OS	CentOS and RHEL 7.7 & 8.1, RHCOS 4.4 & 4.6, Ubuntu 18.04 & 20.04, SLES 15 SP1
Data protocol	Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Platforms	NimbleOS 5.0.10.0-x, 5.1.4.200-x, 5.2.1.0-x, 5.3.0.0-x, 5.3.1.0-x 3PAR OS 3.3.1+ Primera OS 4.0+
Release notes	v1.4.0 on GitHub
Blogs	HPE CSI Driver for Kubernetes v1.4.0 now available! (release blog) Synchronized Volume Snapshots for Distributed Workloads on Kubernetes (tutorial)

¹ = For HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise, Rancher and Mirantis Kubernetes Engine; Kubernetes clusters must be deployed within the currently supported range of "Worker OS" platforms listed in the above table. See partner ecosystems for other variations.

HPE CSI Driver/Operator for Kubernetes 1.3.0¶

Release highlights:

Kubernetes CSI Sidecar: Volume Mutator
Broader ecosystem support
Native iSCSI CHAP configuration

Kubernetes	1.15-1.18¹
Worker OS	CentOS 7.6, RHEL 7.6, RHCOS 4.3-4.4, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04
Data protocol	Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Platforms	NimbleOS 5.0.10.x, 5.1.4.200-x, 5.2.1.x, 5.3.0.x 3PAR OS 3.3.1 Primera OS 4.0.0, 4.1.0, 4.2.0²
Release notes	v1.3.0 on GitHub
Blogs	Around The Storage Block (release) HPE DEV (Remote copy peer persistence tutorial) HPE DEV (Introducing the volume mutator)

¹ = For HPE Ezmeral Container Platform and Rancher; Kubernetes clusters must be deployed within the currently supported range of "Worker OS" platforms listed in the above table. See partner ecosystems for other variations.
² = Only FC is supported on Primera OS prior to 4.2.0.

HPE CSI Driver for Kubernetes 1.2.0¶

Release highlights: Support for raw block volumes and inline ephemeral volumes. NFS Server Provisioner in Tech Preview (beta).

Kubernetes	1.14-1.18
Worker OS	CentOS 7.6, RHEL 7.6, RHCOS 4.2-4.3, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04
Data protocol	Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Platforms	NimbleOS 5.0.10.x, 5.1.3.1000-x, 5.1.4.200-x, 5.2.1.x 3PAR OS 3.3.1 Primera OS 4.0.0, 4.1.0 (FC only)
Release notes	v1.2.0 on GitHub
Blogs	Around The Storage Block (release) HPE DEV (tutorial for raw block and inline volumes) Around The Storage Block (NFS Server Provisioner) HPE DEV (tutorial for NFS)

HPE CSI Driver for Kubernetes 1.1.1¶

Release highlights: Support for HPE 3PAR and Primera Container Storage Provider.

Kubernetes	1.13-1.17
Worker OS	CentOS 7.6, RHEL 7.6, RHCOS 4.2-4.3, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04
Data protocol	Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Platforms	NimbleOS 5.0.8.x, 5.1.3.x, 5.1.4.x 3PAR OS 3.3.1 Primera OS 4.0.0, 4.1.0 (FC only)
Release notes	N/A
Blogs	HPE Storage Tech Insiders (release), HPE DEV (tutorial for "primera3par" CSP)

HPE CSI Driver for Kubernetes 1.1.0¶

Release highlights: Broader ecosystem support, official support for CSI snapshots and volume resize.

Kubernetes	1.13-1.17
Worker OS	CentOS 7.6, RHEL 7.6, RHCOS 4.2-4.3, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04
Data protocol	Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Platforms	NimbleOS 5.0.8.x, 5.1.3.x, 5.1.4.x
Release notes	v1.1.0 on GitHub
Blogs	HPE Storage Tech Insiders (release), HPE DEV (snapshots, clones, resize)

HPE CSI Driver for Kubernetes 1.0.0¶

Release highlights: Initial GA release with support for Dynamic Provisioning.

Kubernetes	1.13-1.17
Worker OS	CentOS 7.6, RHEL 7.6, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04
Data protocol	Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Platforms	NimbleOS 5.0.8.x, 5.1.3.x, 5.1.4.x
Release notes	v1.0.0 on GitHub
Blogs	HPE Storage Tech Insiders (release), HPE DEV (architecture and introduction)