New and Changed Information for this Release

New and Changed Information for this Release

The following table provides an overview of the significant changes to this guide for this current release. The table does not provide an exhaustive list of all changes made to this guide or of all new features in this release.

Feature

Description

Release/Date Added

Where Documented

Cisco HyperFlex HTML5 Plugin for VMware vCenter Update

HTML Plugin Version 2.1.0 includes:

  • Snapshot Scheduler 1

  • iSCSI Management 2

  • Nodes and Disk View

  • Virtual Machines Summary

  • Events and Tasks

  • VLAN Creation

  • Rename Cluster

  • HyperFlex Stretched Clusters

  • Support for VMware vCenter Linked Mode

April 27, 2021

Cisco HyperFlex vCenter Plugin

Cisco HyperFlex HTML plug-in for VMWare vCenter plug-in

The HTML5 plug-in update replaces the flash version, runs natively from vCenter, and supports vCenter versions 6.5U2 and later.

October 29, 2020

Cisco HyperFlex HTML5 Plugin for VMware vCenter

Protected Virtual Machine Scalability

Highlighted scales on number of virtual machines supported per cluster.

4.0(2a)

Replication and Recovery Considerations

Cisco HyperFlex HTML plug-in for VMWare vCenter plug-in

Allows you to launch HyperFlex Connect from the vSphere Client and perform management actions in the HyperFlex UI.

4.0(2a)

Cisco HyperFlex vCenter Plugin

No Cluster Shutdown

Cluster no longer shuts down when data is no longer available due to any node/disk failure. Cluster recovers automatically when the resources are available again.

4.0(2a)

HX Data Platform Cluster Tolerated Failures

Recovery Settings

Provision to define the existing resources and connections of the network as recovery settings. So that, the resources mapping defined in the recovery settings is used to return the network to a known working state during recovery or test recovery.

4.0(2a)

Configuring the Recovery Settings

Boost Mode

Allows the HyperFlex cluster to deliver higher IOPS

4.0(2a)

Boost Mode

Other DRO Protection

Provision to protect VMs using SRM through disaster recovery orchestrator (DRO).

4.0(1a)

Storage Replication Adapter

Provision to configure SRA and execute SRA workflows.

4.0(1a)

Audit Logging

Support for configuring Audit Logging.

4.0(1a)

Logging in to HX Data Platform Interfaces

1 This feature is supported in Cisco HyperFlex Release 4.5(x) and later.
2 This feature is supported in Cisco HyperFlex Release 4.5(x) and later.