Installation
Methods to install CSI Drivers
CSI Drivers
About Dell Technologies (Dell) CSI Drivers
The CSI Drivers by Dell implement an interface between CSI (CSI spec v1.5) enabled Container Orchestrator (CO) and Dell Storage Arrays. It is a plug-in that is installed into Kubernetes to provide persistent storage using Dell storage system.
Features and capabilities
Supported Operating Systems/Container Orchestrator Platforms
| PowerMax | PowerFlex | Unity XT | PowerScale | PowerStore | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes | 1.22, 1.23, 1.24 | 1.22, 1.23, 1.24 | 1.22, 1.23, 1.24 | 1.22, 1.23, 1.24 | 1.22, 1.23, 1.24 |
| RHEL | 7.x,8.x | 7.x,8.x | 7.x,8.x | 7.x,8.x | 7.x,8.x |
| Ubuntu | 20.04 | 20.04 | 18.04, 20.04 | 18.04, 20.04 | 20.04 |
| CentOS | 7.8, 7.9 | 7.8, 7.9 | 7.8, 7.9 | 7.8, 7.9 | 7.8, 7.9 |
| SLES | 15SP3 | 15SP3 | 15SP3 | 15SP3 | 15SP3 |
| Red Hat OpenShift | 4.9, 4.10, 4.10 EUS | 4.9, 4.10, 4.10 EUS | 4.9, 4.10, 4.10 EUS | 4.9, 4.10, 4.10 EUS | 4.9, 4.10, 4.10 EUS |
| Mirantis Kubernetes Engine | 3.5.x | 3.5.x | 3.5.x | 3.5.x | 3.5.x |
| Google Anthos | 1.9 | 1.8 | no | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| VMware Tanzu | no | no | NFS | NFS | NFS |
| Rancher Kubernetes Engine | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service Anywhere |
no | yes | no | no | yes |
CSI Driver Capabilities
| Features | PowerMax | PowerFlex | Unity XT | PowerScale | PowerStore |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSI Driver version | 2.3.0 | 2.3.0 | 2.3.0 | 2.3.0 | 2.3.0 |
| Static Provisioning | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Dynamic Provisioning | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Expand Persistent Volume | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Create VolumeSnapshot | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Create Volume from Snapshot | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Delete Snapshot | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Access Mode | FC/iSCSI: RWO/ RWOP Raw block: RWO/ RWX/ ROX/ RWOP |
RWO/ROX/RWOP RWX (Raw block only) |
RWO/ROX/RWOP RWX (Raw block & NFS only) |
RWO/RWX/ROX/ RWOP |
RWO/RWOP (FC/iSCSI) RWO/ RWX/ ROX/ RWOP (RawBlock, NFS) |
| CSI Volume Cloning | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| CSI Raw Block Volume | yes | yes | yes | no | yes |
| CSI Ephemeral Volume | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Topology | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Multi-array | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Volume Health Monitoring | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Supported Storage Platforms
| PowerMax | PowerFlex | Unity XT | PowerScale | PowerStore | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Storage Array | PowerMax 2000/8000 5978.479.479, 5978.711.711 Unisphere 9.2 |
3.5.x, 3.6.x | 5.0.7, 5.1.0, 5.1.2 | OneFS 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 | 1.0.x, 2.0.x, 2.1.x, 3.0 |
Backend Storage Details
| Features | PowerMax | PowerFlex | Unity XT | PowerScale | PowerStore |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fibre Channel | yes | N/A | yes | N/A | yes |
| iSCSI | yes | N/A | yes | N/A | yes |
| NVMeTCP | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | yes |
| NVMeFC | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | yes |
| NFS | N/A | N/A | yes | yes | yes |
| Other | N/A | ScaleIO protocol | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Supported FS | ext4 / xfs | ext4 / xfs | ext3 / ext4 / xfs / NFS | NFS | ext3 / ext4 / xfs / NFS |
| Thin / Thick provisioning | Thin | Thin | Thin/Thick | N/A | Thin |
| Platform-specific configurable settings | Service Level selection iSCSI CHAP |
- | Host IO Limit Tiering Policy NFS Host IO size Snapshot Retention duration |
Access Zone NFS version (3 or 4);Configurable Export IPs |
iSCSI CHAP |
Uninstallation
Methods to uninstall Dell CSI Driver
Upgrade
Upgrade Dell CSI Drivers
Features
Description of CSI Driver features
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting for CSI Drivers
Release Notes
Release Notes for all the CSI Drivers and deployment
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