Dell Solutions Enabler 10.0.0 Release Notes

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Solutions Enabler support deprecation

The following tables list the features and platforms that are no longer supported in Solutions Enabler V10.0.

Table 1. General feature deprecationGeneral feature deprecation
Feature name	Feature description
CLI commands and related functionalities	The symconfigure CLI for PowerMax 2500 and PowerMax 8500 arrays is not supported except for the add/remove pav alias_range command.
CLI commands and related functionalities	Map and Unmap operations of CKD devices via symdev is not supported on z/OS and z/VM platforms.
Platform deprecation	Windows 2008 and 2008 R2 support is deprecated in Solutions Enabler V10.0.
Platform deprecation	Solaris support is deprecated in Solutions Enabler V10.0.
Feature deprecation	SMI-S Provider is not supported.
	VSS Provider is not supported.
	SRDF CE is not supported.
	PAM support for Authentication is not supported.
	Open Migrator is not supported.
	symstat functionality has been removed. Unisphere and REST provide performance information.
	STP client/server collection on the z/OS platform is deprecated.
	STP back-end device stats are deprecated.
	Data device and Pool reporting in Solutions Enabler V10.0 is no longer supported on arrays running PowerMaxOS 10 (6079) and higher. Using the following symdev CLI options are no longer supported on arrays running PowerMaxOS 10 (6079) and higher: symdev list -datadev symdev list -disk_group symdev list -disk_director symdev list -disk symdev list -internal symdev list -technology symdev list -rg symdev list -raid1 symdev list -raid5 [-protection <3+1 \| 7+1>] symdev list -raid6 [-protection <6+2> \| 14+2>] symdev list -unprotected The following symcfg CLI options are no longer supported on arrays running PowerMaxOS 10 (6079) and higher: symcfg list -pool symcfg show -pool symcfg verify -tdev -pool <PoolName> symcfg verify -datadev symcfg verify -poolstate
	Reporting total enabled, free, and used tracks in the thin pool stats are deprecated.
	ORS Port and Device stats are deprecated for arrays running PowerMaxOS 10 (6079) and higher.
	Solutions Enabler SRM support is deprecated.
	symconfigure device reservation is deprecated.
	TimeFinder/Mirror, TimeFinder/VP Snap, TimeFinder/Snap are deprecated.
	Write pacing is deprecated.
	Support for FTS is removed.
	Storstpd is deprecated on the IBM mainframe z/OS platform.
	Dynamic Cache Partition (DCP, also known as QOS) stats are deprecated.
	SRDF Write Pacing Metrics are deprecated.
	Symmetrix Access Control (symacl) is not supported on PowerMax 2500 and PowerMax 8500 arrays.
	symreplicate is deprecated in Solutions Enabler V10.0.
	Virtual Appliance (vApp) is deprecated in Solutions Enabler V10.0.
	Support for -precopy has been removed starting from PowerMax arrays (V4). From Solutions Enabler 10.0, for symrecover, support for -precopy has been removed for all platforms.
Platform deprecation	ViPR Controller is not supported.
	Managing arrays running Enginuity 5876 using Solutions Enabler and U4V is deprecated.
	Managing arrays running HYPERMAX OS 5977 versions lower than HYPERMAX OS 5977.1131.1131 using Solutions Enabler and U4V is deprecated.
	Native support of Sun OS is deprecated.
	Native support of BS2000 is deprecated.
	Native support of OVMS is deprecated.
	Solutions Enabler support on Linux Itanium IA 64 is deprecated.
	Native support of LINUX__2_6_PPC64 (Linux PowerPC 64bit) is deprecated.

Planned deprecation

Table 2. Planned future support deprecation in Solutions Enabler Planned future support deprecation in Solutions Enabler
Feature	Description
Platform deprecation	Support of Red Hat 6.9 is planned to be deprecated in the next release of Solutions Enabler.

NOTE:This list is for informational purposes only. The planned changes that are listed in the tables below could be impacted by different circumstances.