IBM Storage Scale container native
IBM Storage Scale container native allows the deployment of the cluster file system in a Red Hat® OpenShift® cluster. Using a remote mount attached file system, the container native deployment provides a persistent data store to be accessed by the applications through the IBM Storage Scale CSI driver by using Persistent Volumes (PVs). For more information, see IBM Storage Scale Container Storage Interface Driver.
Documentation for v6.0.0 points to the v6.0.0.x branch in this repository. This means all instructions in our doc remain unchanged and following the doc will always pull the latest released fix pack of the product.
Supported Kubernetes container orchestration platforms
- Red Hat OpenShift 4.17, 4.18, 4.19, 4.20
- Vanilla Kubernetes 1.30, 1.31, 1.32, 1.33
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.4, 9.5, 9.6
- Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04
 
- Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) 4.17, 4.18, 4.19, 4.20
- Technology Preview: Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) v1.30, v1.31, v1.32, v1.33
- COS milestone 113 [6.1.x] - kernel 6.1.77 - 6.1.144
- COS milestone 117 [6.6.x] - kernel 6.6.72 - 6.6.97
- COS milestone 121 [6.6.x] - kernel 6.6.74 - 6.6.97
 
Supported architectures
- Red Hat OpenShift: x86_64, ppc64le, s390x, aarch64
- Vanilla Kubernetes: x86_64, aarch64
- Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA): x86_64
- Technology Preview: Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE): x86_64, aarch64
Contents
- IBM Storage Scale Operator v6.0.0.0
- For official documentation, see IBM Storage Scale Container Native 6.0.0
 
- IBM Storage Scale v6.0.0.0
- Support for IBM Storage Scale Container Storage Interface (CSI) v3.0.0 For more information, see IBM Storage Scale Container Storage Interface Driver
What's New
The following enhancements are made in this release:
- Container Storage Interface (CSI) 3.0.
- Support for Red Hat OpenShift v4.20 with IBM Storage Scale container native v6.0.0.x.
- Support for aarch64 (ARM64) architecture on Red Hat OpenShift, Vanilla Kubernetes and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
- Support for deployment of NVIDIA MOFED pods with IBM Storage Scale container native.
- Removal of primary filesystem and fileset dependency.
- Migration support from an existing IBM Storage Scale CSI driver cluster to a new IBM Storage Scale Container Native cluster on Vanilla Kubernetes.
- Technology Preview: IBM Storage Scale container native deployed in a Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) v1.30, v1.31, v1.32, v1.33