Data ONTAP 8.0.4 7-Mode Release Notes
These Release Notes describe new features, enhancements, and known issues
for Data ONTAP
®
8.0.4 7-Mode, as well as additional information about
running this release on specific storage systems.
Note: The terms flexible volumes and FlexVol volumes are used interchangeably
in Data ONTAP documentation.
About the Data ONTAP 8.0.4 7-Mode release
Data ONTAP 8.0.4 7-Mode is a General Availability (GA) release in the Data
ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode release family. For more information about Data ONTAP
releases, see the following publication:
IBM System Storage N series Data ONTAP Release Model
For up to date information regarding the latest release of Data ONTAP, refer
to the following publication:
NEWS: Recommended Release for IBM System Storage N series Data ONTAP
The Data ONTAP 8.0.4 7-Mode release includes support for the 1-TB
PCI-e-attached Flash Cache module that uses Flash Technology, support for
the 3-TB SATA disks, and support for the OpenSSH client version 4.4p1 and
64-bit SNMP object identifiers (OIDs). This release also includes reversion and
Data ONTAP downgrade support.
The Data ONTAP 8.0.4 7-Mode release also includes the ability to block data
traffic on the e0M interface. New storage systems that are shipped with Data
ONTAP 8.0.4 7-Mode will have reduced reserve values for root aggregates
and root volume Snapshot copies.
This release also includes additional enhancements to command-line
executables, new cautions, update to known limitations, and documentation
enhancements.
For a complete description of these and other new features, see “New and
changed features” on page 17.
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