CSI Driver for DELL EMC PowerFlex v1.4

Previously, we released the 1.3 CSI driver for the PowerFlex array, you can read all about it here

CSI Driver for Dell EMC PowerFlex v1.4 supports the following new features:

Added support for Kubernetes v1.20
Added support for OpenShift 4.7 with RHEL and CoreOS worker nodes
Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.3
Added support for Fedora CoreOS
Added automatic SDC deployment on Fedora CoreOS nodes
Added support for Ephemeral Inline Volume
Added support multi-mount volumes
Added support for managing multiple PowerFlex arrays from one driver
Removed storage classes from helm template

The following describes the support strategy for CSI Driver for Dell EMC PowerFlex:

The CSI Driver for Dell EMC PowerFlex image, which is the built driver code, is available on
https://hub.docker.com/r/dellemc/csi-vxflexos and is officially supported by Dell EMC.
The source code available on Github https://github.com/dell/csi-powerflex
is unsupported and provided solely under the terms of the license attached to the source code. For clarity, Dell EMC does not provide support for any source code modifications.
A Dell EMC Storage Automation and Developer Resources page is available and includes developer resources, case studies, forums, and other materials. It is anticipated that members of this page will be excellent resources in addressing product issues and concerns. It is recommended this community page be the first page customers use for their product questions prior to contacting Dell EMC Support. For any setup, configuration issues, questions or feedback, join the Dell EMC Container community at
Dell EMC Storage Automation and Developer Resources .

Documentation and Downloads

CSI Driver for Dell EMC PowerFlex v1.4 downloads and documentation are available on:

https://github.com/dell/csi-powerflex

New Features:

Multi-array Support:

The CSI PowerFlex driver version 1.4 adds support for managing multiple PowerFlex arrays from the single driver instance. This feature is enabled by default and integrated to even single instance installations.

To manage multiple arrays, you need to create an array connection configuration that lists multiple arrays

Ephemeral Inline Volume:

The CSI PowerFlex driver version 1.4 supports ephemeral inline CSI volumes. This feature allows CSI volumes to be specified directly in the pod specification.

At runtime, nested inline volumes follow the ephemeral lifecycle of their associated pods where the driver handles all phases of volume operations as pods are created and destroyed.

Multi Mount Volumes:

The CSI PowerFlex driver version 1.4 supports multi mount volumes, this feature allows us to mount the same persistent volumes on multiple containers in the same pod.