diff --git a/release_notes/ocp-4-6-release-notes.adoc b/release_notes/ocp-4-6-release-notes.adoc index 742dcbecf8a8..4b76b2018db8 100644 --- a/release_notes/ocp-4-6-release-notes.adoc +++ b/release_notes/ocp-4-6-release-notes.adoc @@ -287,6 +287,121 @@ You no longer need floating IP addresses to complete a {product-title} installat For more information, see the {product-title} on {rh-openstack} installation documentation. +[id="ocp-4-6-ibm-z"] +==== IBM Z and LinuxONE + +With this release, IBM Z and LinuxONE is now compatible with {product-title} {product-version}. See xref:../installing/installing_ibm_z/installing-ibm-z.adoc#installing-ibm-z[Installing a cluster on IBM Z and LinuxONE] for installation instructions. + +[discrete] +===== Restrictions + +Note the following restrictions for {product-title} on IBM Z and LinuxONE: + +* {product-title} for IBM Z does not include the following Technology Preview features: +** Log forwarding +** Precision Time Protocol (PTP) hardware +** CSI volume snapshots +** OpenShift Pipelines + +* The following {product-title} features are unsupported: +** {product-title} Virtualization +** Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh +** CodeReady Containers (CRC) +** {product-title} Metering +** Multus CNI plug-in +** FIPS cryptography +** Encrypting data stored in etcd +** Automatic repair of damaged machines with machine health checking +** Tang mode disk encryption during {product-title} deployment +** {product-title} Serverless +** Helm command-line interface (CLI) tool +** Controlling overcommit and managing container density on nodes +** etcd cluster Operator +** CSI volume cloning +** NVMe +** Persistent storage using Fibre Channel + +* Worker nodes must run {op-system-first}. +* Persistent shared storage must be provisioned using NFS. +* Persistent non-shared storage must be provisioned using local storage, like iSCSI, FC, or LSO with DASD/FCP. +* These features are available only for {product-title} on IBM Z for {product-version}: +** HyperPAV enabled on IBM System Z /LinuxONE for the virtual machines for FICON attached ECKD storage + +[discrete] +===== Supported features + +With this release, the following features are supported on IBM Z and LinuxONE: + +* Persistent storage using iSCSI +* Persistent storage using local volumes (Local Storage Operator) +* OpenShift Do (odo) + +[id="ocp-4-6-ibm-power"] +==== IBM Power Systems + +With this release, IBM Power Systems are now compatible with {product-title} {product-version}. See xref:../installing/installing_ibm_power/installing-ibm-power.adoc#installing-ibm-power_installing-ibm-power[Installing a cluster on IBM Power] or xref:../installing/installing_ibm_power/installing-restricted-networks-ibm-power.adoc#installing-restricted-networks-ibm-power_installing-restricted-networks-ibm-power[Installing a cluster on IBM Power in a restricted network]. + +[discrete] +===== Restrictions + +Note the following restrictions for {product-title} on IBM Power: + +* {product-title} for IBM Power Systems does not include the following Technology Preview features: ++ +** OpenShift Virtualization +** OpenShift Serverless (knative, FaaS integrations) + +* The following {product-title} features are unsupported: +** Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh (istio, jaeger, kiali) +** CodeReady Workspaces +** CodeReady Containers (CRC) +** OpenShift Pipelines based on Tekton +** {product-title} Metering +** Multus Plugins (SR-IOV, IPVAN, Bridge with VLAN, Static IPAM) +** SR-IOV CNI plug-in +** Red Hat Single Sign-On +** OpenShift Metering (Presto, Hive) + +* Worker nodes must run {op-system-first}. +* Persistent storage must be of the `Filesystem` mode using local volumes, Network File System (NFS), OpenStack Cinder, or Container Storage Interface (CSI). +* Networking must use either DHCP or static addressing with Red Hat Openshift SDN. +* AdoptOpenJDK with OpenJ9 +* Installer-provisioned infrastructure +* Device Manager for NVIDIA GPUs +* Special Resources Operator +* OpenShift Ansible Service Broker Operator (deprecated) +* dotNET on RHEL + +[discrete] +===== Supported Features + +* Currently, four Operators are supported: +** Cluster-Logging-Operator +** Cluster-NFD-Operator +** Elastic Search-Operator +** Local Storage Operator + +* User-provisioned infrastructure deployment scenario on bare-metal +* OpenShift Cluster Monitoring +* Node Tuning Operator +* OpenShift Jenkins +* OpenShift Logging +* OpenShift Do (odo) +* Machine Configuration Operator, which is used in installations with installer-provisioned infrastructure +* Node Feature Discovery Operator +* {product-title} core (CVO Operators) +* Installation program for clusters that use user-provisioned infrastructure +* OVS/OVN +* RHEL8 Based container support +* RHEL CoreOS +* Ansible Engine +* Red Hat Software Collections +* Fibre Channel +* HostPath +* Raw Block +* iSCSI +* 4k Disk support + [id="ocp-4-6-security"] === Security and compliance @@ -1296,76 +1411,6 @@ In the table below, features are marked with the following statuses: |==== -[id="ocp-4-6-4-ibm-power"] -===== IBM Power Systems - -With this release, IBM Power Systems are now compatible with {product-title} {product-version}. See xref:../installing/installing_ibm_power/installing-ibm-power.adoc#installing-ibm-power_installing-ibm-power[Installing a cluster on IBM Power] or xref:../installing/installing_ibm_power/installing-restricted-networks-ibm-power.adoc#installing-restricted-networks-ibm-power_installing-restricted-networks-ibm-power[Installing a cluster on IBM Power in a restricted network]. - -[discrete] -====== Restrictions - -Note the following restrictions for {product-title} on IBM Power: - -* {product-title} for IBM Power Systems does not include the following Technology Preview features: -+ -** OpenShift Virtualization -** OpenShift Serverless (knative, FaaS integrations) - -* The following {product-title} features are unsupported: -** Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh (istio, jaeger, kiali) -** CodeReady Workspaces -** CodeReady Containers (CRC) -** OpenShift Pipelines based on Tekton -** {product-title} Metering -** Multus Plugins (SR-IOV, IPVAN, Bridge with VLAN, Static IPAM) -** SR-IOV CNI plug-in -** Red Hat Single Sign-On -** OpenShift Metering (Presto, Hive) - - -* Worker nodes must run {op-system-first}. -* Persistent storage must be of the `Filesystem` mode using local volumes, Network File System (NFS), OpenStack Cinder, or Container Storage Interface (CSI). -* Networking must use either DHCP or static addressing with Red Hat Openshift SDN. -* AdoptOpenJDK with OpenJ9 -* Installer-provisioned infrastructure -* Device Manager for NVIDIA GPUs -* Special Resources Operator -* OpenShift Ansible Service Broker Operator (deprecated) -* dotNET on RHEL - - - -[discrete] -====== Supported Features - -* Currently, four Operators are supported: -** Cluster-Logging-Operator -** Cluster-NFD-Operator -** Elastic Search-Operator -** Local Storage Operator - -* User-provisioned infrastructure deployment scenario on bare-metal -* OpenShift Cluster Monitoring -* Node Tuning Operator -* OpenShift Jenkins -* OpenShift Logging -* OpenShift Do (odo) -* Machine Configuration Operator, which is used in installations with installer-provisioned infrastructure -* Node Feature Discovery Operator -* {product-title} core (CVO Operators) -* Installation program for clusters that use user-provisioned infrastructure -* OVS/OVN -* RHEL8 Based container support -* RHEL CoreOS -* Ansible Engine -* Red Hat Software Collections -* Fibre Channel -* HostPath -* Raw Block -* iSCSI -* 4k Disk support - - [id="ocp-4-6-known-issues"] == Known issues