Features Released in Software Version 3.0.2-b925538 (August 2023)
Platform Images
New platform images are made available for Compute Enclave users through Private Cloud Appliance installation, upgrade, and patching.
The following platform images are delivered with this Private Cloud Appliance release:
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Oracle Linux 9 |
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Oracle Linux 8 |
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Oracle Linux 7.9 |
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Oracle Solaris 11.4 |
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New Kubernetes Version 1.25
In this release, the Kubernetes cluster hosted on the management nodes is upgraded to version 1.25, which implies that the environment goes through 5 full upgrade cycles. The Upgrader manages the entire process for you, but note that it takes at least 4 hours on a minimum appliance configuration, and up to 18 hours on a fully populated rack.
Streamlined Upgrade Process
Based on the upgrade plan, upgrade and patch operations for all components except firmware follow a prescribed order. All steps to prepare the upgrade environment must be completed before any upgrade or patch command can be run.
The upgrade plan logic has been improved to ensure that unnecessary component reboots are avoided, This shortens the overall upgrade or patch duration and minimizes the risk of failures, degraded performance, or downtime. In addition, the estimated durations listed in the upgrade plan are calculated more accurately, and the reboot and upgrade requirement indicators are more reliable.
Systems running appliance software version 3.0.1 need to be upgraded twice to reach the latest release. An intermediate upgrade to a version between 3.0.2-b776803 and 3.0.2-b892153 is required.
All changes are reflected in the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Upgrade Guide and Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Patching Guide.
New Uplink Configuration Options
The data network uplinks (ports 1-4) from the appliance to the data center network can now be configured as a static routing connection without the use of vPC/MLAG for link aggregation. Data uplinks in active/active mode use the ECMP protocol; active/passive uplinks use VRRP.
The optional administration network uplink (port 5) now provides similar routing options as the data network. The administration network can be configured to use BGP-based dynamic routing. Static routing can now be configured without requiring vPC/MLAG for link aggregation. In active/active mode the uplink uses the ECMP protocol; an active/passive uplink uses VRRP.
See Configuring Oracle Private Cloud Appliance in the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Installation Guide
DNS Mapping for Disaster Recovery
Custom CA certificates can now be used on systems that have been configured for disaster recovery. To allow the replication IP addresses to be resolved, pointer records must be added to the data center DNS configuration. These PTR records must map the ZFS Storage Appliance host names to the replication interface IPs of the remote system in the DR configuration. For more information and instructions, refer to the chapter Disaster Recovery in the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Administrator Guide.
New Generation SSD
The Oracle Server X9-2 management and compute nodes use a pair of 240GB M.2 SATA hard drives as boot devices. As the current model is being phased out, a new generation has been qualified for Private Cloud Appliance. The new SSDs are functionally the same as the earlier model.