What's New in Version 5.7.x

This topic summarizes the new features and important changes in HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise 5.7.x compared to HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise 5.6.5.

What's New in Version 5.7.x

The following is a summary of the new enhancements, and information related to HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise 5.7.2 or higher.
  • Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise - End of Life Plan:

    The end-of-sale (EOS) date for legacy Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise / ML Operations (ERE/MLOps) was October 31, 2024. HPE strongly encourages that all existing customers begin planning their transition to HPE Kubernetes Service (HKS) or HPE Private Cloud AI (PCAI) as soon as possible.

    Customers with active contracts will continue to receive support through the end of their contract term. During this period:
    • The product will be maintained for compatibility with newer Kubernetes and Kubeflow versions.
    • Bug fixes will continue to be addressed.
    • No new features will be introduced.
    • Support for newer operating system versions will only be considered if required to address critical security vulnerabilities (CVEs)
    Renewals and expansions for these end-of-life products are available through a FAN approval process, subject to the following conditions:
    • Renewals or expansions may be approved for one year at a time.
    • No contract may extend beyond December 31, 2030.
    NOTE
    Any renewal or expansion request will automatically initiate the FAN approval process. All requests are subject to review prior to formal approval.
  • Starting from ERE 5.7.2 or higer versions, Runtime binaries are signed with a new GPG key:

    Import GPG key on every cluster node BEFORE attempting Install or Upgrade operations to avoid errors and platform crash.

    See HPE GPG Public Keys for GPG or RPM Signature Verification and:
    • Follow instructions to import 1B08E2BDCB4CED3C.pub into GPG on every cluster nodes.
    • Also, follow the instructions on same page to trust the public key and verify the signature.
    NOTE
    The preceeding information is also listed in Readme file linked to ERE 5.7.2 binaries available on This page.

What's New in Version 5.7.3

The following is a summary of the new enhancements, and information related to HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise 5.7.3.

  • DataTap Upgrade:

    Upgraded the DataTap container to the latest build using the DataFabric 7.9 library.

  • Support for Kubernetes versions 1.32.5/1.33.4/1.34.2:
    To provide access to the latest Kubernetes versions, HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise 5.7.3 version supports the following versions of CNCF-certified kebernetes distributions:
    • 1.34.2-hpe1
    • 1.33.4-hpe1
    • 1.32.5-hpe1
    See Support Matrixes for complete Kubernetes versions.
  • epic-mapr image Upgrade:
    Upgraded epic-mapr image to 7.9.0.30.20251025070711.GA for new installations only.
The epic-mapr is not automatically upgrade during Platform upgrade and manual upgrade of it must be evaluated / instructed by HPE Support only.
To successfully add new workers or k8s cluster nodes on Runtime cluster upgraded to 5.7.1 or later, please refer to documented 'Enabling HA after platform upgrade to 5.7.1 or 5.7.2 fails' workaround under 'Issue and workarounds' section (https://docs.ezmeral.hpe.com/runtime-enterprise/57/reference/issues-workarounds_57.html#issues-workarounds__section_fdf_qq5_ghc)
    • CSI Versons Upgrade:

      Upgraded CSI versions for new 5.7.3 installations to FUSE v1.2.15 and NFS v1.0.15.

      CSI is not automatically upgraded during platform upgrade to 5.7.3. To manually upgrade CSI, see Upgrading the CSI Plug-In.

What's New in Version 5.7.2

The following is a summary of the new enhancements, and information related to HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise 5.7.2.
  • Support for Kubernetes versions 1.31.6/1.32.5/1.33.4:
    To provide access to the latest Kubernetes versions, HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise 5.7.2 version supports the following versions of CNCF-certified kebernetes distributions:
    • 1.31.6-hpe1
    • 1.32.5-hpe1
    • 1.33.4-hpe1
    See Support Matrixes for complete Kubernetes versions.
  • epic-mapr image Upgrade:
    Upgraded epic-mapr image to 7.9.0.30.20251025070711.GA for new installations only.
The epic-mapr is not automatically upgrade during Platform upgrade and manual upgrade of it must be evaluated / instructed by HPE Support only.
To successfully add new workers or k8s cluster nodes on Runtime cluster upgraded to 5.7.1 or later, please refer to documented 'Enabling HA after platform upgrade to 5.7.1 or 5.7.2 fails' workaround under 'Issue and workarounds' section (https://docs.ezmeral.hpe.com/runtime-enterprise/57/reference/issues-workarounds_57.html#issues-workarounds__section_fdf_qq5_ghc)
  • CSI Versons Upgrade:

    Upgraded CSI versions for new 5.7.2 installations to FUSE v1.2.14 and NFS v1.0.14.

    CSI is not automatically upgraded during platform upgrade to 5.7.2. To manually upgrade CSI, see Upgrading the CSI Plug-In.

What's New in Version 5.7.1

The following is a summary of the new enhancements, and information related to HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise 5.7.1.

  • Support for Kubernetes versions 1.30.10/1.31.6/1.32.2 2:
    Kubernetes versions 1.29.x. 1.30.5, and 1.31.1 have entered maintenance mode and End of Life. To provide access to the latest Kubernetes versions, HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise 5.7.1 version supports the following versions of CNCF-certified kebernetes distributions:
    • 1.30.10-hpe1
    • 1.31.6-hpe1
    • 1.32.2 2-hpe1
    See Support Matrixes for complete Kubernetes versions.
  • Updated Versions of Open Source Components:
    HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise 5.7.1 supports updated versions of open-source components, including but not limited to:
    • Prometheus
    • Canal
    • Container Storage Interface

    For more information about supported add-ons, see Support Matrixes.

  • Platform Container Images are updated to use Rocky Linux 8 and Rocky Linux 9:

    HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise 5.7.1 addresses many security vulnerabilities that were present in ERE 5.7.0 because the 'Centos 7' based container images supplied with 5.7.0 have been updated to use our curated versions of Rocky Linux 8 and Rocky Linux 9.

  • Falco Container Runtime Security Addon is Removed:

    Starting from HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise 5.7.1, Falco Container Runtime Security for Kubernetes is removed, for newly created Kubernetes clusters.

  • Bare Metal EDF Registration for Persistent and Tenant Storage:

    HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise 5.7.1 supports Bare Metal EDF registration for persistent and tenant storage for HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric versions 7.7.x through 7.9.x. It can also be used with prior HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric versions (7.2 through 7.6) but with EDF versions prior to 7.7 the monitoring of the mount point won't work.

What's New in Version 5.7.0

The following is a summary of the new enhancements, and information related to HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise 5.7.0.

  • Deploying HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise 5.7.0:
    You can install HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise 5.7.0:
    • as fresh platform installation. or
    • as an upgrade from HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise 5.6.5.
    Upgrading from HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise 5.6.5
    Before upgrading from HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise 5.6.5, ensure you upgrade the Kubernetes cluster to Kubernetes Version 1.28. Then upgrade as follows:
    1. Copy ERE 5.7.0 .bin file to /srv/bluedata/bundles on the primary controller.
    2. In the ERE Web UI, go to Settings, and click Update.
    3. After platform upgrade is completed, upgrade your Kubernetes version from 1.28 to any of these latest versions — 1.29, 1.30 or 1.31— as required.
  • Support for Kubernetes versions 1.29.9/1.30.5/1.31.1:
    Kubernetes versions 1.26.x. 1.27.x, and 1.28.x have entered maintenance mode and End of Life. To provide access to the latest Kubernetes versions, HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise 5.7.0 version supports the following versions of CNCF-certified kebernetes distributions:
    • 1.29.9-hpe1
    • 1.30.5-hpe1
    • 1.31.1-hpe1
    See Support Matrixes for complete Kubernetes versions.
  • Customers are not entitled to 2 TB of EDF storage with HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise Licenses:

    HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise licenses that are issued from the date of release of HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise 5.7.0, including renewal and extension licenses, do not include the 2TB of storage referred to in existing versions of the ERE Licensing Agreements. All storage quotas used by HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise platforms on the external Data Fabric clusters must be covered by a Data Fabric licenses.

  • CentOS not supported:

    Starting from HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise 5.7.0, CentOS is not supported.