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 5.7.1

The following is a summary of the new features, 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 features, 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.