<html><body><p><font size="2" face="Arial">We're happy to announce the release of </font><b><i><font size="2" face="Arial">IBM Storage Enabler for Containers v2.0</font></i></b><font size="2" face="Arial">for general availability on Fix Central.</font><br><b><i><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>IBM Storage Enabler for Containers v2.0</font></i></b><font size="2" face="Arial">extends IBM support for Kubernetes and IBM Cloud Private orchestrated container environments by supporting</font><b><font size="2" color="#FF0000" face="Arial"> </font></b><b><i><font size="2" face="Arial">IBM Spectrum Scale</font></i></b><font size="2" face="Arial">(formerly </font><i><font size="2" face="Arial">IBM GPFS</font></i><font size="2" face="Arial">).</font><br><b><i><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>IBM Storage Enabler for Containers v2.0</font></i></b><b><font size="2" face="Arial">introduces the following new functionalities </font></b><ul><ul><ul><ul type="disc"><li><i><font size="2" face="Arial">IBM Spectrum Scale v5.0+</font></i><font size="2" face="Arial">support </font><li><font size="2" face="Arial">Support orchestration platforms </font><i><font size="2" face="Arial">IBM Cloud Private (ICP) v3.1.1</font></i><font size="2" face="Arial"> and </font><i><font size="2" face="Arial">Kubernetes v1.12</font></i><font size="2" face="Arial"> </font><li><font size="2" face="Arial">Support mixed deployment of Fibre Channel and iSCSI in the same cluster</font>
<li><font size="2" face="Arial">Kubernetes Service Accounts for more effective pod authorization procedure</font></ul></ul></ul></ul><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><br><br>Required Components</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"> </font><ul><ul><ul><ul type="disc"><li><i><font size="2" face="Arial">IBM Spectrum Connect v3.6</font></i>
<li><font size="2" face="Arial">Installer for </font><i><font size="2" face="Arial">IBM Storage Enabler for Containers</font></i></ul></ul></ul></ul><br><b><font size="2" face="Verdana"><br>Fix Central publication link</font></b><u><font color="#0000FF"><br></font></u><a href="http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Storage+Enabler+for+Containers&release=All&platform=All&function=all&source=fc"><u><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Arial">http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Storage+Enabler+for+Containers&release=All&platform=All&function=all&source=fc</font></u></a><br><font size="2"><br>Cheers,Tal<br></font><font size="2">Mailto: talsha@il.ibm.com</font><BR>
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