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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Developers and Operators,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The NetApp unified driver in Cinder currently provides integration for two major generations of the ONTAP operating system: the current “clustered” ONTAP and the legacy 7-mode. NetApp’s “full support” for
7-mode ended in August of 2015 and the current “limited support” period will end in February of 2017 [1].<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In accordance with community policy [2], we are initiating the deprecation process for the 7-mode components of the Cinder NetApp unified driver set to conclude with their removal in the Queens release. This
will apply to all three protocols currently supported in this driver: iSCSI, FC and NFS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">What is being deprecated: </span>
</b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cinder drivers for NetApp Data ONTAP 7-mode NFS, iSCSI, FC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Period of deprecation: </span>
</b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">7-mode drivers will be around in stable/ocata and stable/pike and will be removed in the Queens release (All milestones of this release)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">What should users/operators do:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Follow the recommended migration path to upgrade to Clustered Data ONTAP
<a href="https://mysupport.netapp.com/info/web/ECMP1658253.html">[3]</a> or get in touch with your NetApp support representative.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The cinder change for deprecation
<a href="https://review.openstack.netapp.com/#/c/1711">[4]</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">[1] <a href="https://mysupport.netapp.com/info/web/ECMP1147223.html#_Data%20ONTAP%20Operating%20System%20Version%20Support%20Policy">
https://mysupport.netapp.com/info/web/ECMP1147223.html#_Data%20ONTAP%20Operating%20System%20Version%20Support%20Policy</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">[2] <a href="https://governance.openstack.org/reference/tags/assert_follows-standard-deprecation.html">
https://governance.openstack.org/reference/tags/assert_follows-standard-deprecation.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">[3] <a href="https://mysupport.netapp.com/info/web/ECMP1658253.html">
https://mysupport.netapp.com/info/web/ECMP1658253.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">[4] <a href="https://review.openstack.org/#/c/393450/">
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/393450/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Goutham<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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