IBM Spectrum Virtualize 8.2.1 for Expansions

Attached to Storwize V5010 and V5020

This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on June 17, 2021 at 2:31 pm

Revised support: IBM Spectrum Virtualize 8.2.1 for expansions attached to IBM Storwize V5010 and V5020

IBM Spectrum Virtualize Software for V50x0 Expansion 8.0 (PID 5639-SV8) support will continue to be available for Spectrum Virtualize 8.2.1 when the expansions are attached to Storwize V5010 or V5020 machines.

Those systems will continue to be supported on 8.2.1 until the complete system reaches the end of the support cycle. Expansions attached to other machines will continue to be supported on any level supported by the attached controller.

For complete support discontinuance information, see software withdrawal announcement 921-049, dated April 27, 2021.

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