The documentation set for this product strives to use bias-free language. For the purposes of this documentation set, bias-free is defined as language that does not imply discrimination based on age, disability, gender, racial identity, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and intersectionality. Exceptions may be present in the documentation due to language that is hardcoded in the user interfaces of the product software, language used based on RFP documentation, or language that is used by a referenced third-party product. Learn more about how Cisco is using Inclusive Language.
Cisco announces the end-of-life and end of support dates for Cisco HyperFlex Storage Replication Adapter (SRA).
● Software maintenance for all releases will end at the time of announcements. No bug fixes, maintenance releases, workarounds or security patches will be provided for HX SRA plugin after LDOS (30-Nov-24 for HX 5.5(x) & 28-Feb-25 for HX 5.0(2x))
HX SRA customers are advised to transition to use vSphere Replication as an alternative. vSphere Replication does not have additional license cost. vSphere Replication is deployed using a virtual appliance and provides VM based replication and protection mechanisms
| Features |
HXCSI 1.2(3a) |
vSphere Container Storage Plugin 3.0 |
| Block persistent volumes (PV) |
Yes, PVs provisioned as iSCSI LUNs in the HX iSCSI target |
Yes, PVs provisioned as first class Disks in NFS datastores from HX |
| Volume access mode |
ReadWriteOnce, ReadWriteMany |
ReadWriteOnce |
| Dynamic persistent volume provisioning |
Yes |
Yes |
| Filesystem support for block PVs |
Ext3, Ext4, XFS |
XFS |
| Online volume expansion |
Yes |
Yes |
| Volume snapshots |
Yes |
Yes |
| Volume clones |
Yes |
Yes, by provisioning a new PV from volume snapshot |
| HX software encryption support |
Yes |
Yes, by provisioning PV in HX datastore with encryption enabled |
| Replication |
Yes, HyperFlex native 1:1 (NRDR) replication – “other DRO” |
vSphere replication, no dependency on the underlying storage architecture |
Refer to VMware documentation for more information on migration https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/hyperconverged-infrastructure/hyperflex-hx-series/hyperflex-vmware.html.
If existing persistent volumes provisioned by HXCSI contain data that needs to be preserved and migrated to new persistent volumes provisioned by vSphere CSI using an out-of-band mechanism, such as through the application or through restoring from backups.
vSphere replication does not use an SRA to function or use mapped datastores configured as an “other DRO” It only requires network connectivity between the protected site and the recovery site. vSphere replication occurs at a VM level of granularity, where the target datastore and RPO are configured.
There is a separate document is available to assist users with VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) integrated with Cisco HyperFlex®array-based replication to convert to VMware vSphere replication. Once completed, the conversion process eliminates the use of and dependency on the HyperFlex Storage Replication Adapter (SRA).
For more information about the Cisco End-of-Life Policy, go to: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/eos-eol-policy.html.
For more information about the Cisco Product Warranties, go to: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/warranty-listing.html.
To subscribe to receive end-of-life/end-of-sale information, go to: https://cway.cisco.com/mynotifications.
Any authorized translation issued by Cisco Systems or affiliates of this end-of-life Product Bulletin is intended to help customers understand the content described in the English version. This translation is the result of a commercially reasonable effort; however, if there are discrepancies between the English version and the translated document, please refer to the English version, which is considered authoritative.