We are pleased  to inform you that the new version update of DSS V6 up95 b6156 is ready to be downloaded from our website.

What's new?

New and enhanced features are provided in every new release of the software.  With this version update you will be able to use the following:-

• Volume Replication tasks can be added or removed to the iSCSI Failover without the need to stop the failover cluster.
   
• DSS V6 can now be used as a Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA) for VMWare (using native VMWare network driver) which saves a lot of hardware in a HA cluster setup.
   
• Mutual CHAP user authentication for iSCSI Targets is available with this update.  Target and initiator verifty each other with this security level.
   
• The drivers for VMWare and Hyper-V 10 Gigabit Ethernet controllers have been included which significantly increases performance in virtual environments.

What's fixed?

With With every new software release we also post fixes for issues reported by our technical support. The issues are not critical for general functionality but will obviously reduce tickets and questions that arise while using DSS V6.

 
This time we have posted the following fixes:

• Using the same network port for different Volume Replication tasks is not causing function instability anymore.
   
• The LSI battery status is now available in the WebGUI. 
   
• Nested shares can now be created in WebGUI to set up different levels of security.