Developers and Operators,

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].

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.

What is being deprecated: Cinder drivers for NetApp Data ONTAP 7-mode NFS, 
iSCSI, FC
Period of deprecation: 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)
What should users/operators do: Follow the recommended migration path to 
upgrade to Clustered Data ONTAP 
[3]<https://mysupport.netapp.com/info/web/ECMP1658253.html> or get in touch 
with your NetApp support representative.

The cinder change for deprecation 
[4]<https://review.openstack.netapp.com/#/c/1711>

[1] 
https://mysupport.netapp.com/info/web/ECMP1147223.html#_Data%20ONTAP%20Operating%20System%20Version%20Support%20Policy
[2] 
https://governance.openstack.org/reference/tags/assert_follows-standard-deprecation.html
[3] https://mysupport.netapp.com/info/web/ECMP1658253.html
[4] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/393450/


Thanks,
Goutham
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