As we wrap up the year, Nutanix has rolled out major updates with the release of AOS 7.0 and AHV 10.0. These updates bring exciting features, performance enhancements, and critical fixes to enrich the experience of enterprise IT environments. Here’s a closer look at what these releases have in store.
Let’s break it down!!
New Features in AHV 10.0
- Support for Intel Sapphire Rapids CPU Instructions: AHV 10.0 enhances hardware compatibility by introducing support for the latest Intel Sapphire Rapids CPUs.
- Semantic Versioning Format: AHV now adopts a semantic versioning format (e.g., AHV 10.0), bringing numerous advantages:
- Clarity: Intuitive version numbers make identifying the release’s scope easy.
- Consistency: Aligns AHV’s versioning standards, simplifying interpretation for administrators and developers.
- Predictability: Follows the standard MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH format, making it easier to understand the nature of updates.
- Release Planning: Streamlines upgrade decision-making for organizations.
- PCIe Passthrough for Guest VMs: The new PCIe passthrough feature allows virtual machines to directly access specific PCIe hardware devices, bypassing the hypervisor for better performance and streamlined hardware utilization.
- Adjustable Interface Ring Buffer Size: Manage RX/TX ring buffer sizes without risking kernel panics or memory issues during heavy workloads.
- Boot Disk and SSD Repair Support: Introducing tools for repairing host boot disks and SSDs in compute-only and storage-only nodes directly from Prism Element.
- Boot Device Order Configuration via aCLI: Administrators can now set boot device order using the aCLI, offering more flexibility and control over VM configurations.
- Expanded GPU Support: AHV 10.0 extends GPU compatibility with support for NVIDIA A2 Tensor Core and H100 NVL GPUs. These additions unlock new possibilities for machine learning, AI workloads, and other GPU-intensive applications.
Want more details? Check out the official release notes here!
New Features in AOS 7.0
- Cloud KMS Integration: Securely manage encryption keys through your cloud provider using Prism Central, simplifying data-at-rest encryption management for Nutanix clusters.
- Enhanced Cluster Fault Tolerance: The new One Node and One Disk (1N&1D) Fault Tolerance configuration ensures resilience against simultaneous node and disk failures.
- Multicloud Snapshot Technology for Disaster Recovery: A cost-efficient DR solution enabling snapshot replication to S3 buckets or Nutanix Objects, with recovery through on-demand NC2 clusters.
- VM Enhancements:
- Optionally disable CPU hot-plugging and SCSI controllers on VMs.
- Support for live migration of VMs with Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2) enabled.
- Hardware and Scalability:
- Support for 8 TB memory on AHV hosts (with AHV 10.0).
- NVMe drive hot-plug capabilities for AMD Genoa platforms.
- Improved Metro Availability: Automate DR operations between Prism Central instances with an independent Nutanix Witness Service.
- Password Management: Centralized management of AHV system account credentials for enhanced security.
- Expanded Hypervisor Support: AOS 7.0 improves feature parity across AHV, ESXi, and Hyper-V with capabilities like:
- Async DR with NearSync.
- Integrated VM lifecycle management.
- vGPU and vNUMA support.
Want more details? Check out the official release notes here!
What Do You Think?
Is this something you’re excited about? Did we miss any features you’re curious about? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below—we’d love to hear from you!
