Newton Series Release Notes¶

New Features¶

• Add Windows Fibre Channel connector support.

• Add Windows SMBFS connector support.

• Added initiator connector ‘VmdkConnector’ to support backup and restore of vmdk volumes by Cinder backup service.

New Features¶

• Add Windows iSCSI connector support.

• Local attach feature in RBD connector. We use RBD kernel module to attach and detach volumes locally without Nova.