[lustre-discuss] Lustre client/server versions/compatibility [EXT]

[Dave Holland]

On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 05:12:01AM +0000, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> Each client and server negotiate protocol compatibility at connection
> time, so if new features are added they are only active if both
> systems support them.

I just wanted to add that clients up to 2.12.2 have a bug around
protocol negotiation during client reconnection, which bit us - the fix
is here: https://review.whamcloud.com/#/c/34480/ (and I gather will be
in 2.12.3)

Cheers,
Dave
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