New Features

The following table lists the new features and enhancements introduced in Omnia 2.2 releases.

New Features Summary

Functional area	Feature name	Feature description
BuildStreaM	BuildStreaM Pipeline Architecture and API Enhancements	Enhanced pipeline architecture and API capabilities with resume & retry, pipeline decomposition, dynamic child pipeline generation, image group lifecycle tracking, manual cleanup operations, and PowerScale S3 backend support. For more details, see BuildStreaM Documentation.
Provisioning	BMC Discovery via Dell OpenManage Enterprise	Automated BMC discovery via Dell OpenManage Enterprise (OME) with paginated API queries, automatic extraction of service tags and iDRAC details, Scalable Unit extraction, timestamped file generation, and OME group mapping. For more details, see Composable Roles.
Networking	Multi-Subnet DHCP for Rack-Based Provisioning	Multi-subnet DHCP configuration for rack-based network provisioning with per-rack /24 subnet assignment, CoreDHCP multi-subnet configuration generation, and CoreDNS forward and reverse zone generation. For more details, see Multi-Subnet DHCP Configuration.
Networking	CoreDNS-Based Hostname Resolution for Slurm and MPI	Dynamic DNS resolution powered by coresmd replacing static /etc/hosts file management with automatic hostname resolution, real-time inventory updates from OpenCHAMI SMD, cloud-init based /etc/resolv.conf configuration, and K8s CoreDNS forwarding. For more details, see CoreDNS Hostname Resolution Configuration.
Telemetry	Vector Telemetry Pipeline for Data Routing	Vector high-performance data pipeline for collecting, transforming, and routing telemetry data from LDMS and OME sources to VictoriaMetrics and VictoriaLogs with dedicated write-buffer components. For more details, see Vector Telemetry Configuration.
Telemetry	PowerScale Telemetry for Storage Monitoring	PowerScale Telemetry for comprehensive storage observability collecting storage performance metrics and logs from Dell PowerScale storage nodes with CSM Metrics, OpenTelemetry Collector, and CSI Driver integration. For more details, see PowerScale Telemetry Configuration.
Telemetry	UFM Telemetry to VictoriaMetrics	UFM (Unified Fabric Manager) telemetry collection for InfiniBand fabric monitoring through vmagent scraping with secure HTTPS, TLS certificate validation, and dual-destination forwarding to local and remote VictoriaMetrics clusters. For more details, see UFM Telemetry Configuration.
Telemetry	VAST Storage Telemetry Integration	VAST storage telemetry integration through VMagent scraping of VAST Prometheus endpoints and VLAgent syslog log collection with secure HTTPS, TLS authentication, and dual-destination forwarding. For more details, see VAST Telemetry Configuration.
Telemetry	External Log Aggregation to VictoriaLogs	Centralized log collection from external sources including network devices, storage systems, and fabric managers through VLAgent with syslog (plaintext/TLS) and HTTP forwarding support, TLS certificate validation, and JSON Lines format ingestion. For more details, see External Log Sources Configuration.
Telemetry	Configurable Pod Replicas for vmagent and vlagent	Configurable replica counts for vmagent and vlagent pods with default value of 2 replicas each, providing improved availability and scalability for telemetry data collection and log aggregation. For more details, see Telemetry Storage Configuration.
OS/Provisioning	Minimal OS Functional Groups	Minimal OS functional groups (os_x86_64 and os_aarch64) providing a clean operating system baseline designed specifically for downstream platform software installation. For more details, see Composable Roles.
GPU/HPC	NVIDIA DCGM and CUDA Toolkit Provisioning for Slurm GPU Nodes	End-to-end automated GPU readiness for Slurm clusters with NVIDIA driver installation, CUDA toolkit distribution to shared cluster storage, and DCGM setup during stateless node provisioning. For more details, see Slurm Installation Guide.
HPC	NVIDIA HPC SDK Provisioning for Slurm Clusters	Cluster-wide deployment of NVIDIA HPC SDK (nvhpc) for Slurm compiler and compute nodes with single installation on compiler node, NFS sharing, and bind mount distribution. For more details, see NVIDIA HPC SDK Setup.
Storage	Vast Repo and Vast Client Installation	Vast NFS client installation streamlined by building Vast repository from source, hosting RPMs on HTTP server, configuring repository, and automatic installation during provisioning when InfiniBand NIC is present. For more details, see Vast Repo Installation.
Debugging	One-Shot Combined Log Extraction for Debugging	One-shot log collection playbook for gathering cluster logs from Kubernetes and Slurm nodes with full and curated support collection modes, log collection from all node types, and timestamped tar.gz bundle output. For more details, see Log Management.
High Availability	ETCD on Local Disk Support for Kubernetes Service Cluster	ETCD deployment on local disk instead of NFS for Kubernetes service cluster with configurable `etcd_on_local_disk` setting in `omnia_config.yml`, automatic disk selection prioritizing BOSS cards (BOSS-N1/N2) with fallback to SSD/SATA disks, `/var/lib/etcd` mount point, support for pre-configured RAID 1 or RAID 10 on BOSS cards, and minimum 20 GB disk space recommendation. For more details, see High Availability Kubernetes Setup.

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