What's New in EEP 8.1.1

Summarizes the new features and product updates in Ecosystem Pack (EEP) 8.1.1.

EEP 8.1.1 can be used with core 6.2.0 and core 7.0.0. For more information about EEP and core version support, see EEP Support and Lifecycle Status.

EEP 8.1.1 Versions and Features

EEP 8.1.1 provides significant updates to Airflow and HBase. Other components received minor updates. The following table summarizes the significant version updates in EEP 8.1.1:
Component EEP 8.1.0 Version EEP 8.1.1 Version Release Note
Airflow 2.2.1.0 2.5.1.0 Airflow 2.5.1.0 - 2305 (EEP 8.1.1) Release Notes
HBase 1.4.13.200 1.4.14.100 HBase 1.4.14.100 - 2305 (EEP 8.1.1) Release Notes

To compare the versions of various components in different EEPs, see Component Versions for Released EEPs.

FIPS Support

When used with release 7.0.0, most EEP 8.1.1 components support the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 Level 1. See FIPS Support for Ecosystem Components.

Discontinued Components

For an up-to-date list of discontinued components, see Discontinued Ecosystem Components.

Terminology Changes

Beginning with EEP 8.0.0, the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric product documentation includes the following terminology changes:
Old Name New Name
Ecosystem Pack (MEP)1 Ezmeral Ecosystem Pack (EEP)
HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric XD Distributed File and Object Store HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric File Store
Object Store with S3-Compatible API S3 Gateway
1In some areas, MEP continues to be used instead of EEP. To minimize issues for longtime MEP users, the package repository for released EEPs continues to use the MEP abbreviation in the directory names. See https://package.ezmeral.hpe.com/releases/MEP/. In addition, MEP remains in some documentation URLs to ensure that bookmarks and links to the URLs continue to work.

For more information about data-fabric terminology, see Documentation Enhancements in What's New in Release 7.1.0.

Installer Support for EEP 8.1.1

No version of the Installer currently supports EEP 8.1.1. Check this page again soon to see if a new Installer version becomes available to support EEP 8.1.1. For a list of the EEPs that are supported by different versions of the Installer, see Installer EEP Support.

EEP Upgrades

If your cluster is running EEP 7.0.x or 7.1.x, you can upgrade to Ecosystem Pack 7.1.2 or 8.x.x.

For information about upgrading EEPs, see:
For information about upgrading to core 7.0.0 and EEP 8.1.1, see:

EEP 8.1.1 Ecosystem Components and Release Notes

For a list of the EEP 8.1.1 components and their release notes, see Ecosystem Pack 8.1.1 Release Notes.

Version Change for Hive JAR Artifacts

Beginning with EEP 8.1.0, JAR artifacts for Hive use four digits instead of three digits. For more information, see Hive 2.3.9.0 - 2201 (EEP 8.1.0) Release Notes.