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Update block device support for 1.11 (#8895)
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* Update block device support for 1.11

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jsafrane authored and Misty Stanley-Jones committed Jun 20, 2018
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* AWSElasticBlockStore
* AzureFile
* AzureDisk
* FC (Fibre Channel)**
* FC (Fibre Channel)
* FlexVolume
* Flocker
* NFS
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* ScaleIO Volumes
* StorageOS

Raw Block Support exists for these plugins only.

## Persistent Volumes

Each PV contains a spec and status, which is the specification and status of the volume.
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### Volume Mode

Prior to v1.9, the default behavior for all volume plugins was to create a filesystem on the persistent volume. With v1.9, the user can specify a `volumeMode` which will now support raw block devices in addition to file systems. Valid values for `volumeMode` are "Filesystem" or "Block". If left unspecified, `volumeMode` defaults to "Filesystem" internally. This is an optional API parameter.
{{< feature-state for_k8s_version="v1.9" state="alpha" >}}

{{< note >}}
**Note:** This feature is alpha in v1.9 and may change in the future.
{{< /note >}}
To enable this feature, enable the `BlockVolume` feature gate on the apiserver, controller-manager and the kubelet.

Prior to Kubernetes 1.9, all volume plugins created a filesystem on the persistent volume.
Now, you can set the value of `volumeMode` to `raw` to use a raw block device, or `filesystem`
to use a filesystem. `filesystem` is the default if the value is omitted. This is an optional API
parameter.

### Access Modes

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## Raw Block Volume Support

Static provisioning support for Raw Block Volumes is included as an alpha feature for v1.9. With this change are some new API fields that need to be used to facilitate this functionality. Kubernetes v1.10 supports only Fibre Channel and Local Volume plugins for this feature.
{{< feature-state for_k8s_version="v1.9" state="alpha" >}}

To enable support for raw block volumes, enable the `BlockVolume` feature gate on the
apiserver, controller-manager and the kubelet.

The following volume plugins support raw block volumes, including dynamic provisioning where
applicable.

* AWSElasticBlockStore
* AzureDisk
* FC (Fiber Channel)
* GCEPersistentDisk
* iSCSI
* Local volume
* RBD (Ceph Block Device)

{{< note >}}
**Note**: Only FC and iSCSI volumes supported raw block volumes in Kubernetes 1.9.
Support for the additional plugins was added in 1.10.
{{< /note >}}

### Persistent Volumes using a Raw Block Volume
```yaml
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