We are pleased to announce the general availability of FreeNAS 11.1. This release delivers many performance improvements, new and updated drivers, new features and enhancements, and bug fixes. FreeNAS 11.1 can be used and distributed free of charge, and updates are freely available.

Operating System

FreeNAS 11.1 is based on the FreeBSD 11.1-STABLE operating system, which includes numerous performance improvements, new and updated drivers, new features, and bug fixes.

OpenZFS

OpenZFS has seen many improvements. Users will notice a significant speedup when listing a large number of snapshots or deleting multiple snapshots and large files.

The scrub and resilver algorithm implement substantial speed improvements which will be most noticeable on fragmented pools.

Resilver Priority has been added to Storage. Resilvering, which rebuilds the storage array, can now be run at a higher priority at configurable times and days of the week.

Hardware Support

The hardware watchdog has been reenabled for recent firmware versions of AsrockRack C2750D4I. The BMC bug which required the watchdog to be disabled is resolved with the 00.35.00 or newer BMC firmware version.

IPMI

The Identify Light button has been added to identify a system in a rack by flashing its Unit ID light.

Cloud Support

Cloud Credentials has been added to System, providing a secure connection with cloud service providers. Supported services include Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, and Google Cloud Storage.

Cloud Sync has been added to Tasks, giving the capability of synchronizing files or directories with remote cloud storage.

Virtual Machines

VMs have received significant improvements, including:

• selecting which NIC is used by the VM, and setting the MAC address for the VM NIC.
• specifying the sector size used by the emulated disk.
• selecting the VNC screen resolution, the IP address to bind to, the VNC password, and the option to use the Web version of VNC.
• the option to create a Docker instance based on RancherOS.

Services

• The Netdata real-time performance and monitoring system has been added.
• The SNMP MIB has many improvements, including the ability to send SNMP traps for new alerts.

Time Machine

Support for per-backup OS X Time Machine quotas has been added.

Alerts

The Send Test Alert button has been added to Alert Services, making testing of notification services simpler.

The complete list of features is available at http://doc.freenas.org/11/intro.html#new-features-in-release.

Changelogs

BETA1:

7493	Feature	Use inadyn as DDNS backend to support more providers
11534	Bug	Register enterprise number for FREENAS-MIB
13630	Bug	Prevent large file delete from starving out write operations
16455	Bug	Add lsiget tool
17907	Feature	Add ability to sign CSRs using internal FreeNAS CA
18428	Feature	Speed up snapshots listing
18615	Bug	Skip old login failures in daily security run output
19406	Bug	Remove Snapshot Replication column
19572	Feature	Allow readonly attribute for datasets to be set/unset from the GUI
19740	Bug	Update Advanced Console UI description
20230	Bug	Clarify scrub schedule fields in Guide
20908	Feature	Add several new providers for Dynamic DNS
21091	Feature	Script to migrate from warden to iocage jails
21872	Feature	Apply default permissions to SMB share ACLs
22859	Bug	Speed up the installation of base-os
23177	Feature	Add System – General fields to Middlewared
23355	Feature	Add Netdata service
23361	Feature	Add unauthorized reboot e-mail alert
23439	Bug	ZFS VFS objects are optional
23441	Feature	Add Support for Backblaze B2
23455	Feature	Detach device from mirrored boot pool
23481	Feature	Allow users to access VM guest’s VNC via web shell
23493	Bug	Fix VM stop
23523	Feature	Support for mirrored swap partitions
23552	Bug	Re-enable hardware watchdog for newer firmware versions of AsrockRack C2750D4I
23615	Bug	Disallow attribute changes for builtin users
23651	Bug	Add ability to set the VM NIC Mac Address
23652	Bug	Add ability to use RAW disk with guest VMs
23684	Bug	Disable Nginx server tokens
23691	Feature	Add warning in MOTD
23780	Bug	Allow Wizard to add another user after a user is deleted
23795	Feature	Add ability to restart a VM
23848	Bug	Unify zvol create/update code and update API docs
23850	Bug	Add compression and dedup to zvol API
23857	Bug	Filter out collectd log spam
23871	Bug	Don’t create additional dataset at replication destination
23872	Bug	Allow rsync task with / as remote host
23881	Bug	Unify API code to create/update zvol
23883	Bug	Document API for boot environment calls
23894	Feature	Add ability to choose the VM VNC screen resolution
23916	Feature	Allow multiple Subject Alternate Names in CAs and Certs
23922	Feature	Allow WebDAV to function with no authentication
23927	Bug	Add ability to select the NIC used by a VM
23928	Feature	Add ability to send test alert to Alert Services
23934	Bug	Fix traceback when trying to PUT nonexistent object
23943	Bug	Prevent infinite folder replication within home directory
23977	Bug	RealVNC Viewer can’t connect to VM VNC with auto quality enabled
23978	Feature	Enable VLAN priority code point (vlanpcp) for CoS classification
23979	Feature	Add VNC authentication support to VMs
23989	Bug	Clarify what replicator does when there is no overlapping snapshot on the sending/receiving system
24013	Feature	Add “clone promote” functionality to Storage tab
24014	Bug	Do not auto-hide error messages on top of the GUI
24040	Bug	Add comments to zvol dict
24042	Bug	Fix update jail API
24049	Bug	Only snapshot imported volumes
24051	Bug	Add SNMP log level and default to LOG_ERR
24071	Bug	Add VM device to API
24077	Bug	Remove 120 character limit from SSH Service “Extra Options” field
24099	Bug	Filter out useless messages
24139	Bug	Increase timeout to delete boot environment
24172	Feature	Add Identify Light button to IPMI
24202	Bug	Document VM serial console access
24211	Feature	Add compressed ARC stats to top(1)
24212	Bug	Allow import of encrypted CA key
24217	Bug	Fix SMART tests for wizard-generated configurations
24221	Bug	Fix Stop VM button
24222	Bug	Add NIC default to new VM
24237	Bug	Allow S.M.A.R.T. tests for boot devices
24278	Bug	Add API call to update iSCSI portal with unchanged ip:port
24337	Feature	Add disk description to title of disk reporting graphs
24402	Bug	Improvements to SNMP MIB
24491	Bug	Fix traceback when disabling AD directory service
24521	Bug	Fix traceback when creating jail using iocage
24528	Bug	Fix iocage fetch traceback
24543	Bug	Disable daily system uptime report
24571	Feature	Add multiple NIC selection to VM networking
24573	Bug	Change middlewared to use asyncio
24574	Bug	Move BE validation to middleware
24586	Bug	Make NFS service bind ip use list instead of string
24594	Bug	Add SSL/TLS Support to S3
24597	Feature	Add mmv
24598	Feature	Randomize default VM NIC Mac Address to avoid conflicts
24599	Bug	Ensure minimum memory for VM guest
24604	Feature	Add support for HBA 9400-8i (P2 driver)
24731	Bug	Replace smartd rc script with smartd-daemon that forks immediately
24782	Bug	Fix sort error on Replication Column heading
24795	Bug	Allow zvol comments to work with ‘ character
24816	Bug	Specify “-o large” when mounting MSDOS filesystems
24819	Feature	Add devcpu-data to allow CPU microcode update for Intel Skylake/Kaby Lake processors
24820	Bug	Update ixl(4) driver
24845	Feature	Provide a shell websocket to use with xterm.js
24885	Bug	Update system packages
24926	Bug	Do not require Options when adding a new Link Aggregation Member
24930	Bug	Unify dataset create/update code in API
24947	Bug	Remove LANMAN information from Guide
24949	Bug	Don’t traceback when unable to send email
24956	Bug	Reduce migration time when upgrading within 11 series
24964	Feature	Improve freenas-debug -n (Dump Network Configuration)
24969	Feature	Add descriptive headers to freenas-debug
24988	Bug	Add API calls to submit tickets
25037	Bug	Fix AWS-SNS Alert Service
25038	Bug	Re-evaluate NICChoices every time
25053	Bug	Reduce RAM fragmentation
25057	Bug	Fix traceback when deleting boot environment
25090	Bug	Fix bhyve core dump
25101	Bug	Replace SMB min/max protocol fields with sysctls
25113	Bug	Fix Users sorting error
25140	Bug	Display multipath disks in View Disks
25151	Bug	Fix cron job “Run now” button
25158	Bug	Sync System tab with timezone change
25170	Feature	Add Resilver Priority to Storage tab
25182	Feature	Add Offline button for faulted devices
25183	Bug	Fix Samba PID location
25237	Bug	Fix ichwd(4) shutdown crash
25239	Bug	Fix reset of webdav password
25252	Bug	Add ability to dismiss alert to API
25269	Feature	Add No Communication Warning Time field to UPS service
25272	Bug	Update OpenVPN to 2.3.14
25278	Bug	Add IPMI to middleware
25283	Feature	Update API docs for dataset edit
25287	Bug	Autocreate iocage bridges
25290	Bug	Create RAM disk for RRD files so they don’t fill up tmp partition
25292	Feature	Improve dataset resource in API
25303	Bug	Add ability to edit a Certificate
25316	Bug	Update Iperf to 3-3.2
25318	Bug	Update iocage to 0.9.9
25323	Feature	API function to retrieve resilvering progress
25328	Feature	Add beadm list to freenas-debug
25354	Bug	Stop VM before deleting it
25356	Feature	Add mbuffer
25381	Feature	Add bsdusr_attributes to API
25384	Feature	Add sector size option for VM block devices
25392	Feature	Add CP1252 to DOS charset choices
25397	Feature	Add filtering for filesystem.listdir
25403	Bug	Restore zvol size warning
25405	Bug	Support hardware with many interrupt vectors, such as Dell R730
25429	Bug	Fix wizard traceback when creating Windows share
25439	Bug	Increase timeout for shell websocket
25479	Bug	Fix traceback when creating snapshot with existing name
25501	Feature	Display available uhid devices in UPS service
25518	Bug	Prevent creation of duplicate vlan
25521	Feature	Generate SHA256 checksum for manual update file
25522	Feature	Add checkbox to enable time machine to home share
25529	Feature	Add ability to clone VMs
25530	Bug	Add scrub pause & resume
25531	Bug	Add scrub sorting feature
25560	Bug	Allow nfs onestart to work with NFSv4
25565	Feature	Add users logic to middlewared
25619	Bug	Validate LUN ID for associated targets
25621	Feature	Add feature to force encryption with Amazon S3 Cloud Sync
25645	Bug	Fix sshd config generation
25657	Bug	Fix permissions on logs
25685	Feature	Add enable/disabled option for Init/Shutdown Scripts
25697	Feature	Uncheck “Wait to boot” VM option by default
25700	Bug	Add IPv6 support for VNC in VMs
25704	Bug	Add hot spare description to Guide
25709	Bug	Update mps driver
25737	Bug	Clarify replace disk instructions in Guide
25754	Bug	Fix jail web shell hang
25764	Bug	Move system dataset business logic to middlewared
25808	Feature	Add back s3cmd
25821	Feature	Remove unused idmap backends
25830	Bug	Update Dojo Toolkit to 1.12.2
25848	Feature	Add Cloud Sync, Google Cloud Storage, and Backblaze B2 support
25856	Bug	Correct HTTP proxy username/password format in Guide
25894	Bug	Enable IPMI support in collectd
25918	Feature	Convert FTP service GUI to Middlewared
25919	Feature	Convert AFP service GUI to Middlewared
25936	Feature	Add checkbox to toggle Access Based Enumeration on SMB shares
25959	Bug	Clarify collectd.conf documentation in Guide
25978	Feature	Indicate that the new GUI is still in beta
25982	Bug	Allow catia VFS object to be enabled independently from fruit and streams_xattr
25987	Bug	Add support for Ryzen processors
25990	Feature	Add ability to query Certificate ID using API
26004	Feature	Convert System:Email to Middlewared
26011	Feature	Remove character limitation in Auxiliary Parameters field of FTP service
26012	Bug	Fix Rsync service tooltip
26020	Feature	Convert Services:SNMP to Middlewared
26021	Feature	Convert Services:SMART to Middlewared
26026	Bug	Fix traceback on certificate import
26030	Bug	Preserve RRD graphs after hostname change
26043	Bug	Fix nginx alias bug in new GUI
26049	Bug	Clarify description for LDAP certificate in Guide
26067	Bug	Use Object ID for group in API
26080	Feature	Convert System:Boot Env to Middlewared
26097	Bug	Preserve new lines in MOTD
26101	Feature	REST v2.0 OpenAPI Specification
26179	Feature	Convert Services:DynDNS to Middlewared
26201	Feature	Support double confirmation on some dialogs
26218	Bug	Rewrite poor dedup warning
26239	Bug	Indicate that the Netdata service needs to be started before it can be configured
26241	Bug	Retire 9.3 train
26242	Bug	Improve text in VM field names and tooltips
26244	Bug	Fix traceback when signing a CSR
26270	Bug	Restart cron after timezone change
26271	Feature	Use middlewared to get public key and scan remote ssh key
26292	Feature	Add support for Intel X553 to ixgb(4)

RC1:

24127	Feature	Update AD and LDAP endpoints in API
25394	Bug	Remove_ea_value() calls and its 64K limitation
25543	Bug	Proper error messages for VMware exceptions
25889	Bug	Allow reporting CPU usage as a percentage
26278	Feature	Add ability to get console messages to API
26295	Bug	More improvements to SNMP MIB
26313	Bug	Merge in additional upstream scrub commits
26329	Bug	Fix 11.1 Prerelease registering as a downgrade
26343	Bug	Update iocage section of Guide
26344	Bug	Preserve leading space in MOTD banner field
26352	Feature	Update Netdata to 1.8.0
26357	Bug	Report PCI UARTs to recognize serial cards
26358	Feature	Convert Tasks:InitShutdown to Middlewared
26372	Bug	Handle failed password attempts when logging into new UI
26373	Feature	Middleware events for scrub/resilver progress
26387	Bug	Fix SMART service not sending emails
26408	Bug	Change minimum required memory to 8GB in installer

RC3:

17875	Bug	Specify a quota per time machine backup
17923	Feature	Add dataset quota email notifications
21336	Bug	Add ability to attach smaller disk to a larger one
23357	Bug	Add ability to create Docker container in VM using RancherOS
23544	Feature	Allow up to 6 additional domains in DNS search directive
24972	Feature	Add transfer mode for cloud sync tasks
25034	Bug	Fix Intel i350 WOL bug
25527	Bug	Allow $ character in IPMI password
25734	Bug	Expose zvol state through SNMP
25886	Bug	Ensure NFS shares networks do not overlap
26047	Bug	Use certificate chain if certificate contains multiple parts
26165	Bug	Send email when scrub finishes
26178	Feature	Convert Services:TFTP to Middlewared
26316	Bug	Include VirtualBox in note about promiscuous mode in Guide
26330	Feature	Add API to get Kerberos principal
26340	Feature	Add location to change lagg MTU to tooltip
26365	Bug	Ensure uniqueness by combining guest VM name with its ID number
26386	Bug	Be consistent when restarting NFS
26393	Bug	Properly detect disks and display in View Disks
26403	Bug	Don’t send email on authorized system reboot
26416	Bug	Do not traceback if volume is locked
26441	Bug	Add back scrub/resilver tunables
26470	Bug	Allow interfaces to be selected from netcli
26471	Feature	Add support for CloudSync Azure backups
26492	Feature	Add zfs-stats command
26498	Bug	Fix PULL tasks for BackBlaze and Google Cloud storage
26505	Bug	Fix FTP traceback
26555	Bug	Fix traceback when creating a volume after destroying the old volume
26557	Bug	Only create new virtual interface if it does not exist
26563	Bug	Provide message when configuring a dataset fails
26593	Bug	Fix snmp-agent.py shebang
26615	Bug	Remove 0.0.0.0 from VNC option
26650	Bug	Correctly report ZFS dataset quota overflows
26661	Bug	Fix traceback in CPU temperature graph
26663	Bug	Fix disk attach/detach of boot pool
26687	Bug	Improve performance for speculative prefetch in ZFS for misaligned reads
26774	Bug	Fix middlewared segfault due to libzfs not being thread safe
26775	Bug	Samba fixes for CVE-2017-14746 and CVE-2017-15275
26785	Bug	Use websockets to prevent Support debug upload from timing out
26797	Bug	Fix error when replacing a failed disk
26803	Feature	Add netmap kernel module
26834	Bug	Do not destroy GELI metadata on failed encrypted import
26878	Bug	Add zfs.pool.query method to create Docker VM
26913	Bug	Fixes to address OpenSSL CVE 17:11
26923	Bug	Fix volume creation traceback
26925	Bug	Fix error in volume import
26936	Bug	Fix deadlock on middlewared startup
26938	Bug	Remove runtime depend on GCC from grub2-efi
26973	Bug	Fix error message when unlocking an encrypted volume

Release:

12684	Bug	Do not create an actual /nonexistent directory
21336	Bug	Add ability to attach smaller disk to a larger one
23197	Bug	Try to validate certificate before importing it
24000	Bug	Improve FHA locality control for NFS read/write requests
24942	Bug	Register mDNS on all interfaces
25037	Bug	Fix AWS-SNS Alert Service
25236	Feature	Add Docker section to Guide
25966	Bug	Update module that reports ARC Hit Ratio
26470	Bug	Allow interfaces to be selected from netcli
26509	Bug	Autostart at boot iocage jails that have property boot=on
26531	Bug	Make sure mDNS starts
26663	Bug	Fix disk attach/detach of boot pool
26800	Bug	Fork netatalk
26990	Bug	Fix regression that prevented VNC connection
26993	Bug	Allow special characters in grub-bhyve password
27001	Bug	Fix mDNS traceback
27018	Bug	Don’t create iocage datasets if no jails exist
27088	Bug	Fix iocage logging
27097	Bug	Avoid exception when number of maximum swap mirrors is reached
27098	Bug	Fix destroying system datasets on migrate
27099	Bug	Fix traceback on cloud credentials
27124	Bug	Fixes to address OpenSSL SA 17:12
27128	Bug	Do not destroy volume if wizard import fails