Update the community changes and broken links (#1668)

shaynafinocchiaro · web-flow · commit e808008d0c60 · 2025-09-26T16:34:40.000-04:00
diff --git a/content/_index.html b/content/_index.html
@@ -160,15 +160,7 @@
 <div id="overview" class="text-center py-5" > 
         <div class="container" > 
           <p class="lead">
-
-        
-        <!--div class="pinfo pageinfo pageinfo-primary">
-          <ol>
-            <li>{{< message text="7" >}}</li> 
-            <br>
-            <li>{{< message text="1" >}}</li>
-         </ol>   
-        </div -->
+        <br> 
         <div>
           <p> <a class="btn btn-lg btn-primary me-3 mb-4" href="./docs/release/#notifications" target="_blank">Notifications</a> </p>  
         </div>
diff --git a/content/docs/release/_index.md b/content/docs/release/_index.md
@@ -9,7 +9,46 @@ Description: >
 
 ## Notifications
 
-**General:**
+<div style="text-align: left;">
+  
+  <h3 >🔒<strong>Important Notice</strong></h3>
+  <hr>
+  <p>
+  Starting with the release of <strong>Container Storage Modules v1.16.0</strong>, the project will no longer be maintained as an open source project. Future development will continue under a closed source model. This change reflects our commitment to delivering even greater value to our customers by enabling faster innovation and more deeply integrated features with the Dell storage portfolio.
+  </p>
+  <p>For existing customers using Dell’s Container Storage Modules, you will continue to receive:</p>
+  <ul>
+    <li><strong>Ongoing Support &amp; Community Engagement</strong><br>
+        You will continue to receive high-quality support through Dell Support and our community channels. Your experience of engaging with the Dell community remains unchanged.
+    </li>
+    <li><strong>Streamlined Deployment &amp; Updates</strong><br>
+        Deployment and update processes will remain consistent, ensuring a smooth and familiar experience.
+    </li>
+    <li><strong>Access to Documentation &amp; Resources</strong><br>
+        All documentation and related materials will remain publicly accessible, providing transparency and technical guidance.
+    </li>
+    <li><strong>Continued Access to Current Open Source Version</strong><br>
+        The current open-source version will remain available under its existing license for those who rely on it.
+    </li>
+  </ul>
+
+  <p>
+  Moving to a closed source model allows Dell’s development team to accelerate feature delivery and enhance integration across our Enterprise Kubernetes Storage solutions, ultimately providing a more seamless and robust experience.
+  </p>
+
+  <p>
+  We deeply appreciate the contributions of the open source community and remain committed to supporting our customers through this transition.
+  </p>
+
+  <p>
+  For questions or access requests, please contact the maintainers via 
+  <a href="https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000188046/container-storage-interface-csi-drivers-and-container-storage-modules-csm-how-to-get-support" target="_blank">Dell Support</a>.
+    <hr>
+</div> 
+
+<br>  
+
+ **General:**
 
 > * <span><span/>{{< message text="8" >}}
 > * <span><span/>{{< message text="7" >}}
diff --git a/content/docs/support/_index.md b/content/docs/support/_index.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Please select one of the following options to get support for Container Storage
       
       {{< customcard imageNumber="6" link="https://www.dell.com/support/incidents-online/en-us/contactus/product/container-storage-modules" title="Contact support" >}}  
 
-      {{< customcard imageNumber="6" link="https://github.com/dell/csm/security/advisories/new" title="Report a vulnerability" >}}
+      {{< customcard imageNumber="6" link="https://www.dell.com/support/contents/en-us/article/product-support/self-support-knowledgebase/security-antivirus/alerts-vulnerabilities/dell-vulnerability-response-policy" title="Report a vulnerability" >}}
 
       {{< customcard imageNumber="6" link="./supportpolicy" title="Support policy" >}}  
 
diff --git a/content/docs/support/contributionguidelines/_index.md b/content/docs/support/contributionguidelines/_index.md
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ Description: >
  Container Storage Modules (CSM) docs Contribution Guidelines
 ---
 
-
-Container Storage Modules Documentation is an open-source project and we thrive to build a welcoming and open community for anyone who wants to use the project or contribute to it.
+{{% pageinfo color="primary" %}}
+<span><span/>{{< message text="17" >}}
+{{% /pageinfo %}}
 
 ### Contributing to Container Storage Modules Documentation
 
diff --git a/content/docs/supportmatrix/_index.md b/content/docs/supportmatrix/_index.md
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ weight: 1
 | 4.18 - 4.19  | <div style="text-align: left">  Observability        </div>                                          | No          | No        | Yes        | Yes      | No       |
 | 4.18 - 4.19  | <div style="text-align: left"> Authorization - v2.x  </div>                                          | Yes         | No        | Yes        | Yes      | No       |
 | 4.18 - 4.19  | <div style="text-align: left"> Resiliency            </div>                                          | Yes         | No        | Yes        | Yes      | No       |
-| 4.18 - 4.19  | <div style="text-align: left"> Replication (Metro)	</div>                                            | Yes         | No        | No        | Yes       | No       |
+| 4.18 - 4.19  | <div style="text-align: left"> Replication (Metro, Sync)	</div>                                    | Yes         | No        | No        | Yes       | No       |
+| 4.18 - 4.19  | <div style="text-align: left"> Replication (Async)	</div>                                            | Yes         | No        | Yes       | Yes       | No       |
 {{</table>}}
-> Note: Replication with Sync/Async modes is not supported.<br>
 > Note: PowerStore does not support VM cloning or VM snapshot operations while Metro replication is enabled.
 
 ## Tested Host Operating Systems
diff --git a/content/docs/tooling/cert-csi/_index.md b/content/docs/tooling/cert-csi/_index.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Any orchestrator platform, operating system or version that is not mentioned in
 
 You may qualify your environment for Dell CSI Drivers by executing the [Run All Test Suites](#run-all-test-suites) workflow.
 
-Please submit your test results for our review [here](https://github.com/dell/csm/issues/new?assignees=&labels=type%2Fqualification&projects=&template=community_qualification.yml&title=%5BQualification%5D%3A+). If the results are a success, the orchestrator platform and version will be published under Community Qualified Configurations.
+Please submit your test results for our review via the [Container Storage Modules (CSM) Community](https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/container-storage-modules/self-certification-submission-process/68d59a2311f8fe4d5ec5b7b5). If the results are a success, the orchestrator platform and version will be published under Community Qualified Configurations.
 
 ## Installation
 
diff --git a/content/v1/support/_index.md b/content/v1/support/_index.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Please select one of the following options to get support for Container Storage
       
       {{< customcard imageNumber="6" link="https://www.dell.com/support/incidents-online/en-us/contactus/product/container-storage-modules" title="Contact support" >}}  
 
-      {{< customcard imageNumber="6" link="https://github.com/dell/csm/security/advisories/new" title="Report a vulnerability" >}}
+      {{< customcard imageNumber="6" link="https://www.dell.com/support/contents/en-us/article/product-support/self-support-knowledgebase/security-antivirus/alerts-vulnerabilities/dell-vulnerability-response-policy" title="Report a vulnerability" >}}
 
       {{< customcard imageNumber="6" link="./supportpolicy" title="Support policy" >}}  
 
diff --git a/content/v1/support/contributionguidelines/_index.md b/content/v1/support/contributionguidelines/_index.md
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ Description: >
  Container Storage Modules (CSM) docs Contribution Guidelines
 ---
 
-
-Container Storage Modules Documentation is an open-source project and we thrive to build a welcoming and open community for anyone who wants to use the project or contribute to it.
+{{% pageinfo color="primary" %}}
+<span><span/>{{< message text="17" >}}
+{{% /pageinfo %}}
 
 ### Contributing to Container Storage Modules Documentation
 
diff --git a/content/v1/tooling/cert-csi/_index.md b/content/v1/tooling/cert-csi/_index.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Any orchestrator platform, operating system or version that is not mentioned in
 
 You may qualify your environment for Dell CSI Drivers by executing the [Run All Test Suites](#run-all-test-suites) workflow.
 
-Please submit your test results for our review [here](https://github.com/dell/csm/issues/new?assignees=&labels=type%2Fqualification&projects=&template=community_qualification.yml&title=%5BQualification%5D%3A+). If the results are a success, the orchestrator platform and version will be published under Community Qualified Configurations.
+Please submit your test results for our review via the [Container Storage Modules (CSM) Community](https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/container-storage-modules/self-certification-submission-process/68d59a2311f8fe4d5ec5b7b5). If the results are a success, the orchestrator platform and version will be published under Community Qualified Configurations.
 
 ## Installation
 
diff --git a/content/v2/support/_index.md b/content/v2/support/_index.md
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ If you have a support contract for a Dell Storage Backend that has a CSI Driver
 
 The Dell Container Storage Modules team and community take security bugs seriously. We sincerely appreciate all your efforts and responsibility to disclose your findings.
 
-To report a security issue, please submit the security advisory form ["Report a Vulnerability"](https://github.com/dell/csm/security/advisories/new).
+To report a security issue, please submit the security advisory form ["Report a Vulnerability"](https://www.dell.com/support/contents/en-us/article/product-support/self-support-knowledgebase/security-antivirus/alerts-vulnerabilities/dell-vulnerability-response-policy).
 
 >CSM recommends staying on the [latest release](https://github.com/dell/csm/releases/latest) of Dell Container Storage Modules to take advantage of new features, enhancements, bug fixes, and security fixes.
diff --git a/content/v2/support/cert-csi/_index.md b/content/v2/support/cert-csi/_index.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Any orchestrator platform, operating system or version that is not mentioned in
 
 You may qualify your environment for Dell CSI Drivers by executing the [Run All Test Suites](#run-all-test-suites) workflow.
 
-Please submit your test results for our review [here](https://github.com/dell/csm/issues/new?assignees=&labels=type%2Fqualification&projects=&template=community_qualification.yml&title=%5BQualification%5D%3A+). If the results are a success, the orchestrator platform and version will be published under Community Qualified Configurations.
+Please submit your test results for our review via the [Container Storage Modules (CSM) Community](https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/container-storage-modules/self-certification-submission-process/68d59a2311f8fe4d5ec5b7b5). If the results are a success, the orchestrator platform and version will be published under Community Qualified Configurations.
 
 ## Installation
 
diff --git a/content/v2/support/contributionguidelines/_index.md b/content/v2/support/contributionguidelines/_index.md
@@ -6,20 +6,21 @@ Description: >
   Dell Technologies (Dell) Container Storage Modules (CSM) docs Contribution Guidelines
 ---
 
-
-CSM Docs is an open-source project and we thrive to build a welcoming and open community for anyone who wants to use the project or contribute to it.
+{{% pageinfo color="primary" %}}
+<span><span/>{{< message text="17" >}}
+{{% /pageinfo %}}
 
 ### Contributing to CSM Docs
 
-Become one of the contributors to this project! 
+Become one of the contributors to this project!
 
 You can contribute to this project in several ways. Here are some examples:
 
 * Contribute to the CSM documentation.
 * Report an issue.
 * Feature requests.
 
-CSM docs reside in <https://github.com/dell/csm-docs>. 
+Container Storage Modules documentation reside in <https://github.com/dell/csm-docs>.
 
 CSM project resides in <https://github.com/dell/csm>.
 
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ CSM project resides in <https://github.com/dell/csm>.
 * Break the website view.
 * Commit directly.
 * Compromise backward compatibility.
-* Disrespect your Community Team members. 
+* Disrespect your Community Team members.
 * Forget to keep things simple.
 
 #### Do
@@ -42,8 +43,8 @@ CSM project resides in <https://github.com/dell/csm>.
 
 ### Code reviews
 
-All submissions, including submissions by project members, require review. 
-We use GitHub pull requests for this purpose. 
+All submissions, including submissions by project members, require review.
+We use GitHub pull requests for this purpose.
 
 ### Branching strategy
 
@@ -79,17 +80,16 @@ The CSM documentation portal follows a release branch strategy where a branch is
 7. Once your pull request has merged with the required approvals, your branch can be deleted.
 
 ### Previewing your changes
-- Install [latest Hugo version extended version](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases). 
+- Install [latest Hugo version extended version](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases).
     > Note: Please note we have to install an extended version.
-- Create a local copy of the csm-docs repository using `git clone`. 
-- Update docsy submodules inside themes folder using `git submodule update --recursive --init`
-- Change to the csm-docs folder and run 
+- Create a local copy of the csm-docs repository using `git clone`.
+- Change to the csm-docs folder and run
+    ```
+    hugo server
     ```
-    hugo server 
-    ```    
     By default, local changes will be reflected at http://localhost:1313/. Hugo will watch for changes to the content and automatically refreshes the site.
   > Note: To bind it to different server address use `hugo server --bind 0.0.0.0`, default is 127.0.0.1
-- After testing the changes locally, raise a pull request after editing the pages and pushing it to GitHub. 
+- After testing the changes locally, raise a pull request after editing the pages and pushing it to GitHub.
 
 ### Community guidelines
 
@@ -99,14 +99,13 @@ This project follows https://github.com/dell/csm/blob/main/docs/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.
 
 #### Linking the URLs
 
-Hardcoded relative links like `[troubleshooting observability](../../observability/troubleshooting.md)` will behave unexpectedly compared to how they would work on our local file system. 
+Hardcoded relative links like `[troubleshooting observability](../../observability/troubleshooting.md)` will behave unexpectedly compared to how they would work on our local file system.
 To avoid broken links in the portal, use regular relative URLs in links that will be left unchanged by Hugo.
 
 #### Style guide
 
 - Use sentence case wherever applicable.
 - Use the numbered lists for items in sequential order and bulletins for the other lists.
 - Check for grammar and spelling.
-- Embed the code within backticks. 
+- Embed the code within backticks.
 - Use only high-resolution images.
-
diff --git a/content/v3/support/_index.md b/content/v3/support/_index.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: "Support"
 linkTitle: "Support"
+no_list: true
 weight: 13
 Description: >
   Dell Container Storage Modules (CSM) support
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ If you have a support contract for a Dell Storage Backend that has a CSI Driver
 
 The Dell Container Storage Modules team and community take security bugs seriously. We sincerely appreciate all your efforts and responsibility to disclose your findings.
 
-To report a security issue, please submit the security advisory form ["Report a Vulnerability"](https://github.com/dell/csm/security/advisories/new).
+To report a security issue, please submit the security advisory form ["Report a Vulnerability"](https://www.dell.com/support/contents/en-us/article/product-support/self-support-knowledgebase/security-antivirus/alerts-vulnerabilities/dell-vulnerability-response-policy).
 
 >CSM recommends staying on the [latest release](https://github.com/dell/csm/releases/latest) of Dell Container Storage Modules to take advantage of new features, enhancements, bug fixes, and security fixes.
 
diff --git a/content/v3/support/cert-csi/_index.md b/content/v3/support/cert-csi/_index.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Any orchestrator platform, operating system or version that is not mentioned in
 
 You may qualify your environment for Dell CSI Drivers by executing the [Run All Test Suites](#run-all-test-suites) workflow.
 
-Please submit your test results for our review [here](https://github.com/dell/csm/issues/new?assignees=&labels=type%2Fqualification&projects=&template=community_qualification.yml&title=%5BQualification%5D%3A+). If the results are a success, the orchestrator platform and version will be published under Community Qualified Configurations.
+Please submit your test results for our review via the [Container Storage Modules (CSM) Community](https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/container-storage-modules/self-certification-submission-process/68d59a2311f8fe4d5ec5b7b5). If the results are a success, the orchestrator platform and version will be published under Community Qualified Configurations.
 
 ## Installation
 
diff --git a/content/v3/support/contributionguidelines/_index.md b/content/v3/support/contributionguidelines/_index.md
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Description: >
 ---
 
 
-CSM Docs is an open-source project and we thrive to build a welcoming and open community for anyone who wants to use the project or contribute to it.
+{{% pageinfo color="primary" %}}
+<span><span/>{{< message text="17" >}}
+{{% /pageinfo %}}
 
 ### Contributing to CSM Docs
 
diff --git a/layouts/docs/content.html b/layouts/docs/content.html
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diff --git a/layouts/docs/list.html b/layouts/docs/list.html
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ <h1>{{ .Title }}</h1>
     
         {{ .Content }}
 	
-        {{ partial "section-index.html" . }}
-		{{ partial "feedback1.html" . -}}
-		
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+        {{ partial "section-index.html" . }}	
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diff --git a/layouts/partials/feedback1.html b/layouts/partials/feedback1.html
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         <h2 class="feedback--title">Feedback</h2>
         <p class="feedback--question">Was this page helpful?</p>
         <button class="btn btn-primary mb-4 feedback--answer feedback--answer-yes px-4">Yes</button>
-        <a href="https://github.com/dell/csm/issues/new?template=bug_report.yml&title=%5BBUG%5D%3A%20{{ .Title | urlquery }}&bug-description=Feedback%20for%20the%20documentation&driver=CSM%20documentation&co=N%2FA&os=N%2FA&files=N%2FA&steps={{ .RelPermalink | urlquery }}" target="_blank" >     <button class="btn btn-primary mb-4 feedback--answer feedback--answer-no px-4 ">No</button></a>
+        <a href="https://www.dell.com/community/en/categories/kubernetes-and-containers" target="_blank" >     <button class="btn btn-primary mb-4 feedback--answer feedback--answer-no px-4 ">No</button></a>
         <p class="feedback--response feedback--response-yes">
           Thank you for your feedback!
         </p>
diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/message.html b/layouts/shortcodes/message.html
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 The Container Storage Modules Application Mobility component has been deprecated and will no longer receive updates or maintenance.
 {{ else if eq (.Get "text") "16" }}
 Starting from CSM version 1.15, the Karavi topology component will no longer operate as a standalone service. Instead, topology data will be directly exported to the OpenTelemetry Collector
+{{ else if eq (.Get "text") "17" }}
+Starting with the release of <b> Container Storage Modules v1.16.0</b>, the project will no longer be maintained as an open source project. Future development will continue under a closed source model. This change reflects our commitment to delivering even greater value to our customers by enabling faster innovation and more deeply integrated features with the Dell storage portfolio. For more information like <a href="/csm-docs/docs/release">Release Notes</a>
 {{else}}
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 {{ end }}
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