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3/4/25, 11:05 AM Red Hat enhances security and virtualization experience with latest version of Red Hat OpenShift
many it is an opportunity to implement technologies that will both deliver on their current IT requirements
as well as help them meet the needs of tomorrow. The latest enhancements to Red Hat OpenShift are
designed to simplify the management of virtual machines and containers while providing organizations
with a common infrastructure to bring their generative AI (gen AI) plans to life.

Enhanced virtualization experience

Red Hat OpenShift 4.18 introduces new virtualization enhancements that improve networking, simplify
storage migration, and streamline VM management. These updates reduce operational complexity,
enhance flexibility and improve resource efficiency -- making it easier to manage and adapt virtualized

environments as needs evolve.

1. VM-friendly networking provides support for common VM networking use cases with the general
availability of user-defined networks, making it easier for users to get their virtualization platform up
and running. Also available with OpenShift on AWS and Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS, this
allows users to have similar networking capabilities for secondary networks on AWS as they do on-

premises, allowing for more hybrid cloud flexibility.
2. VM storage migration, available as a technology preview, now includes additional enhancements
that allow for non-disruptive movement of data between storage devices and storage classes while
a VM is running, enabling users to be more agile as storage needs change.

3. Tree-view navigation, available as a technology preview, enables users to logically group VMs
into folders which allows for a more granular grouping. Additionally, with logical grouping, also
available as a technology preview, users have a quicker and easier way to navigate between VMs
using a single click.

Red Hat OpenShift 4.18 also enhances user-defined networks with Border Gateway Protocol

(BGP), which improves segmentation and supports advanced use cases like VM static IP assignment,
live migration and stronger multi-tenancy.

Extending choice for greater hybrid cloud innovation

Red Hat OpenShift 4.18 expands support to additional public cloud providers, providing users with

increased flexibility for how and where they choose to run their workloads. Red Hat OpenShift now
supports bare-metal deployments on Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Additionally, for
users looking for virtualization in the public cloud, Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization is now available on
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as a technology preview.

Simplified operations for security

Red Hat OpenShift 4.18 introduces new security features designed to help drive more resilient

operations while decreasing potential risks. Secret store container storage interface (CSI) driver is
now generally available and provides users with a vendor-agnostic solution for managing credentials

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