RHEL 8.1 Support for Data Integrity Field/Data Integrity Extension (DIF/DIX)

4.9. File systems and storage

Support for Data Integrity Field/Data Integrity Extension (DIF/DIX)

DIF/DIX is supported on configurations where the hardware vendor has qualified it and provides full support for the particular host bus adapter (HBA) and storage array configuration on RHEL.

DIF/DIX is not supported on the following configurations:

• It is not supported for use on the boot device.
• It is not supported on virtualized guests.
• Red Hat does not support using the Automatic Storage Management library (ASMLib) when DIF/DIX is enabled.

DIF/DIX is enabled or disabled at the storage device, which involves various layers up to (and including) the application. The method for activating the DIF on storage devices is device-dependent.

For further information on the DIF/DIX feature, see What is DIF/DIX.

(BZ#1649493)
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.1_release_notes/new-features