Merge pull request #2983 from ansible/release/porting-guide-11.9.0

Add the Ansible community 11.9.0 porting guide

Author: anweshadas

docs/docsite/rst/porting_guides/porting_guide_11.rst

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+Porting Guide for v11.9.0
+=========================
+
+Known Issues
+------------
+
+dellemc.openmanage
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- idrac_attributes - The module accepts both the string as well as integer value for the field "SNMP.1.AgentCommunity" for iDRAC10.
+- idrac_diagnostics - This module doesn't support export of diagnostics file to HTTP and HTTPS share via SOCKS proxy.
+- ome_smart_fabric_uplink - The module supported by OpenManage Enterprise Modular, however it does not allow the creation of multiple uplinks of the same name. If an uplink is created using the same name as an existing uplink, then the existing uplink is modified.
+
+Major Changes
+-------------
+
+- The removal of google.cloud was cancelled. The collection will not be removed from Ansible 12 (`https://forum.ansible.com/t/8609 <https://forum.ansible.com/t/8609>`__).
+  The sanity test failures have been addressed.
+
+dellemc.openmanage
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- OpenManage iDRAC Ansible modules are now compatible with Ansible Core version 2.19.
+- idrac_bios - This role is enhanced to support iDRAC10.
+- idrac_boot - This module is enhanced to support iDRAC10.
+- idrac_boot - This role is enhanced to support iDRAC10.
+- idrac_certificates - This module is enhanced to support iDRAC10.
+- idrac_reset - This module is enhanced to support iDRAC10.
+- idrac_reset - This role is enhanced to support iDRAC10.
+- idrac_support_assist - This module is enhanced to support iDRAC10.
+- idrac_user - This module is enhanced to support iDRAC10.
+- idrac_user - This role is enhanced to support iDRAC10.
+- ome_firmware - This module is enhanced to support OME 4.5.
+- ome_firmware_baseline - This module is enhanced to support OME 4.5.
+- ome_firmware_baseline_compliance_info - This module is enhanced to support OME 4.5.
+- ome_firmware_baseline_info - This module is enhanced to support OME 4.5.
+- ome_firmware_catalog - This module is enhanced to support OME 4.5.
+- redfish_firmware - This module is enhanced to support iDRAC10.
+
+dellemc.unity
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- Adding support for Unity v5.5.
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- The ``ibm.qradar`` collection has been deprecated.
+  It will be removed from Ansible 13 if no one starts maintaining it again before Ansible 13.
+  See `Collections Removal Process for unmaintained collections <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/collection_contributors/collection_package_removal.html#unmaintained-collections>`__ for more details (`https://forum.ansible.com/t/44259 <https://forum.ansible.com/t/44259>`__).
+
+community.hashi_vault
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- ansible-core - support for several ``ansible-core`` versions will be dropped in ``v7.0.0``. The collection will focus on current supported versions of ``ansible-core`` going forward and more agressively drop end-of-life or soon-to-be EOL versions (https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.html).
+- python - support for several ``python`` versions will be dropped in ``v7.0.0``. The collection will focus on ``python`` versions that are supported by the active versions of ``ansible-core`` on the controller side at a minimum, and some subset of target versions (https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.html).
+
 Porting Guide for v11.8.0
 =========================