Handle version during repository registration for prefix mode verification

Signed-off-by: Ashish Singh <[email protected]>

Author: ashking94

Diff for: server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/blobstore/BlobStoreRepository.java

@@ -2994,7 +2994,7 @@ public String startVerification() {
      */
     private BlobContainer testContainer(String seed) {
         BlobPath testBlobPath;
-        if (prefixModeVerification == true) {
+        if (prefixModeVerification == true && clusterService.state().nodes().getMinNodeVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_17_0)) {
             PathInput pathInput = PathInput.builder().basePath(basePath()).indexUUID(seed).build();
             testBlobPath = PathType.HASHED_PREFIX.path(pathInput, FNV_1A_COMPOSITE_1);
         } else {