NetApp E-Series Host collection consists of host utility roles relating to E-Series platforms.

The roles in this collection can be used to configure your host-storage connection for the different supported protocols (e.g. iSCSI, iSER, NVMe over InfiniBand), discover the mapped E-Series volumes, format them to your specifications, and assign persistent mount points to them.

• NetApp E-Series Host Collection
  • Table of Contents
  • Requirements
    • Requirements for E-Series Storage Systems
    • Requirements for E-Series Hosts
  • Tested Ansible Versions
  • Tested Platforms
  • Feature Roles
    • Storage Setup
    • Mount
    • Unmount
    • Snapshot
  • Support Roles
    • Protocol
    • Multipath
    • SELinux
    • IB OpenSM
    • IP over IB
    • IB iSER
    • IB srp
    • NVMe over IB
    • NVMe over FC
    • NVMe over RoCE
    • RoCE
    • iSCSI
    • FC
    • SAS
  • License
  • Maintainer Information

NetApp E-Series E2800 platform or newer (For older platforms, use NetApp E-Series SANtricity Web Services Proxy.)

• Python3.6 or later

Ansible 5.x (ansible-core 2.12)

• RHEL 8.4

Feature roles perform high level functions and will include the supporting roles as needed. Inventory variables will need to be defined for any included feature roles as well as any needed supporting roles. For example, when the Storage Setup role is included in your playbook and the targeted E-Series storage system utilizes the NVMe over InfiniBand communication protocol then the NVMe over IB role's inventory variables for will also need to be defined.

The storage_setup role installs and configures multipath and any supported protocols required for host-storage communications based on E-Series mapped volumes. The support roles include multipath and protocol roles.

See netapp_eseries.host.storage_setup documentation for more details.

The mount role will format and/or mount E-Series volumes on hosts. See netapp_eseries.host.mount documentation for more details.

The unmount role will unmount E-Series volumes from hosts. See netapp_eseries.host.unmount documentation for more details.

The snapshot role attempts to create filesystem safe point-in-time snapshot images. See netapp_eseries.host.snapshot documentation for more details.

Support Role are intended to aid the feature roles but may be called directly in unique situations.

The protocol role installs and configures any supported protocols required for host-storage communications based on E-Series mapped volumes. See netapp_eseries.host.protocol documentation for more details.

The multipath role configures multipathing for SCSI and NVMe devices. See netapp_eseries.host.multipath documentation for more details.

The selinux role configures SELinux. See netapp_eseries.host.selinux documentation for more details.

The ib_opensm role configuration OpenSM subnet managers. See netapp_eseries.host.ib_opensm documentation for more details.

The ipoib role configures InfiniBand network interfaces. See netapp_eseries.host.ipoib documentation for more details.

The ib_iser role installs and configures the required kernel modules and packages for InfiniBand iSER protocol. See netapp_eseries.host.ib_iser documentation for more details.

The ib_srp role installs and configures the required kernel modules and packages for InfiniBand SRP protocol. See netapp_eseries.host.ib_srp documentation for more details.

The nvme_ib role installs and configures the required kernel modules and packages for NVMe over InfiniBand protocol. See netapp_eseries.host.nvme_ib documentation for more details.

The nvme_fc role installs and configures the required kernel modules and packages for NVMe over Fibre Channel protocol. See netapp_eseries.host.nvme_fc documentation for more details.

The nvme_roce role installs and configures the required kernel modules and packages for NVMe over RoCE protocol. See netapp_eseries.host.nvme_roce documentation for more details.

The RoCE role configures ethernet interfaces for the RoCE protocol (IB over Ethernet). See netapp_eseries.host.roce documentation for more details.

The iscsi role installs and configures the required packages for the iSCSI protocol. See netapp_eseries.host.iscsi documentation for more details.

The fc role is simply a place holder for the fibre channel protocol. See netapp_eseries.host.fc documentation for more details.

The sas role is simply a place holder for the SAS protocol. See netapp_eseries.host.sas documentation for more details.

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