ibm_sa_host – Adds hosts to or removes them from IBM Spectrum Accelerate Family storage systems

New in version 2.7.

Synopsis

  • This module adds hosts to or removes them from IBM Spectrum Accelerate Family storage systems.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 2.7
  • pyxcli

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
cluster
-
The name of the cluster to include the host.
domain
-
The domains the cluster will be attached to. To include more than one domain, separate domain names with commas. To include all existing domains, use an asterisk ("*").
endpoints
string / required
The hostname or management IP of Spectrum Accelerate storage system.
host
- / required
Host name.
iscsi_chap_name
-
The host's CHAP name identifier
iscsi_chap_secret
-
The password of the initiator used to authenticate to the system when CHAP is enable
password
string / required
Password for username on the spectrum accelerate storage system.
state
- / required
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Host state.
username
string / required
Management user on the spectrum accelerate storage system.

Notes

Note

  • This module requires pyxcli python library. Use ‘pip install pyxcli’ in order to get pyxcli.

Examples

- name: Define new host.
  ibm_sa_host:
    host: host_name
    state: present
    username: admin
    password: secret
    endpoints: hostdev-system

- name: Delete host.
  ibm_sa_host:
    host: host_name
    state: absent
    username: admin
    password: secret
    endpoints: hostdev-system

Status

Authors

  • Tzur Eliyahu (@tzure)

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