cisco.ucs.ucs_disk_group_policy module – Configures disk group policies on Cisco UCS Manager

Note

This module is part of the cisco.ucs collection (version 1.8.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install cisco.ucs.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.ucs.ucs_disk_group_policy.

New in version 2.8: of cisco.ucs

Synopsis

  • Configures disk group policies on Cisco UCS Manager.

Requirements

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

  • ucsmsdk

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

configuration_mode

string

Disk group configuration mode. Choose one of the following:

automatic - Automatically configures the disks in the disk group.

manual - Enables you to manually configure the disks in the disk group.

Choices:

  • automatic ← (default)

  • manual

description

aliases: descr

string

The user-defined description of the storage profile.

Enter up to 256 characters.

You can use any characters or spaces except the following:

` (accent mark), (backslash), ^ (carat), ” (double quote), = (equal sign), > (greater than), < (less than), or ‘ (single quote).

drive_type

string

Specify the drive type to use in the drive group.

This can be one of the following:

unspecified — Selects the first available drive type, and applies that to all drives in the group.

HDD — Hard disk drive

SSD — Solid state drive

Option only applies when configuration mode is automatic.

Choices:

  • unspecified ← (default)

  • HDD

  • SSD

hostname

string / required

IP address or hostname of Cisco UCS Manager.

Modules can be used with the UCS Platform Emulator https://cs.co/ucspe

manual_disks

string

List of manually configured disks.

Options are only used when you choose manual configuration_mode.

name

string / required

The name of the local LUN.

role

string

The role of the disk. This can be one of the following:

normal - Normal

ded-hot-spare - Dedicated Hot Spare

glob-hot-spare - Glob Hot Spare

slot_num

string

The slot number of the specific disk.

span_id

string

The Span ID of the specific disk.

Default: “unspecified”

state

string

If present, will verify disk slot is configured within policy. If absent, will verify disk slot is absent from policy.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

min_drive_size

string

Specify the minimum drive size or unspecified to allow all drive sizes.

This can be from 0 to 10240 GB.

Option only applies when configuration mode is automatic.

Default: “unspecified”

name

string / required

The name of the disk group policy.

This name can be between 1 and 16 alphanumeric characters.

You cannot use spaces or any special characters other than - (hyphen), “_” (underscore), : (colon), and . (period).

You cannot change this name after the policy is created.

num_ded_hot_spares

string

Specify the number of hot spares for the disk group.

This can be from 0 to 24.

Option only applies when configuration mode is automatic.

Default: “unspecified”

num_drives

string

Specify the number of drives for the disk group.

This can be from 0 to 24.

Option only applies when configuration mode is automatic.

Default: 1

num_glob_hot_spares

string

Specify the number of global hot spares for the disk group.

This can be from 0 to 24.

Option only applies when configuration mode is automatic.

Default: “unspecified”

org_dn

string

The distinguished name (dn) of the organization where the resource is assigned.

Default: “org-root”

password

string / required

Password for Cisco UCS Manager authentication.

port

integer

Port number to be used during connection (by default uses 443 for https and 80 for http connection).

proxy

string

If use_proxy is no, specfies proxy to be used for connection. e.g. ‘http://proxy.xy.z:8080’

raid_level

string

The RAID level for the disk group policy. This can be one of the following:

stripe - UCS Manager shows RAID 0 Striped

mirror - RAID 1 Mirrored

mirror-stripe - RAID 10 Mirrored and Striped

stripe-parity - RAID 5 Striped Parity

stripe-dual-parity - RAID 6 Striped Dual Parity

stripe-parity-stripe - RAID 50 Striped Parity and Striped

stripe-dual-parity-stripe - RAID 60 Striped Dual Parity and Striped

Choices:

  • stripe ← (default)

  • mirror

  • mirror-stripe

  • stripe-parity

  • stripe-dual-parity

  • stripe-parity-stripe

  • stripe-dual-parity-stripe

state

string

Desired state of the disk group policy.

If present, will verify that the disk group policy is present and will create if needed.

If absent, will verify that the disk group policy is absent and will delete if needed.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

use_proxy

boolean

If no, will not use the proxy as defined by system environment variable.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

use_remaining_disks

string

Specifies whether you can use all the remaining disks in the disk group or not.

Option only applies when configuration mode is automatic.

Choices:

  • yes

  • no ← (default)

use_ssl

boolean

If no, an HTTP connection will be used instead of the default HTTPS connection.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

username

string

Username for Cisco UCS Manager authentication.

Default: “admin”

virtual_drive

string

Configuration of virtual drive options.

access_policy

string

Configure access policy to virtual drive.

Choices:

  • blocked

  • hidden

  • platform-default ← (default)

  • read-only

  • read-write

  • transport-ready

drive_cache

string

Configure drive caching.

Choices:

  • disable

  • enable

  • no-change

  • platform-default ← (default)

io_policy

string

Direct or Cached IO path.

Choices:

  • cached

  • direct

  • platform-default ← (default)

read_policy

string

Read access policy to virtual drive.

Choices:

  • normal

  • platform-default ← (default)

  • read-ahead

strip_size

string

Virtual drive strip size.

Choices:

  • present

  • absent

Default: “platform-default”

write_cache_policy

string

Write back cache policy.

Choices:

  • always-write-back

  • platform-default ← (default)

  • write-back-good-bbu

  • write-through

Examples

- name: Configure Disk Group Policy
  cisco.ucs.ucs_disk_group_policy:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    name: DEE-DG
    raid_level: mirror
    configuration_mode: manual
    manual_disks:
    - slot_num: '1'
      role: normal
    - slot_num: '2'
      role: normal

- name: Remove Disk Group Policy
  cisco.ucs.ucs_disk_group_policy:
    name: DEE-DG
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    state: absent

- name: Remove Disk from Policy
  cisco.ucs.ucs_disk_group_policy:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    name: DEE-DG
    description: Testing Ansible
    raid_level: stripe
    configuration_mode: manual
    manual_disks:
    - slot_num: '1'
      role: normal
    - slot_num: '2'
      role: normal
      state: absent
    virtual_drive:
      access_policy: platform-default
      io_policy: direct
      strip_size: 64KB

Authors

  • Sindhu Sudhir (@sisudhir)

  • David Soper (@dsoper2)

  • CiscoUcs (@CiscoUcs)

  • Brett Johnson (@sdbrett)

  • John McDonough (@movinalot)