hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_shelf module – Manage the HPE Nimble Storage shelves

Note

This module is part of the hpe.nimble collection (version 1.1.4).

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 hpe.nimble. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_shelf.

New in hpe.nimble 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • Manage the shelves on an HPE Nimble Storage group.

Requirements

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

  • Ansible 2.9 or later

  • Python 3.6 or later

  • HPE Nimble Storage SDK for Python

  • HPE Nimble Storage arrays running NimbleOS 5.0 or later

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

accept_dedupe_impact

boolean

Accept the reduction or elimination of deduplication capability on the system as a result of activating a shelf that does not meet the necessary deduplication requirements.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

accept_foreign

boolean

Accept the removal of data on the shelf disks and activate foreign shelf.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

activated

boolean / required

Activated state for shelf or disk set means it is available to store date on. An activated shelf may not be deactivated.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

driveset

integer

Driveset to activate.

force

boolean

Forcibly activate shelf.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

host

string / required

HPE Nimble Storage IP address.

last_request

boolean

Indicates this is the last request in a series of shelf add requests.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

password

string / required

HPE Nimble Storage password.

shelf_serial

string / required

Serial number of shelf.

state

string / required

The shelf operation.

Choices:

  • "present"

username

string / required

HPE Nimble Storage user name.

Notes

Note

  • This module does not support check_mode.

Examples

- name: Update shelf
  hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_shelf:
    host: "{{ host }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    shelf_serial: "{{ shelf_serial | mandatory }}"
    accept_foreign: "{{ accept_foreign }}"
    force: "{{ force }}"
    activated: "{{ activated }}"
    state: present

Authors

  • HPE Nimble Storage Ansible Team (@ar-india)