netapp.elementsw.na_elementsw_initiators module – Manage Element SW initiators

Note

This module is part of the netapp.elementsw collection (version 21.7.0).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: netapp.elementsw.na_elementsw_initiators.

Note

The netapp.elementsw collection is considered unmaintained and will be removed from Ansible 10. See the discussion thread for more information.

New in netapp.elementsw 2.8.0

Synopsis

  • Manage Element Software initiators that allow external clients access to volumes.

Requirements

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

  • The modules were developed with SolidFire 10.1

  • solidfire-sdk-python (1.1.0.92) or greater. Install using ‘pip install solidfire-sdk-python’

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

hostname

string / required

The hostname or IP address of the SolidFire cluster.

For na_elementsw_cluster, the Management IP (MIP) or hostname of the node to initiate the cluster creation from.

initiators

list / elements=dictionary

A list of objects containing characteristics of each initiator.

alias

string

The friendly name assigned to this initiator.

attributes

dictionary

A set of JSON attributes to assign to this initiator.

initiator_id

integer

The numeric ID of the initiator.

name

string / required

The name of the initiator.

volume_access_group_id

integer

volumeAccessGroupID to which this initiator belongs.

password

aliases: pass

string / required

Password for the specified user.

state

string

Whether the specified initiator should exist or not.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

username

aliases: user

string / required

Please ensure that the user has the adequate permissions. For more information, please read the official documentation https://mysupport.netapp.com/documentation/docweb/index.html?productID=62636&language=en-US.

Notes

Note

  • The modules prefixed with na\\_elementsw are built to support the SolidFire storage platform.

Examples

- name: Manage initiators
  tags:
  - na_elementsw_initiators
  na_elementsw_initiators:
    hostname: "{{ elementsw_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ elementsw_username }}"
    password: "{{ elementsw_password }}"
    initiators:
    - name: a
      alias: a1
      initiator_id: 1
      volume_access_group_id: 1
      attributes: {"key": "value"}
    - name: b
      alias: b2
      initiator_id: 2
      volume_access_group_id: 2
  state: present

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

msg

string

Success message

Returned: success

Authors

  • NetApp Ansible Team (@carchi8py)