hitachivantara.vspone_block.vsp.hv_external_path_group_facts module – Retrieves information about External Path Group from Hitachi VSP storage systems.

Note

This module is part of the hitachivantara.vspone_block collection (version 4.2.0).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: hitachivantara.vspone_block.vsp.hv_external_path_group_facts.

New in hitachivantara.vspone_block 3.5.0

Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • python >= 3.9

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

connection_info

dictionary / required

Information required to establish a connection to the storage system.

address

string / required

IP address or hostname of the storage system.

connection_type

string

Type of connection to the storage system.

Choices:

  • "direct" ← (default)

password

string / required

Password for authentication. This is a required field.

username

string / required

Username for authentication. This is a required field.

spec

dictionary

Specification for retrieving External Path Group information.

external_path_group_id

integer

The external path group ID.

storage_system_info

dictionary

Information about the storage system. This field is an optional field.

serial

string

The serial number of the storage system.

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

Determines if the module should run in check mode.

Notes

Note

  • Connection type gateway was removed starting from version 3.4.0. Please use an earlier version if you require this connection type.

Examples

- name: Retrieve information about all External Path Groups
  hitachivantara.vspone_block.vsp.hv_external_path_group_facts:
    connection_info:
      address: storage1.company.com
      username: "admin"
      password: "changeme"

- name: Retrieve information about a specific External Path Groups
  hitachivantara.vspone_block.vsp.hv_external_path_group_facts:
    connection_info:
      address: storage1.company.com
      username: "admin"
      password: "changeme"
    spec:
      external_path_group_id: 1

Returned Facts

Facts returned by this module are added/updated in the hostvars host facts and can be referenced by name just like any other host fact. They do not need to be registered in order to use them.

Key

Description

external_parity_groups

list / elements=dictionary

The list of external parity groups.

Returned: success

cache_mode

string

Cache mode.

Returned: success

Sample: "E"

external_luns

list / elements=dictionary

External lun IDs.

Returned: success

external_lun

integer

External lun.

Returned: success

Sample: 2

external_wwn

string

External WWN.

Returned: success

Sample: "50060e8012277d61"

path_status

string

Path status.

Returned: success

Sample: "NML"

port_id

string

Path status.

Returned: success

Sample: "CL6-B"

priority

integer

External lun.

Returned: success

Sample: 2

external_parity_group_id

string

External parity group ID.

Returned: success

Sample: "1-3"

external_parity_group_status

string

External Parity Group Status.

Returned: success

Sample: "NML"

is_data_direct_mapping

boolean

Data direct mapping.

Returned: success

Sample: false

load_balance_mode

string

Load balance mode.

Returned: success

Sample: "N"

mp_blade_id

integer

Load balance mode.

Returned: success

Sample: 0

path_mode

string

Load balance mode.

Returned: success

Sample: "M"

external_path_group_id

integer

External path group ID.

Returned: success

Sample: 1

external_product_id

string

External product ID.

Returned: success

Sample: "VSP Gx00"

external_serial_number

string

External serial number.

Returned: success

Sample: "410109"

storage_serial_number

string

Storage serial number.

Returned: success

Sample: "810050"

Authors

  • Hitachi Vantara LTD (@hitachi-vantara)