diff --git a/doc/source/configure-cinder.rst b/doc/source/configure-cinder.rst index 82bf7ac6..623243f1 100644 --- a/doc/source/configure-cinder.rst +++ b/doc/source/configure-cinder.rst @@ -396,6 +396,83 @@ integration with cinder (nova and glance included): .. _OpenStack-Ansible and Ceph Working Example: https://www.openstackfaq.com/openstack-ansible-ceph/ +Configuring cinder to use Dell EqualLogic +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +To use the Dell EqualLogic volume driver as a back end, edit the +``/etc/openstack_deploy/openstack_user_config.yml`` file and +configure the storage nodes that will use it. + +Define the following parameters. + +#. Add ``dellqlx`` stanza under the ``cinder_backends`` for each + storage node: + + .. code-block:: yaml + + cinder_backends: + delleqlx: + +#. Use Dell EQLX San ISCSI driver: + + .. code-block:: yaml + + volume_driver: cinder.volume.drivers.eqlx.DellEQLSanISCSIDriver + +#. Specify the SAN IP address: + + .. code-block:: yaml + + san_ip: ip_of_dell_storage + +#. Specify SAN username (Default: grpadmin): + + .. code-block:: yaml + + san_login: grpadmin + +#. Specify the SAN password: + + .. code-block:: yaml + + san_password: password + +#. Specify the group name for pools (Default: group-0): + + .. code-block:: yaml + + eqlx_group_name: group-0 + +#. Specify the pool where Cinder will create volumes and snapshots + (Default: default): + + .. code-block:: yaml + + eqlx_pool: default + +#. Ensure the ``openstack_user_config.yml`` configuration is + accurate: + + .. code-block:: yaml + + storage_hosts: + Infra01: + ip: infra_host_ip + container_vars: + cinder_backends: + limit_container_types: cinder_volume + delleqlx: + volume_driver: cinder.volume.drivers.eqlx.DellEQLSanISCSIDriver + san_ip: ip_of_dell_storage + san_login: grpadmin + san_password: password + eqlx_group_name: group-0 + eqlx_pool: default + +.. note:: For more details about available configuration options, + see http://docs.openstack.org/newton/config-reference/block-storage/drivers/dell-equallogic-driver.html + + Configuring cinder to use a NetApp appliance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~