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Helen Walsh 971503c6a3 Update devstack-plugin-vmax to reflect VMAX to PowerMax rebrand 
Update the devstack script to point to the correct PowerMax drivers
and to leverage the new PowerMax tags in cinder.conf merged in
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/620659.
Will change the name of the git repo at a later date.

Change-Id: I0139e1ffd04ac7eb33021cd276e5b27379da79d0
2019-02-26 15:54:03 +00:00

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devstack-plugin-vmax

This plugin enables the POWERMAX backend for cinder. For each backend, it creates the required xml file, populating said file along with cinder.conf with the appropriate values

Enabling in devstack

  • Add this repo as an external repository to localrc::

    local
    enable_plugin devstack-plugin-vmax https://github.com/openstack/devstack-plugin-vmax

  • For each powermax cinder backend to be used in the devstack setup, add the backend name to the enabled backends in localrc as shown below. Backend name has to start with POWERMAX::

    local
    CINDER_ENABLED_BACKENDS=powermax:POWERMAX_Backend_1,powermax:POWERMAX_Backend_2

  • For each vmax backend in CINDER_ENABLED_BACKENDS above, append the configuration details to localrc as shown below for POWERMAX_Backend_1. Contact your Storage Admin for your parameters::

    POWERMAX_Backend_1_RestServerIp=<insert_ip_address>
    POWERMAX_Backend_1_RestServerPort=<Rest_port_number>
    POWERMAX_Backend_1_RestUserName=<Rest_password>
    POWERMAX_Backend_1_Array=<Array_to_use>
    POWERMAX_Backend_1_SRP=<storage_resource_pool>
    POWERMAX_Backend_1_WORKLOAD=<work_load>
    POWERMAX_Backend_1_SLO=<Service_level>
    POWERMAX_Backend_1_SSLVerify=<pem_file_for_ssl_verification>
    POWERMAX_Backend_1_PortGroup1=<port_group>
    POWERMAX_Backend_1_PortGroup2=<port_group>
    POWERMAX_Backend_1_StorageProtocol=<Storage_protocol>

  • run "stack.sh"