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dellemc.openmanage.dellemc_idrac_storage_volume – Configures the RAID configuration attributes

Note

This plugin is part of the dellemc.openmanage collection (version 3.0.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install dellemc.openmanage.

To use it in a playbook, specify: dellemc.openmanage.dellemc_idrac_storage_volume.

New in version 2.0.0: of dellemc.openmanage

Synopsis

  • This module is responsible for configuring the RAID attributes.

Requirements

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

  • omsdk
  • python >= 2.7.5

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
capacity
float
Virtual disk size in GB.
controller_id
string
Fully Qualified Device Descriptor (FQDD) of the storage controller, for example 'RAID.Integrated.1-1'. Controller FQDD is required for create RAID configuration.
disk_cache_policy
string
    Choices:
  • Default
  • Enabled
  • Disabled
Disk Cache Policy.
idrac_ip
string / required
iDRAC IP Address.
idrac_password
string / required
iDRAC user password.

aliases: idrac_pwd
idrac_port
integer
Default:
443
iDRAC port.
idrac_user
string / required
iDRAC username.
media_type
string
    Choices:
  • HDD
  • SSD
Media type.
number_dedicated_hot_spare
integer
Default:
0
Number of Dedicated Hot Spare.
protocol
string
    Choices:
  • SAS
  • SATA
Bus protocol.
raid_init_operation
string
    Choices:
  • None
  • Fast
This option represents initialization configuration operation to be performed on the virtual disk.
raid_reset_config
string
    Choices:
  • True
  • False
Default:
"no"
This option represents whether a reset config operation needs to be performed on the RAID controller. Reset Config operation deletes all the virtual disks present on the RAID controller.
read_cache_policy
string
    Choices:
  • NoReadAhead
  • ReadAhead
  • AdaptiveReadAhead
Read cache policy.
span_depth
integer
Default:
1
Span Depth.
span_length
integer
Default:
1
Span Length.
state
string
    Choices:
  • create
  • delete
  • view
create, performs create volume operation.
delete, performs remove volume operation.
view, returns storage view.
stripe_size
integer
Default:
65536
Stripe size value to be provided in multiples of 64 * 1024.
volume_id
string
Fully Qualified Device Descriptor (FQDD) of the virtual disk, for example 'Disk.virtual.0:RAID.Slot.1-1'. This option is used to get the virtual disk information.
volume_type
string
    Choices:
  • RAID 0
  • RAID 1
  • RAID 5
  • RAID 6
  • RAID 10
  • RAID 50
  • RAID 60
Provide the the required RAID level.
volumes
list / elements=dictionary
A list of virtual disk specific iDRAC attributes. This is applicable for create and delete operations.
For create operation, name and drives are applicable options, other volume options can also be specified.
The drives is a required option for create operation and accepts either location (list of drive slot) or id (list of drive fqdd).
For delete operation, only name option is applicable.
See the examples for more details.
write_cache_policy
string
    Choices:
  • WriteThrough
  • WriteBack
  • WriteBackForce
Write cache policy.

Notes

Note

  • Run this module from a system that has direct access to DellEMC iDRAC.
  • This module supports check_mode.

Examples

---
- name: Create single volume
  dellemc.openmanage.dellemc_idrac_storage_volume:
    idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
    idrac_user: "username"
    idrac_password: "password"
    state: "create"
    controller_id: "RAID.Slot.1-1"
    volumes:
      - drives:
        location: [5]

- name: Create multiple volume
  dellemc.openmanage.dellemc_idrac_storage_volume:
    idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
    idrac_user: "username"
    idrac_password: "password"
    raid_reset_config: "True"
    state: "create"
    controller_id: "RAID.Slot.1-1"
    volume_type: "RAID 1"
    span_depth: 1
    span_length: 2
    number_dedicated_hot_spare: 1
    disk_cache_policy: "Enabled"
    write_cache_policy: "WriteBackForce"
    read_cache_policy: "ReadAhead"
    stripe_size: 65536
    capacity: 100
    raid_init_operation: "Fast"
    volumes:
      - name: "volume_1"
        drives:
          id: ["Disk.Bay.1:Enclosure.Internal.0-1:RAID.Slot.1-1", "Disk.Bay.2:Enclosure.Internal.0-1:RAID.Slot.1-1"]
      - name: "volume_2"
        volume_type: "RAID 5"
        span_length: 3
        span_depth: 1
        drives:
           location: [7,3,5]
        disk_cache_policy: "Disabled"
        write_cache_policy: "WriteBack"
        read_cache_policy: "NoReadAhead"
        stripe_size: 131072
        capacity: "200"
        raid_init_operation: "None"

- name: View all volume details
  dellemc.openmanage.dellemc_idrac_storage_volume:
    idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
    idrac_user: "username"
    idrac_password: "password"
    state: "view"

- name: View specific volume details
  dellemc.openmanage.dellemc_idrac_storage_volume:
    idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
    idrac_user: "username"
    idrac_password: "password"
    state: "view"
    controller_id: "RAID.Slot.1-1"
    volume_id: "Disk.Virtual.0:RAID.Slot.1-1"

- name: Delete single volume
  dellemc.openmanage.dellemc_idrac_storage_volume:
    idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
    idrac_user: "username"
    idrac_password: "password"
    state: "delete"
    volumes:
      - name: "volume_1"

- name: Delete multiple volume
  dellemc.openmanage.dellemc_idrac_storage_volume:
    idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
    idrac_user: "username"
    idrac_password: "password"
    state: "delete"
    volumes:
      - name: "volume_1"
      - name: "volume_2"

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
msg
string
always
Overall status of the storage configuration operation.

Sample:
Successfully completed the view storage volume operation
storage_status
dictionary
success
Storage configuration job and progress details from the iDRAC.

Sample:
{'Id': 'JID_XXXXXXXXX', 'JobState': 'Completed', 'JobType': 'ImportConfiguration', 'Message': 'Successfully imported and applied Server Configuration Profile.', 'MessageId': 'XXX123', 'Name': 'Import Configuration', 'PercentComplete': 100, 'StartTime': 'TIME_NOW', 'Status': 'Success', 'TargetSettingsURI': None, 'retval': True}


Authors

  • Felix Stephen (@felixs88)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.11/collections/dellemc/openmanage/dellemc_idrac_storage_volume_module.html