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purefa_host – Manage hosts on Pure Storage FlashArrays

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • Create, delete or modify hosts on Pure Storage FlashArrays.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.7
  • purestorage

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api_token
- / required
FlashArray API token for admin privilaged user.
fa_url
- / required
FlashArray management IPv4 address or Hostname.
host
- / required
The name of the host.
iqn
-
List of IQNs of the host if protocol is iscsi or mixed.
personality
-
added in 2.7
    Choices:
  • hpux
  • vms
  • aix
  • esxi
  • solaris
  • hitachi-vsp
  • oracle-vm-server
Define which operating systen the host is. Recommend for ActiveCluster integration
protocol
-
    Choices:
  • fc
  • iscsi ←
  • mixed
Defines the host connection protocol for volumes.
state
-
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
Define whether the host should exist or not.
When removing host all connected volumes will be disconnected.
volume
-
Volume name to map to the host.
wwns
-
List of wwns of the host if protocol is fc or mixed.

Notes

Note

  • This module requires purestorage python library
  • You must set PUREFA_URL and PUREFA_API environment variables if url and api_token arguments are not passed to the module directly

Examples

- name: Create new AIX host
  purefa_host:
    host: foo
    personaility: aix
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

- name: Delete host
  purefa_host:
    host: foo
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
    state: absent

- name: Make host bar with wwn ports
  purefa_host:
    host: bar
    protocol: fc
    wwns:
    - 00:00:00:00:00:00:00
    - 11:11:11:11:11:11:11
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

- name: Make host bar with iSCSI ports
  purefa_host:
    host: bar
    protocol: iscsi
    iqn:
    - iqn.1994-05.com.redhat:7d366003913
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

- name: Make mixed protocol host
  purefa_host:
    host: bar
    protocol: mixed
    iqn:
    - iqn.1994-05.com.redhat:7d366003914
    wwns:
    - 00:00:00:00:00:00:01
    - 11:11:11:11:11:11:12
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

- name: Map host foo to volume bar
  purefa_host:
    host: foo
    volume: bar
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

Status

Authors

  • Simon Dodsley (@sdodsley)

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