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Nimble: Add Alletra 6k related information

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In documentation, added information about HPE Alletra 6k
storage system. Alletra 6k is newer version of existing
Nimble storage system.

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doc/source/configuration/block-storage/drivers/nimble-volume-driver.rst
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============================
Nimble Storage volume driver
============================
=========================================
Nimble & Alletra 6k Storage volume driver
=========================================
Nimble Storage fully integrates with the OpenStack platform through
the Nimble Cinder driver, allowing a host to configure and manage Nimble
Storage array features through Block Storage interfaces.
and Alletra 6k Storage array features through Block Storage interfaces.
Support for iSCSI storage protocol is available with NimbleISCSIDriver
Volume Driver class and Fibre Channel with NimbleFCDriver.
@ -15,9 +15,12 @@ Support for the Liberty release and above is available from Nimble OS
Support for the Ocata release and above is available from Nimble OS 3.6 or
later.
Nimble Storage Cinder driver does not support port binding with multiple
interfaces on the same subnet due to existing limitation in os-brick. This
is partially referenced in the bug
For Xena release, Nimble OS 5.3 or later is used and Alletra OS 6.0
or later is used.
Nimble and Alletra 6k Storage Cinder driver does not support port binding
with multiple interfaces on the same subnet due to existing limitation in
os-brick. This is partially referenced in the bug
https://bugs.launchpad.net/os-brick/+bug/1722432 but does not resolve
for multiple software iscsi ifaces.
@ -42,10 +45,11 @@ Supported operations
* Create, list, update, and delete consistency groups
* Create, list, and delete consistency group snapshots
Nimble Storage driver configuration
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nimble and Alletra 6k Storage driver configuration
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Update the file ``/etc/cinder/cinder.conf`` with the given configuration.
Note: These parameters apply to Alletra 6k Storage as well.
In case of a basic (single back-end) configuration, add the parameters
within the ``[default]`` section as follows.
@ -92,14 +96,14 @@ is created and associated with a back-end name as follows.
This section explains the variables used above:
NIMBLE_MGMT_IP
Management IP address of Nimble Storage array/group.
Management IP address of Nimble/Alletra 6k Storage array/group.
NIMBLE_USER
Nimble Storage account login with minimum ``power user`` (admin) privilege
if RBAC is used.
Nimble/Alletra 6k Storage account login with minimum ``power user``
(admin) privilege if RBAC is used.
NIMBLE_PASSWORD
Password of the admin account for nimble array.
Password of the admin account for Nimble/Alletra 6k array.
NIMBLE_VOLUME_DRIVER
Use either cinder.volume.drivers.nimble.NimbleISCSIDriver for iSCSI or
@ -128,7 +132,8 @@ The Nimble volume driver also supports the following extra spec options:
'nimble:perfpol-name'=PERF_POL_NAME
PERF_POL_NAME is the name of a performance policy which exists on the
Nimble array and should be enabled for every volume in a volume type.
Nimble/Alletra 6k array and should be enabled for every volume in a
volume type.
.. note::
@ -143,8 +148,8 @@ nimble:dedupe'='true'
volumes created for this volume-type.
'nimble:folder'=FOLDER_NAME
FOLDER_NAME is the name of the folder which exists on the Nimble array
and should be enabled for every volume in a volume type
FOLDER_NAME is the name of the folder which exists on the Nimble/Alletra 6k
array and should be enabled for every volume in a volume type
These extra-specs can be enabled by using the following command:
@ -158,7 +163,7 @@ the options mentioned above.
Configuration options
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Nimble storage driver supports these configuration options:
The Nimble/Alletra 6k storage driver supports these configuration options:
.. config-table::
:config-target: Nimble

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other:
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Nimble: Documented that existing driver supports the new Alletra 6k
backend. Alletra 6k is newer version of existing Nimble backend.