nimble: update documentation for supportability
- update the configuration to include multipath settings - indicate unsupportability with HPE Nimble Linux Toolkit Change-Id: I6f6c8063f6995d485e7db63c27cdb19bcc5125fc Closes-Bug: 1755546
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@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ later.
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Nimble Storage Cinder driver does not support port binding with multiple
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interfaces on the same subnet due to existing limitation in os-brick. This
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is partially referenced in https://bugs.launchpad.net/os-brick/+bug/1722432
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but does not resolve for multiple software iscsi ifaces.
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is partially referenced in the bug https://bugs.launchpad
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.net/os-brick/+bug/1722432 but does not resolve for multiple software
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iscsi ifaces
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Supported operations
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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@ -151,3 +152,95 @@ Configuration options
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The Nimble storage driver supports these configuration options:
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.. include:: ../../tables/cinder-nimble.inc
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Multipathing
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~~~~~~~~~~~~
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In OpenStack environments where Cinder block device multipathing is desired
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there are a few things to consider.
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Configuring mulitpathing varies by system depending on the environment. In a
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scenario where solely Nimble devices are being created by Cinder, the
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following ``/etc/multipath.conf`` file may be used:
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.. code-block:: json
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defaults {
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user_friendly_names yes
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find_multipaths no
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}
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blacklist {
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devnode "^(ram|raw|loop|fd|md|dm-|sr|scd|st)[0-9]*"
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devnode "^hd[a-z]"
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device {
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vendor ".*"
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product ".*"
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}
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}
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blacklist_exceptions {
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device {
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vendor "Nimble"
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product "Server"
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}
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}
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devices {
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device {
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vendor "Nimble"
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product "Server"
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path_grouping_policy group_by_prio
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prio "alua"
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hardware_handler "1 alua"
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path_selector "service-time 0"
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path_checker tur
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features "1 queue_if_no_path"
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no_path_retry 30
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failback immediate
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fast_io_fail_tmo 5
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dev_loss_tmo infinity
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rr_min_io_rq 1
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rr_weight uniform
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}
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}
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After making changes to ``/etc/multipath.conf``, the multipath subsystem needs
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to be reconfigured:
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.. code-block:: console
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# multipathd reconfigure
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.. tip::
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The latest best practices for Nimble devices can be found in the HPE Nimble
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Storage Linux Integration Guide found on https://infosight.hpe.com
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.. important::
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OpenStack Cinder is currently not compatible with the HPE Nimble Storage
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Linux Toolkit (NLT)
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Nova needs to be configured to pickup the actual multipath device created on
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the host.
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In ``/etc/nova/nova.conf``, add the following to the ``[libvirt]`` section:
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.. code-block:: ini
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[libvirt]
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volume_use_multipath = True
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.. note::
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In versions prior to Newton, the option was called ``iscsi_use_multipath``
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After editing the Nova configuration file, the ``nova-conductor`` service
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needs to be restarted.
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.. tip::
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Depending on which particular OpenStack distribution is being used, Nova
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may use a different configuration file than the default.
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To validate that instances get properly connected to the multipath device,
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inspect the instance devices:
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.. code-block:: console
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# virsh dumpxml <Instance ID | Instance Name | Instance UUID>
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