deb-cinder/releasenotes/notes/vnx-new-driver-7e96934c2d3a6edc.yaml
Peter Wang 572b84c073 VNX: New Cinder driver in Newton
Previous VNX driver implemented all array operations
in driver, which complicated the drive logic.
In this patch, we leverage a library named
storops to interact with VNX array.
New changes below:

* Consolidate VNX driver entry, both
FC and iSCSI driver use the same entry name:
volume_driver =
cinder.volume.drivers.emc.vnx.driver.EMCVNXDriver

* A new driver option is introduced:
storage_protocol = <fc|iscsi>

* some existing bugs no longer existed.
Co-authored-By: Tang Tina <tina.tang@emc.com>
Co-authored-By: Liang Ryan <ryan.liang@emc.com>

DocImpact
Implements: blueprint new-vnx-driver
Closes-bug: #1569245
Closes-bug: #1524160
Closes-bug: #1589338
Change-Id: I9f31db708b022b16debaa4f6c5a87d95e5ac2a4f
2016-07-08 10:19:54 +08:00

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---
features:
- Adds VNX new Cinder driver which is based on storops.
storops is a library released to pypi.
upgrade:
- For EMC VNX backends, please upgrade to use
'cinder.volume.drivers.emc.vnx.driver.EMCVNXDriver'.
new option
For FC driver, adds 'storage_protocol = fc' to driver section.
For iSCSI driver, adds 'storage_protocol = iscsi' to driver section.
deprecations:
- Old VNX FC(cinder.volume.drivers.emc.emc_cli_fc.EMCCLIFCDriver)/
iSCSI(cinder.volume.drivers.emc.emc_cli_iscsi.EMCCLIISCSIDriver) drivers
were deprecated. Please refer to upgrade section for information about
new driver.