From e03a774fd77f0b90568576d2d5dac87d5dd73212 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Swanson Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 15:47:46 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Dell SC: Update Dell Storage Center manual page Updates for Newton. Highlights include the addition of Live Volume options, failover-host failback, server os options. Change-Id: Ib1ff4889e766ef53abec50c3088195855803147b --- .../drivers/dell-storagecenter-driver.rst | 125 +++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 109 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/config-reference/source/block-storage/drivers/dell-storagecenter-driver.rst b/doc/config-reference/source/block-storage/drivers/dell-storagecenter-driver.rst index bcf79cdd84..938b24c9fd 100644 --- a/doc/config-reference/source/block-storage/drivers/dell-storagecenter-driver.rst +++ b/doc/config-reference/source/block-storage/drivers/dell-storagecenter-driver.rst @@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ The Dell Storage Center volume driver interacts with configured Storage Center arrays. The Dell Storage Center driver manages Storage Center arrays through -Enterprise Manager. Enterprise Manager connection settings and Storage +the Dell Storage Manager (DSM). DSM connection settings and Storage Center options are defined in the ``cinder.conf`` file. -Prerequisite: Dell Enterprise Manager 2015 R1 or later must be used. +Prerequisite: Dell Storage Manager 2015 R1 or later must be used. Supported operations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -28,14 +28,15 @@ volume operations: - Create, delete, and list consistency group snapshots. - Manage an existing volume. - Failover-host for replicated back ends. -- Create a live volume in replication. +- Create a replication using Live Volume. Extra spec options ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Volume type extra specs can be used to enable a variety of Dell Storage Center options. Selecting Storage Profiles, Replay Profiles, enabling -replication and enabling replication of the Active Replay. +replication, replication options including Live Volume and Active Replay +replication. Storage Profiles control how Storage Center manages volume data. For a given volume, the selected Storage Profile dictates which disk tier @@ -114,6 +115,14 @@ To create a volume type that enables synchronous replication : $ cinder type-key "ReplicationType" set replication_enabled=' True' $ cinder type-key "ReplicationType" set replication_type=' sync' +To create a volume type that enables replication using Live Volume: + +.. code-block:: console + + $ cinder type-create "ReplicationType" + $ cinder type-key "ReplicationType" set replication_enabled=' True' + $ cinder type-key "ReplicationType" set replication:livevolume=' True' + iSCSI configuration ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -129,27 +138,23 @@ Use the following instructions to update the configuration file for iSCSI: volume_backend_name = delliscsi # The iSCSI driver to load volume_driver = cinder.volume.drivers.dell.dell_storagecenter_iscsi.DellStorageCenterISCSIDriver - # IP address of Enterprise Manager + # IP address of DSM san_ip = 172.23.8.101 - # Enterprise Manager user name + # DSM user name san_login = Admin - # Enterprise Manager password + # DSM password san_password = secret - # The Storage Center iSCSI IP address - iscsi_ip_address = 192.168.0.20 # The Storage Center serial number to use dell_sc_ssn = 64702 # ==Optional settings== - # The Enterprise Manager API port + # The DSM API port dell_sc_api_port = 3033 # Server folder to place new server definitions dell_sc_server_folder = devstacksrv # Volume folder to place created volumes dell_sc_volume_folder = devstackvol/Cinder - # The iSCSI IP port - iscsi_port = 3260 Fibre Channel configuration ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -167,24 +172,51 @@ channel: volume_backend_name = dellfc # The FC driver to load volume_driver = cinder.volume.drivers.dell.dell_storagecenter_fc.DellStorageCenterFCDriver - # IP address of Enterprise Manager + # IP address of the DSM san_ip = 172.23.8.101 - # Enterprise Manager user name + # DSM user name san_login = Admin - # Enterprise Manager password + # DSM password san_password = secret # The Storage Center serial number to use dell_sc_ssn = 64702 # ==Optional settings== - # The Enterprise Manager API port + # The DSM API port dell_sc_api_port = 3033 # Server folder to place new server definitions dell_sc_server_folder = devstacksrv # Volume folder to place created volumes dell_sc_volume_folder = devstackvol/Cinder +Dual DSM +~~~~~~~~ + +It is possible to specify a secondary DSM to use in case the primary DSM fails. + +Configuration is done through the cinder.conf. Both DSMs have to be +configured to manage the same set of Storage Centers for this backend. That +means the dell_sc_ssn and any Storage Centers used for replication or Live +Volume. + +Add network and credential information to the backend to enable Dual DSM. + +.. code-block:: ini + + [dell] + # The IP address and port of the secondary DSM. + secondary_san_ip = 192.168.0.102 + secondary_sc_api_port = 3033 + # Specify credentials for the secondary DSM. + secondary_san_login = Admin + secondary_san_password = secret + +The driver will use the primary until a failure. At that point it will attempt +to use the secondary. It will continue to use the secondary until the volume +service is restarted or the secondary fails at which point it will attempt to +use the primary. + Replication configuration ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -205,6 +237,67 @@ slow things down, however. A volume is only replicated if the volume is of a volume-type that has the extra spec ``replication_enabled`` set to `` True``. +Replication notes +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +This driver supports both standard replication and Live Volume (if supported +and licensed). The main difference is that a VM attached to a Live Volume is +mapped to both Storage Centers. In the case of a failure of the primary Live +Volume still requires a failover-host to move control of the volume to the +second controller. + +Existing mappings should work and not require the instance to be remapped but +it might need to be rebooted. + +Live Volume is more resource intensive than replication. One should be sure +to plan accordingly. + +Failback +~~~~~~~~ + +The failover-host command is designed for the case where the primary system is +not coming back. If it has been executed and the primary has been restored it +is possible to attempt a failback. + +Simply specify default as the backend_id. + +.. code-block:: console + + $ cinder failover-host cinder@delliscsi --backend_id default + +Non trivial heavy lifting is done by this command. It attempts to recover best +it can but if things have diverged to far it can only do so much. It is also a +one time only command so do not reboot or restart the service in the middle of +it. + +Failover and failback are significant operations under OpenStack Cinder. Be +sure to consult with support before attempting. + +Server type configuration +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +This option allows one to set a default Server OS type to use when creating +a server definition on the Dell Storage Center. + +When attaching a volume to a node the Dell Storage Center driver creates a +server definition on the storage array. This defition includes a Server OS +type. The type used by the Dell Storage Center cinder driver is +"Red Hat Linux 6.x". This is a modern operating system definition that supports +all the features of an OpenStack node. + +Add the following to the back-end specification to specify the Server OS to use +when creating a server definition. The server type used must come from the drop +down list in the DSM. + +.. code-block:: ini + + [dell] + default_server_os = 'Red Hat Linux 7.x' + +Note that this server definition is created once. Changing this setting after +the fact will not change an existing definition. The selected Server OS does +not have to match the actual OS used on the node. + Driver options ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~