netapp_eseries.santricity.netapp_e_flashcache – NetApp E-Series manage SSD caches

Note

This plugin is part of the netapp_eseries.santricity collection (version 1.1.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install netapp_eseries.santricity.

To use it in a playbook, specify: netapp_eseries.santricity.netapp_e_flashcache.

New in version 2.2: of netapp_eseries.santricity

Synopsis
Parameters
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis

Create or remove SSD caches on a NetApp E-Series storage array.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
api_password string / required		The password to authenticate with the SANtricity WebServices Proxy or embedded REST API.
api_url string / required		The url to the SANtricity WebServices Proxy or embedded REST API.
api_username string / required		The username to authenticate with the SANtricity WebServices Proxy or embedded REST API.
cache_size_min integer		The minimum size (in size_units) of the ssd cache. The cache will be expanded if this exceeds the current size of the cache.
criteria_disk_phy_type string	sas sas4k fibre fibre520b scsi sata pata	Type of physical disk
disk_count integer		The minimum number of disks to use for building the cache. The cache will be expanded if this number exceeds the number of disks already in place
disk_refs list / elements=string		List of disk references
io_type string	filesystem ← database media	The type of workload to optimize the cache for.
log_mode string		Log mode
log_path string		Log path
name string / required		The name of the SSD cache to manage
size_unit string	bytes b kb mb gb ← tb pb eb zb yb	The unit to be applied to size arguments
ssid string / required		The ID of the array to manage (as configured on the web services proxy).
state string / required	present ← absent	Whether the specified SSD cache should exist or not.
validate_certs boolean	no yes ←	Should https certificates be validated?

Examples

- name: Flash Cache
  netapp_e_flashcache:
    ssid: "{{ ssid }}"
    api_url: "{{ netapp_api_url }}"
    api_username: "{{ netapp_api_username }}"
    api_password: "{{ netapp_api_password }}"
    validate_certs: "{{ netapp_api_validate_certs }}"
    name: SSDCacheBuiltByAnsible

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
msg string	success	Success message Sample: json for newly created flash cache

Authors

Kevin Hulquest (@hulquest)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.11/collections/netapp_eseries/santricity/netapp_e_flashcache_module.html