Ansible Modules for Dell Technologies PowerMax
The Ansible modules for Dell Technologies (Dell) PowerMax allow data center and IT administrators to use RedHat Ansible to automate and orchestrate the configuration and management of Dell PowerMax arrays.
The capabilities of Ansible modules are managing volumes, storage groups, ports, port groups, hosts, host groups, masking views, initiators, snapshots, SRDF links, RDF groups, Metro DR environments, jobs, snapshot policies, storage pools and gathering high-level facts about the arrays. The options available for each capability are list, show, create, delete, and modify. These tasks are performed by running simple playbooks written in YAML syntax. The modules are written so that all the operations are idempotent, therefore making multiple identical requests has the same effect as making a single request.
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License
Ansible collection for PowerMax is released and licensed under the GPL-3.0 license. See LICENSE for the full terms. Ansible modules and modules utilities that are part of the Ansible collection for PowerMax are released and licensed under the Apache 2.0 license. See MODULE-LICENSE for the full terms.
Supported platforms
Dell PowerMax and VMAX All Flash arrays support Unisphere version 9.1 and later.
Prerequisites
This table provides information about the software prerequisites for the Ansible Modules for Dell PowerMax.
| Ansible modules | Unisphere version | PowerMaxOS | Python version | Python library version | Ansible |
|---|
| v2.1.0 | 9.1
9.2
10.0 | 5978.444.444
5978.669.669
5978.711.711
6079.xxx.xxx | 3.9.x
3.10.x
3.11.x | 9.1.x.x
9.2.x.x
10.0.x.x | 2.12
2.13
2.14 |
Idempotency
The modules are written in such a way that all requests are idempotent and hence fault-tolerant. This means that the result of a successfully performed request is independent of the number of times it is performed.
List of Ansible modules for Dell PowerMax
Installation and execution of Ansible modules for Dell PowerMax
The installation and execution steps of Ansible modules for Dell PowerMax can be found here.
Maintenance
Ansible modules for Dell Technologies PowerMax deprecation cycle is aligned with Ansible.
