csi-powermax (via docker)

Description

Dell CSI Operator is a Kubernetes native application which helps in installing and managing CSI Drivers provided by Dell EMC for its various storage platforms. Dell CSI Operator uses Kubernetes CRDs (Custom Resource Definitions) to define a manifest that describes the deployment specifications for each driver to be deployed. Multiple CSI drivers provided by Dell EMC and multiple instances of each driver can be deployed by the operator by defining a manifest for each deployment.

Dell CSI Operator is built using the operator framework and runs custom Kubernetes controllers to manage the driver installations. These controllers listen for any create/update/delete request for the respective CRDs and try to reconcile the request.

Currently, the Dell CSI Operator can be used to deploy the following CSI drivers provided by Dell EMC

• CSI Driver for Dell EMC PowerMax
• CSI Driver for Dell EMC PowerScale
• CSI Driver for Dell EMC Unity
• CSI Driver for Dell EMC PowerFlex (formerly VxFlex OS)
• CSI Driver for Dell EMC PowerStore

Additionally, the Dell CSI Operator can also deploy Storage Classes and Volume Snapshot Classes as part of the driver deployment. The Dell CSI Operator is itself installed as a Kubernetes deployment.