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Pure Storage Connector for Cisco UCS Director User Guide 1 November 28, 2018 Table of Contents Preface ......................................................................................................................................... 3 Intended Audience ...................................................................................................................... 3 Software Version ......................................................................................................................... 3 Document Conventions .............................................................................................................. 3 Workflow Documents ................................................................................................................. 4 Chapter 1. Introduction .............................................................................................................. 5 Supported Storage Version ....................................................................................................... 5 Pure Storage Reports ................................................................................................................ 5 Supported Tasks ....................................................................................................................... 6 Supported Workflows ................................................................................................................ 7 Chapter 2. System Requirements and Installation .................................................................. 8 Summary of Steps ..................................................................................................................... 8 Required Hardware and Software ............................................................................................. 9 Add Pure Storage Connector .................................................................................................... 9 Prerequisites........................................................................................................................ 9 Install and Deploy the Connector ........................................................................................ 9 Create a FlashStack Pod in Cisco UCS Director ................................................................. 9 Add Pure FlashArray Accounts to the Pod ........................................................................ 10 Test Connection to the Pure Storage Account .................................................................. 10 Chapter 3. Workflows and Tasks ............................................................................................. 11 Workflows ................................................................................................................................ 11 Import and Validate Pure Storage Workflows .................................................................... 11 Run Pure Storage Workflows ............................................................................................ 11 Tasks ....................................................................................................................................... 12 Action Button ........................................................................................................................... 13 REST API ................................................................................................................................ 14 Chapter 4. Logging and Troubleshooting .............................................................................. 16 Logging.................................................................................................................................... 16 View Logs .......................................................................................................................... 16 Troubleshooting ....................................................................................................................... 16 Storage Connector for Cisco UCS Director ....................................................................... 16 2 November 28, 2018 Preface This document describes how to use the Pure Storage Connector for Cisco UCS® Director. This preface includes the following information: Intended Audience Software Version Document Conventions Workflow Documents Intended Audience This user guide addresses users of the Pure Storage Connector for Cisco UCS® Director. This user guide assumes that the reader is an experienced user of Cisco UCS Director. It is assumed the Administrator installing the Connector is well versed in administration of Pure Storage FlashArray, including: creating accounts, licensing of hardware and software & storage configuration. Content related to the administration of Pure Storage is not duplicated in this document. Software Version This document revision applies to Pure Storage Connector for Cisco UCS Director software version v02.2.0 and Cisco UCS Director version 6.5. Document Conventions This document uses the following typographic conventions: Convention Description Bold Indicates text on a window, other than the window title, including menus, menu options, buttons, fields, and labels. Example: Click OK. Italic Indicates the file name. Example: copy source-file target-file Hyperlink A reference to data that the reader can directly follow by clicking on the hyperlinked text 3 November 28, 2018 Workflow Documents Document Description This document gives detailed description on how to deploy ESXi ISCSi Boot on UCS Blade with Pure Storage FlashArray. This document gives detailed description on how to deploy ESXi SAN Boot on UCS Blade with Pure Storage FlashArray. 4 November 28, 2018 Chapter 1. Introduction The Pure Storage Connector for Cisco UCS Director supports tasks that you can use for inventory, orchestration, and in workflows. To aid in storage management and troubleshooting, the Storage Connector for Cisco UCS Director provides system logging options and troubleshooting support. Supported Storage Version The Storage Connector for Cisco UCS Director supports the following Pure storage version. • • Purity v4 (4.x) Purity v5 (5.x) Pure Storage Reports The Pure Storage Connector for Cisco UCS Director collects the following storage information that is displayed by the Cisco UCS Director: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Inventory Report Storage capacity Report Volume Report Host Report Host Group Report Protection Group Report Snapshot Report Network Report Host Connections Report FC Target Report IQN Target Report Pod Report Space Report CloudSense Report 5 November 28, 2018 Supported Tasks The Storage Connector for Cisco UCS Director supports the following tasks for the supported Pure storage systems. Grouping Volume Host and Host Group Protection Group Task Name Description Create Volume Create single or multiple volume. Destroy Volume(s)-suffix range Delete the existing volume(s). Resize Volume Resize the existing volume. Clone Volume Copy the exisiting volume. Restore Volume Restore the exisiting Volume. Create Host Create a new Host in Pure Storage FlashArray. Delete Host Delete an existing Host Connect Volume(s) to Host Connect existing volumes to Host Disconnect Volume(s) with Host Disconnect the existing volumes from Host Connect WWN(s)/IQN(s) to Host Provide the WWN/IQN to add in Host Create Host Group Create a new host group. Delete Host Group Delete an existing host group. Connect Host to Host Group Connect existing Host to Host Group. Connect Volume(s) to Host Group Connect existing Volumes to the Host Group. Disconnect Volume(s) with Host Group Disconnect existing Volumes from Host Group Disconnect Hosts(s) with Host Group Disconnect exsiting Hosts from Host Group Add Volume to ProtectionGroup Add existing Volume to the Protection Group Add Host to ProtectionGroup Add existing Host to Protection Group Add Target to ProtectionGroup Add existing Target to Protection Group Create ProtectionGroup Create a new Protection Group Create ProtectionGroup with HostGroup Create ProtectionGroup with the HostGroup Delete ProtectionGroup Delete the existing ProtectionGroup Remove Target from ProtectionGroup Remove the existing Target from the ProtectionGroup. Remove Volume From ProtectionGroup Remove the existing Volume from the ProtectionGroup Clone Snapshot Copy the existing Snapshot 6 November 28, 2018 Snapshot Vlan Delete Schedule Snapshot Delete the existing Schedule Snapshot Delete Snapshot Delete the existing Snapshot Schedule Volume Snapshot Create and schedule snapshot of the volume Create Vlan Create a new Vlan Delete Vlan Delete the existing Vlan Supported Workflows Pure Storage provides workflows for use with the Storage Connector for Cisco UCS Director. Use of provided workflows is optional. Workflow Description Deploy ESXi Host on UCS Blade FC SAN Boot with Pure Storage FlashArray This workflow deploys ESXi host on UCS Blade server using FC SAN Boot with Pure FlashArray. Deploy ESXi Host on UCS Blade ISCSi SAN Boot with Pure Storage FlashArray This workflow deploys ESXi host on UCS Blade server using FC SAN Boot with Pure FlashArray. Deploy ESXi Host on UCS Blade FC SAN Boot with Pure Storage FlashArray and Service Profile Template This workflow deploys ESXi host on UCS Blade server using FC SAN Boot with Pure FlashArray.And It will use Service Profile Template for creating Service Profile. Deploy ESXi Host on UCS Blade ISCSi SAN Boot with Pure Storage FlashArray and Service Profile Template This workflow deploys ESXi host on UCS Blade server using ISCSi SAN Boot with Pure FlashArray.And It will use Service Profile Template for creating Service Profile. Provision VMware VM on Pure Storage Datastore Provision a VMware VM in Pure Storage Datastore (Pure Storage Datastore must be selected in VMware Storage Policy in UCS Director). 7 November 28, 2018 Chapter 2. System Requirements and Installation This chapter gives an overview of installation process, required hardware and software, and installation of the Connector for Cisco UCS Director. Summary of Steps 1. Assemble the required hardware and software 2. Add the Pure Storage Open Automation Connector to Cisco UCS Director 3. In Cisco UCS Director, create a FlashStack pod 4. Add Pure FlashArray storage accounts to the pod 5. Test connections to the Pure storage account 6. (Optional) Import, validate, and run Pure storage workflows 8 November 28, 2018 Required Hardware and Software • • Supported Pure Storage and licenses Software: UCS Director 6.5 with appropriate license Add Pure Storage Connector Prerequisites Locate the PureStorageUCSDirectorAdaptor file you downloaded from the Cisco Solution Partners site or other sources. Install and Deploy the Connector 1. Log in to Cisco UCS Director by using the Admin role credential. 2. In Cisco UCS Director, from the Administration menu, select Open Automation. 3. On the Connectors tab, click Add. 4. Extract the files from PureStorageUCSDirectorAdaptor. Click Open. 5. Click Upload, and then click Submit. 6. Select the newly added psucs module. Click Enable. 7. Use SSH to connect to the Cisco UCS Director instance and log in as shelladmin (Default password is changeme). 8. To enable the Pure Storage Connector, stop all services (option 3), and then restart all services (option 4). Note: After the Cisco USC Director becomes available, be sure to check that the Connector is Enabled/Active in the same location where it was added. Create a FlashStack Pod in Cisco UCS Director In Cisco UCS Director, create a Pure pod to contain all your Pure storage accounts. Alternatively, locate an existing pod already in use for a Pure product such as Unified Computing System (UCP) Select. Note: A pod may contain more than one storage account, but a single storage account may not be added to multiple pods. 1. In Cisco UCS Director, click on Converged in the menu. Click Add. 2. Complete the required fields. 3. Select FlashStack from the menu. Click Add. 9 November 28, 2018 Add Pure FlashArray Accounts to the Pod For each storage system to be used, add a Pure storage account to your pod. Accounts are available for generic pods or UCP Select pods. Do the following to add a Pure storage account: 1. In Cisco UCS Director, from the Administration menu, select the Physical Accounts tab. Click Add. 2. Select the pod you created. 3. Under Category, select Storage. 4. Select the FlashArray. Click Submit. 5. Complete the form as required. See the following table for a description of the fields. Label Optional/ Required Description Account Name Choose a name by which this for this account. We suggest a portion of the serial number to make identification easier Required Description Description of the physical hardware Optional Storage IP Address IPv4 address of the Pure Storage FlashArray Required User Authorized user with storage administrator rights Required Password User password (administrator privileges) Required Contact Contact information for storage administrator Optional Location Physical location of storage Optional 6. Click Submit. The time required to add the account depends on the size of the storage system and network speed. Test Connection to the Pure Storage Account Find out about connection problems in a few ways: • • After the Storage Connector for Cisco UCS Director is added to Cisco UCS Director, the connector warns about connection problems. Use the Test Connection action within Cisco UCS Director: o From the Administration menu, click Physical Accounts o In the Physical Accounts tab, highlight the account to be tested o Click Test Connection 10 November 28, 2018 Chapter 3. Workflows and Tasks Pure provides storage workflows and tasks for use with the Storage Connector for Cisco UCS Connector. This chapter gives an overview about Import workflows, set task inputs, and validate workflows. Workflows Import and Validate Pure Storage Workflows For each workflow that you import, you must set inputs for all tasks and validate each workflow. 1. Download the Pure Storage FlashArray End to End Workflows.wfdx file from the Cisco Solution Partners site or Other Sources. 2. In Cisco UCS Director, under the Policies menu, select Orchestration. 3. Under the Workflows tab, click the Import button, and then browse to where you have download Pure Storage FlashArray End to End Workflows.wfdx. 4. On the Workflows tab, open the folder Pure Storage FlashArray to view the imported workflows. 5. Double-click on a workflow to open it in the Workflow Designer. The Workflow Designer displays all tasks contained in the workflow, which you can be use as is or modify to fit the environment. Run Pure Storage Workflows 1. In Cisco UCS Director, open the Workflows tab. 2. Do one of the following: • • • In the Workflows tab, click Execute Now. Open the Workflow Designer for the desired workflow. Click Execute Now. A dialog box appears and requests workflow inputs. 3. Enter workflow inputs as appropriate, and click Submit. Note: All fields marked with * are required. The workflow service request is executed. A message indicates whether the service request was successful. 4. Click Show Detail Status for more information about the service request. 11 November 28, 2018 Tasks Listed below are the tasks added to Cisco UCS Director after installing the Pure Storage Connector. Task Add Host to Protection Group Add Target to Protection Group Add volume to Protection Group Copy Snapshot Copy Volume Connect Host(s) to HostGroup Connect Volume(s) to HostGroup Connect Volume(s) to Host Connect wwn(s)/iqn(s) to Host Create HostGroup(s)-suffix range Create Host Create Volume(s)-suffix range Create HostGroup with ProtectionGroup Create vLan Interface Delete HostGroup(s)-suffix range Delete Host Delete Protection Group Disable Scheduled Volume Snapshot Delete vLan Interface Destroy Snapshot Description This task will add existing host to ProtectionGroup in selected Pure Storage FlashArray This task will add existing Target to Protection Group in selected Pure Storage FlashArray This task will add existing Volume to Protection Group in selected Pure Storage FlashArray This task will Copy an existing Snapshot in selected Pure Storage FlashArray This task will Copy an existing Volume in selected Pure Storage FlashArray This task will add an existing or new host to a Host Group in selected Pure Storage FlashArray This task will connect the existing Volume(s) to the Host Group in selected Pure Storage FlashArray This task will Connect the existing Volume(s) to the Host in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This task will connect the WWN(s)/IQN(s) to the Host in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This task will create a new Host Group. Optionally, a start number and end number can be provided to create multiple Host Group in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This task will create a new Host. Optionally, specify the HBA WWN/IQN manually in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This task will create a new Volume or multiple volumes by provide start number and end number and size of the volume in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This task will create a new Protection Group with the Host Group in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This task will create a new vLan. Specify the vLan id, ip address manually in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This task will delete a Host Group in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This task will delete a Host in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This task will delete the protection group in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This task will disable the scheduled Volume Snapshot in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This task will delete a vLan Interface in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This task will deletes an existing snapshot in selected Pure Storage FlashArray 12 November 28, 2018 Destroy Volume(s)-suffix range Disconnect Volumes with Host Group Disconnect Host(s) with Host Group Disconnect Volumes with Host Remove Host from Protection Group Remove Target from Protection Group Remove Volume from Protection Group Resize Volume Restore Volume From Snapshot RollBack Resize Volume Task Schedule Replication Schedule Volume Snapshot This task will delete an existing volumes in selected Pure Storage FlashArray This task will disconnect an existing Volume(s) from the Host Group in selected Pure Storage FlashArray This task will disconnect an existing Host(s) from the Host Group in selected Pure Storage FlashArray This task will disconnect an existing Volume(s) from the Host in selected Pure Storage FlashArray This task will remove an existing Host from protection group in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This task will remove an existing Target from protection group in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This task will remove an exisitng Volume from protection Group in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This task will resize an existing Volume. Truncate option is also available in the task in selected Pure Storage FlashArray This task will restore the Volume from existing Snapshot in selected Pure Storage FlashArray This task will be used to reverse or rollback the resize of the Volume in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This task will create the schedule replication for specified duration in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This task will create and schedule the snapshot of selected Volume for specified duration in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. Action Button Listed below are the action buttons added to Cisco UCS Director after installing the Pure Storage Connector. Action Button Add Host Add HostGroup Add Host Protection Group Add ProtectionGroup Add Target Protection Group Add Volume Add volume to Protection Group Clone Snapshot Description This button will add a new host in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This button will add a new hostgroup in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This button will add existing host to ProtectionGroup in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This button will add a new protectiongroup in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This button will add an existing target to the protectionGroup in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This button will add a new volume in selected Pure Storage FlashArray This button will add existing Volume to Protection Group in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This button will Copy an existing Snapshot in selected Pure Storage FlashArray 13 November 28, 2018 Copy Volume Connect Host to HostGroup Connect Volume to HostGroup Connect Volume to Host Destroy Volume Disconnect Host with Host Group Disconnect Volumes with Host Disconnect Volume with Host Group Remove Host from Protection Group Remove Target from Protection Group Remove Volume from Protection Group Rename Host Resize Volume Schedule Volume Snapshot This button will Copy an existing Volume in selected Pure Storage FlashArray This button will add an existing or new host to a Host Group in selected Pure Storage FlashArray This button will connect the existing Volume to the Host Group in selected Pure Storage FlashArray This button will Connect the existing Volume to the Host in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This button will delete a volume in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This button will disconnect the existing Host from the Host Group in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This button will disconnect the existing Volume from the Host in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This button will disconnect the existing Volume from the Host Group in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This button will remove Host from protection group in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This button will remove target from protection group in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This button will remove volume from protection group in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This button will rename host in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This button will resize an existing volume in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. This button will create and schedule the snapshot of selected Volume for specified duration in selected Pure Storage FlashArray. REST API Listed below are the Rest API added to Cisco UCS Director after installing the Pure Storage Connector. Task Add Host to Protection Group Add Target to Protection Group Add volume to Protection Group Copy Snapshot Copy Volume Description The host must be added to protection Group and verified under the ProtectionGroup Report in UCSD as well as Pure Storage FlashArray. The target must be added to protection Group and verified under the ProtectionGroup Report in UCSD as well as Pure Storage FlashArray. The volume must be added to protection Group and verified under the ProtectionGroup Report in UCSD as well as Pure Storage FlashArray. The snapshot is copied and verified under the Snapshot Report in UCSD as well as Pure Storage FlashArray The volume is copied and verified under the Volume Report in UCSD as well as Pure Storage FlashArray 14 November 28, 2018 Connect Host(s) to HostGroup Connect Volume(s) to HostGroup Connect Volume(s) to Host Connect wwn(s)/iqn(s) to Host Create HostGroup(s)-suffix range Create Host Create Volume(s)-suffix range Create HostGroup with ProtectionGroup Delete HostGroup(s)-suffix range Delete Host Delete Protection Group Destroy Snapshot Destroy Volume(s)-suffix range Disconnect Volumes with Host Group Disconnect Host(s) with Host Group Disconnect Volumes with Host Remove Host from Protection Group The created host must be connected to hostGroup and verified under the Host Group Report in UCSD as well as Pure Storage FlashArray. The created volume must be connected to hostGroup and verified under the Host Group Report in UCSD as well as Pure Storage FlashArray. The created volume must be connected to host and verified under the Host Report in UCSD as well as Pure Storage FlashArray. The created wwn/iqn must be connected to host and verified under the Host Report in UCSD as well as Pure Storage FlashArray. The HostGroup must be created and verified under the Host Group Report in UCSD as well as Pure Storage FlashArray. The Host must be created and verified under the Host Report in UCSD as well as Pure Storage FlashArray. The Volume must be created and verified under the Volume Report in UCSD as well as Pure Storage FlashArray. The protectionGroup must be created with hostgroup and verified under the ProtectionGroup Report in UCSD as well as Pure Storage FlashArray. The created hostGroup must be deleted and verified under the HostGroup Report in UCSD as well as Pure Storage FlashArray. The created host must be deleted and verified under the Host Report in UCSD as well as Pure Storage FlashArray. The created protectionGroup must be deleted and verified under the protectionGroup Report in UCSD as well as Pure Storage FlashArray. The created snapshot is deleted and verified under the Snaphot Report in UCSD as well as Pure Storage FlashArray The created volume is created and verified under the volume report in UCSD as well as Pure Storage FlashArray The created volume must be disconnected from host Group and verified under the Host Group report in UCSD as well as Pure Storage FlashArray. The created host must be disconnected from the hostGroup must be deleted and verified under the hostGroup report in UCSD as well as Pure Storage FlashArray. The created volume must be disconnected from host and verified under the host report in UCSD as well as Pure Storage FlashArray. The created host must be removed from protectionGroup and verified under the ProtectionGroup Report in UCSD as well as Pure Storage FlashArray. 15 November 28, 2018 Remove Target from Protection Group Remove Volume from Protection Group Resize Volume Restore Volume From Snapshot Schedule Volume Snapshot The created target must be removed from protectionGroup and verified under the protectiongroup Report in UCSD as well as Pure Storage FlashArray. The created volume must be removed from protectionGroup and verified under Protectiongroup Report in UCSD as well as Pure Storage FlashArray. The created volume must be resize and verified under the volume Report in UCSD as well as Pure Storage FlashArray. The created snapshot must be restored and verified under the volume Report in UCSD as well as Pure Storage FlashArray. The created volume must be scheduled for snapshot and verified under the Snapshot Report in UCSD as well as Pure Storage FlashArray Chapter 4. Logging and Troubleshooting This chapter gives an overview on how to view the logs and troubleshooting information for Storage Connector for Cisco UCS Director Logging The Cisco UCS Director handles logging for the Connector. View Logs 1. Within Cisco UCS Director, select Administration from the menu, and select Support Information. 2. Within the Support Information drop down, select Show Log > Infra Manager> Show Logs. 3. A browser page displays all recent activity. The page can be saved and shared with the Pure Data Systems Support Center is desired. Troubleshooting Storage Connector for Cisco UCS Director Symptom Possible Cause Resolution The psucs module has been added, but no Pure Cisco UCS Director services have not been restarted after adding the module. Connect via SSH to the Cisco UCS Director instance. Stop all Director-related services, and then restart. 16 November 28, 2018 Storage tasks are available. Unable to add the Pure Storage FlashArray physical account. The module is not enabled. Highlight the module and click Enable. Restart Cisco UCS Director. FlashArray accounts are only available for FlashStack Pod. Ensure that the pod type is FlashStack. The user does not have sufficient rights. Ensure that the user has Administrator rights. The IP address of Pure Storage FlashArray is unreachable. Ensure that IP address is reachable from Cisco UCS Director network. 17 November 28, 2018
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