hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_array – Manage the HPE Nimble Storage array

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples

Synopsis

• Manage the array on an HPE Nimble Storage group.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• Ansible 2.9 or later
• Python 3.6 or later
• HPE Nimble Storage SDK for Python
• HPE Nimble Storage arrays running NimbleOS 5.0 or later

Parameters

Notes

Examples

# if state is create , then create a array if not present. Fails if already present.
# if state is present, then create a array if not present. Succeed if it already exists.
- name: Create array if not present
  hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_array:
    host: "{{ host }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    state: "{{ state | default('present') }}"
    name: "{{ name }}"
    ctrlr_b_support_ip: "{{ ctrlr_b_support_ip | mandatory}}"
    ctrlr_a_support_ip: "{{ ctrlr_a_support_ip | mandatory}}"
    serial: "{{ serial | mandatory}}"
    nic_list: "{{ nic_list | mandatory}}"
    pool_name: "{{ pool_name | mandatory}}"

- name: Delete array
  hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_array:
    host: "{{ host }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    vol_name: "{{ansible_default_ipv4['address']}}-{{ vol_name }}"
    name: "{{ name }}"
    state: absent

- name: Failover array
  hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_array:
    host: "{{ host }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    name: "{{ name }}"
    failover: true
    state: present

- name: Halt array
  hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_array:
    host: "{{ host }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    name: "{{ name }}"
    state: present
    halt: true

- name: Reboot array
  hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_array:
    host: "{{ host }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    name: "{{ name }}"
    state: present
    reboot: true

Authors

• HPE Nimble Storage Ansible Team (@ar-india) <nimble-dcs-storage-automation-eng@hpe.com>