The IBM Storage Driver for OpenStack is a Block Storage driver that supports IBM XIV, IBM Spectrum Accelerate, IBM FlashSystem A9000, IBM FlashSystem A9000R and IBM DS8000 storage systems over Fiber channel and iSCSI.
Set the following in your cinder.conf
file, and use the following options
to configure it.
volume_driver = cinder.volume.drivers.ibm.ibm_storage.IBMStorageDriver
Configuration option = Default value | Description |
---|---|
[DEFAULT] | |
proxy = storage.proxy.IBMStorageProxy |
(String) Proxy driver that connects to the IBM Storage Array |
san_clustername = |
(String) Cluster name to use for creating volumes |
san_ip = |
(String) IP address of SAN controller |
san_login = admin |
(String) Username for SAN controller |
san_password = |
(String) Password for SAN controller |
Note
To use the IBM Storage Driver for OpenStack you must download and install the package. For more information, see IBM Support Portal - Select Fixes.
For full documentation, see IBM Knowledge Center.
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