NetApp iSCSI driver for clustered Data ONTAP

The NetApp iSCSI driver for clustered Data ONTAP is a driver interface from OpenStack to clustered Data ONTAP storage systems that allows the provisioning and managing the SAN block storage entity, that is, NetApp LUN using iSCSI protocol.

The NetApp iSCSI driver for clustered Data ONTAP requires additional NetApp management software namely OnCommand, WFA and the NetApp Cloud Web Service application to be installed and configured for using clustered Data ONTAP systems before configuring ONTAP cluster driver on OpenStack.

Configuration options for the clustered Data ONTAP driver

Set the volume driver to the clustered Data ONTAP driver by setting the volume_driver option in cinder.conf as follows:

    volume_driver=cinder.volume.drivers.netapp.iscsi.NetAppCmodeISCSIDriver

Table 11.3. List of configuration flags for clustered Data ONTAP iSCSI driver
Flag name	Type	Default	Description
`netapp_wsdl_url`	Mandatory		WSDL URL for NetApp Cloud Web Service application serving as management software. NetApp Cloud Web Service is an intermediate service for propagating requests from the OpenStack driver to different NetApp softwares installed in the environment and the clustered Data ONTAP systems.
`netapp_server_hostname`	Mandatory		The host name/IP address of NetApp Cloud Web Service installation.
`netapp_server_port`	Mandatory		The port on which NetApp Cloud Web Service listens.
`netapp_login`	Mandatory		Login user name for NetApp Cloud Web Service installation.
`netapp_password`	Mandatory		Login password for NetApp Cloud Web Service installation.

Refer to OpenStack NetApp community for detailed information.

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