NetApp NFS direct driver for clustered Data ONTAP

The NetApp NFS direct driver for clustered Data ONTAP is a driver interface from OpenStack to clustered Data ONTAP system for provisioning and managing OpenStack volumes on NFS exports provided by the clustered Data ONTAP system.

The NetApp NFS direct driver for clustered Data ONTAP does not require any additional management software to achieve the desired functionality. It uses NetApp APIs to interact with the clustered Data ONTAP.

Configuration options for the clustered Data ONTAP NFS direct driver

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

  volume_driver=cinder.volume.drivers.netapp.nfs.NetAppDirectCmodeNfsDriver

Table 11.9. List of configuration flags for NetApp clustered Data ONTAP NFS direct driver
Flag name	Type	Default	Description
`netapp_server_hostname`	Mandatory		The cluster management IP address for the clustered Data ONTAP.
`netapp_server_port`	Mandatory		The clustered Data ONTAP port for communication. As a custom 80 is used for http and 443 is used for https communication. The default ports can be changed if other ports are used for ONTAPI on clustered Data ONTAP.
`netapp_login`	Mandatory		Login user name for clustered Data ONTAP management.
`netapp_password`	Mandatory		Login password for clustered Data ONTAP management.
`netapp_transport_type`	Optional	http	Transport protocol for communicating with clustered Data ONTAP. Supported protocols include http and https.

Refer to OpenStack NetApp community for detailed information.

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