cinder/doc/source/configuration/block-storage/drivers/hitachi-vsp-driver.rst

Hitachi block storage driver

Hitachi block storage driver provides Fibre Channel and iSCSI support for Hitachi VSP storages.

System requirements

Supported storages:

Storage model	Firmware version
VSP E990,	93-01-01 or later
VSP F350, F370, F700, F900 VSP G350, G370, G700, G900	88-01-04 or later
VSP F400, F600, F800 VSP G200, G400, G600, G800	83-04-43 or later
VSP N400, N600, N800	83-06-01 or later
VSP 5100, 5500, 5100H, 5500H	90-01-41 or later
VSP F1500 VSP G1000, VSP G1500	80-05-43 or later

Required storage licenses:

• Hitachi Storage Virtualization Operating System (SVOS)
  • Hitachi LUN Manager
  • Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning
• Hitachi Local Replication (Hitachi Thin Image)

Supported operations

• Create, delete, attach, and detach volumes.
• Create, list, and delete volume snapshots.
• Create a volume from a snapshot.
• Copy a volume to an image.
• Copy an image to a volume.
• Clone a volume.
• Extend a volume.
• Migrate a volume.
• Get volume statistics.
• Efficient non-disruptive volume backup.
• Manage and unmanage a volume.
• Attach a volume to multiple instances at once (multi-attach).
• Revert a volume to a snapshot.

Note

The volume having snapshots cannot be extended in this driver.

Configuration

Set up Hitachi storage

You need to specify settings as described below for storage systems. For details about each setting, see the user's guide of the storage systems.

1. User accounts

   Create a storage device account belonging to the Administrator User Group.

2. DP Pool

   Create a DP pool that is used by the driver.

3. Ports

   Enable Port Security for the ports used by the driver.

Set up Hitachi storage volume driver

Set the volume driver to Hitachi block storage driver by setting the volume_driver option in the cinder.conf file as follows:

If you use Fibre Channel:

[hitachi_vsp]
volume_driver = cinder.volume.drivers.hitachi.hbsd_fc.HBSDFCDriver
volume_backend_name = hitachi_vsp
san_ip = 1.2.3.4
san_login = hitachiuser
san_password = password
hitachi_storage_id = 123456789012
hitachi_pool = pool0

If you use iSCSI:

[hitachi_vsp]
volume_driver = cinder.volume.drivers.hitachi.hbsd_iscsi.HBSDISCSIDriver
volume_backend_name = hitachi_vsp
san_ip = 1.2.3.4
san_login = hitachiuser
san_password = password
hitachi_storage_id = 123456789012
hitachi_pool = pool0

This table shows configuration options for Hitachi block storage driver.

cinder.volume.drivers.hitachi.hbsd_common cinder.volume.drivers.hitachi.hbsd_rest cinder.volume.drivers.hitachi.hbsd_fc

Required options

• san_ip

  IP address of SAN controller

• san_login

  Username for SAN controller

• san_password

  Password for SAN controller

• hitachi_storage_id

  Product number of the storage system.

• hitachi_pool

  Pool number or pool name of the DP pool.