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Cisco UCS Director Task Library Reference, Release 6.7

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Cisco UCS Director Task Library Reference, Release 6.7

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Virtual SAN Tasks

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Updated:
January 14, 2019

Chapter: Virtual SAN Tasks

Virtual SAN Tasks

This chapter contains the following sections:

Add Disks to Disk Group for VMware Virtual SAN

Summary
Adds disks to a disk group.
Description
This task adds disks to a disk group.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
VSAN Cluster Choose a VSAN cluster vsan​Cluster Y
Hosts Choose a host vmare​Host Y
Disk Group Name Choose a disk group name disk​Group​Name Y
Select Disks Choose one or more disks add​Disksto​Disk​Group Y
Outputs
No Outputs

Claim Disk for VMware Virtual SAN

Summary
Claims disks.
Description
This task organizes disks into default disk groups under different hosts.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
VSAN Cluster Choose a VSAN cluster vsan​Cluster Y
Select Disk Choose one or more disks Virtual SAN Disk Identity Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
Claim Disks For Virtual​SAN Virtual SAN Claim Disk Identity Virtual SAN Claim Disk Identity

Cleanup Virtual SAN Cluster

Summary
Clean up a Virtual SAN cluster.
Description
This task helps to clean up the Virtual SAN cluster information on an ESXi Host. This task is executed during the rollback of the Create or Expand Virtual SAN Cluster tasks.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Host Node Enter a host IP address gen_​text_​input Y
Host User ID Enter a host user ID gen_​text_​input Y
Host Password Enter the host password password Y
Outputs
No Outputs

Convert UCS Disk State JBOD to UGood

Summary
Convert an ESXi host disk state from JBOD to UGood.
Description
This task converts the physical disk drive state of an ESXi host from just a bunch of disks (JBOD) to UGood so that RAID0 configuration can be done on the ESXi host. The host must have storcli installed to run the commands.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
IP Address Host IP Address gen_​text_​input Y
User ID Host User ID gen_​text_​input Y
Password Host Password password Y
Outputs
No Outputs

Convert UCS Disk State UGood to JBOD

Summary
Convert an ESXi host Disk State from UGood to JBOD.
Description
This task converts the physical disk drive state of an ESXi host from UGood to just a bunch of disks (JBOD). The host must have storcli installed to run the commands.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
IP Address Host IP Address gen_​text_​input Y
User ID Host User ID gen_​text_​input Y
Password Host Password password Y
Outputs
No Outputs

Create Disk Group for VMware Virtual SAN

Summary
Creates a disk group.
Description
This task creates a disk group under a host.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
VSAN Cluster Choose a VSAN cluster vsan​Cluster Y
Host Choose a host vmare​Host Y
Select Disk Choose one or more disks Virtual SAN Disk Identity Y
Outputs
No Outputs

Create Virtual Drives for ESXi LSI Storage Controller

Summary
Create virtual drives on a C240M3.
Description
This task creates virtual drives On a C240M3. It deletes existing virtual drives and creates new virtual drives with RAID0 configuration.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
IP Address Host IP Address gen_​text_​input Y
User ID Host User ID gen_​text_​input Y
Password Host Password password Y
Outputs
No Outputs

Decommission VMware Multi Host Node

Summary
Decommission a multi-host node.
Description
This task decommissions multiple virtual SAN host nodes. Optionally, the task also disassociates and deletes the service profile.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Pod Choose a pod Virtual SAN Pod Y
Cluster Choose a cluster vsan​Cluster Y
Host Node Choose one or more host nodes to decommission vsan​Multi​Host​Node​Identity Y
Host Password Enter the host password password Y
Disassociate Service Profile Check to disassociate the service profile Boolean
Delete Service Profile Check to delete the service profile Boolean
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​SR_​ID_​LIST SR IDs gen_​text_​input

Delete Disk Group for VMware Virtual SAN

Summary
Deletes a disk group.
Description
This task deletes a disk group under a host.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
VSAN Cluster Choose a VSAN cluster vsan​Cluster Y
Host Choose a host vmare​Host Y
Disk Group Name Choose a disk group name disk​Group​Name Y
Outputs
No Outputs

Delete Disk from Disk Group for VMware Virtual SAN

Summary
Deletes disks from a disk group.
Description
This task deletes disks from a disk group.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
VSAN Cluster Choose a VSAN cluster vsan​Cluster Y
Host Node Choose a host node vmare​Host Y
Disk Group Name Choose a disk group name disk​Group​Name Y
Select Disks Choose one or more disks Delete​Disks​From​Disk​Group Y
Outputs
No Outputs

Delete VMware Virtual SAN Cluster

Summary
Delete Virtual SAN Cluster.
Description
This task deletes Virtual SAN Cluster information from UCSD. It is executed during rollback of Create Virtual SAN Cluster.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Account Name Choose an account name gen_​text_​input
Datacenter Name Choose a datacenter name gen_​text_​input
Cluster Name Enter a cluster name gen_​text_​input
Outputs
No Outputs

Enable Megaraid Controller Driver on C240M4

Summary
Enable a Megaraid Controller.
Description
This task enables a Megaraid Controller on a C240M4 server.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
IP Address Host IP Address gen_​text_​input Y
User ID Host User ID gen_​text_​input Y
Password Host Password password Y
Outputs
No Outputs

Install Multi ESXi on SD for UCS Virtual SAN

Summary
Description
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Select Choose the UCS Server Pool or UCS Server from the list select​Server​Poolor​UCSServer
Server Pool Choose Server Pool ucs​Server​Pool​Tag​Identity
UCS Server Choose one or more UCS Server ucs​Multi​Server​Identity
Number of Host Nodes Enter number of host nodes gen_​text_​input
Service Profile Template Select service profile template name from which to create service profiles ucs​Service​Profile​Template​Identity Y
Service Profile Name Enter Service Profile Name gen_​text_​input
LAN Boot Policy Select new Boot Policy to apply ucs​Boot​Policy​Identity Y
Scrub Policy Select new scrub Policy to apply ucs​Scrub​Policy​Identity Y
Management IP Pool Choose Management IP Pool VMWare​IPPool​Policy Y
BMA Server Select the BMA for PXE setup BMA Y
DNS Server Name Enter DNS server name gen_​text_​input
Timezone Choose the time zone from the list Timezone Y
Host Name Enter a host name for the v​SAN cluster gen_​text_​input Y
Host User ID Enter a host user ID for the v​SAN cluster gen_​text_​input Y
Host Password Enter a host password for v​SAN cluster password Y
OS Type Choose the OS type from the list OSType Y
RAID Mode Select Cisco VSAN raid mode with supported RAID RAIDMode​LOV
Workflow Name Enter Workflow Name gen_​text_​input Y
Cluster Name Enter a cluster name for the v​SAN cluster vsan​Cluster
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​SR_​ID_​LIST SR IDs gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​HOST_​IP_​ADDRESS_​LIST Host IP Addresses gen_​text_​input

Mark SSD Disks on UCS for ESXi LSI Storage Controller

Summary
Mark the SSD on a C240M3.
Description
This task marks the SSD disk on a C240M3 in order to differentiate the SSD disk from other disks.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
IP Address Host IP Address gen_​text_​input Y
User ID Host User ID gen_​text_​input Y
Password Host Password password Y
Outputs
No Outputs

Move VMWare Host to Maintenance Mode

Summary
Moves the host to maintenance mode.
Description
This task moves a Virtual SAN host to maintenance mode.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Account Name vmware​Account​Name Y
Cluster cluster​List Y
Host Node vmare​Host Y
Maintenance Mode Vsan​Cluster​Maintance​Mode​Type Y
Remove from v​Center Boolean
Outputs
No Outputs

Persist VMware Virtual SAN Cluster

Summary
Persist Virtual SAN cluster information.
Description
This task persists the Virtual SAN cluster information in UCS Director. The task is executed while creating a Virtual SAN cluster.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Pod Name Choose a pod name Virtual SAN Pod
Cluster Name Enter a cluster name gen_​text_​input
Account Name Choose an account name gen_​text_​input
Host Nodes Enter one or more host nodes.​ Separate the host nodes with commas.​ gen_​text_​input
Host User ID Enter a host user ID gen_​text_​input
Host Password Enter the host password password
Datacenter Name Choose a datacenter name gen_​text_​input
Claim Disk Mode Choose a claim disk mode gen_​text_​input
Managemant IP Pool Policy Choose a management IP pool policy gen_​text_​input
VM Net IP Policy Choose a VM net IP policy gen_​text_​input
Virtual​SAN IP Policy Choose a virtual SAN IP policy gen_​text_​input
VMotion IP Policy Choose a VMotion IP policy gen_​text_​input
MTU Size Choose an MTU size gen_​text_​input
RAID Mode Choose a supported Cisco VSAN RAID mode RAIDMode​LOV
Outputs
No Outputs

Toggle VMWare Virtual SAN

Summary
Enables a VSAN cluster.
Description
This task enables a VSAN Cluster.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Account Name Choose a account name with which to enable the VSAN cluster gen_​text_​input Y
Datacenter Name Choose a datacenter name in which to create the cluster datacenter​Name Y
Claim Disks Choose a mode with which to claim disk VMWare​Claim​Disk​Mode​List Y
Turn on Virtual SAN Check to turn on virtual SAN
Cluster Choose a cluster on which to enable VSAN gen_​text_​input Y
Outputs
No Outputs

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