ViPR 2.1 - Add EMC VPLEX storage to ViPR using the REST API

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Overview

This article provides ViPR System Administrators the ViPR support requirements and prerequisite information to prepare EMC VPLEX storage systems for ViPR integration, and the steps to add the storage to ViPR using the REST API.

This article also describes how the storage is discovered and registered after it is added to ViPR, and the important REST API calls to manage and configure the storage after it has been added, and discovered in ViPR.

This article is part of a series

Storage systems can be added to ViPR at anytime. If, however, you are setting up the ViPR Controller virtual data center for the first time, before you continue to provision storage, complete the following steps.
  1. Authenticate with the ViPR REST API
  2. Add physical assets to ViPR:
  3. Create ViPR virtual assets:
    1. Create and configure a virtual array
    2. Create virtual pools:

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Add VPLEX storage to ViPR

Add the VPLEX management server to ViPR using the REST API.

Before you begin

You need the following information:

The following steps describe how to add VPLEX storage to ViPR using the REST API. To use the ViPR UI to add VPLEX storage to ViPR see the Add EMC VPLEX Storage to ViPR article.

Procedure

  1. Add a VPLEX by sending a POST /vdc/storage-providers request.
    The request returns a task whose URI can be queried to determine when the task is complete.
    Request 
    POST https://<ViPR_VIP>:4443/vdc/storage-providers
Content-Type: application/xml
X-SDS-AUTH-TOKEN: <AUTH_TOKEN>

<storage_provider_create>
     <name>VPLEX_MET</name>
     <interface_type>vplex</interface_type>
     <ip_address>192.168.0.0</ip_address>
     <port_number>443</port_number>
     <user_name>admin</user_name>
     <password>Password1</password>
     <use_ssl>true</use_ssl>
</storage_provider_create>
    Response 
    HTTP 202 Accepted
Content-Type: application/xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<task>
    <associated_resources/>
    <description>SCAN_STORAGEPROVIDER</description>
    <op_id>fc877306-03df-470d-bc31-07457781d717</op_id>
    <resource>
        <id>urn:storageos:StorageProvider:4e6596f7-89c4-4103-bf28-d0b45b400c9f:vdc1</id>
        <link rel="self" href="/vdc/storage-providers/urn:storageos:StorageProvider:4e6596f7-89c4-4103-bf28-d0b45b400c9f:vdc1"/>
        <name>VPLEX_MET</name>
    </resource>
    <link rel="self" href="/vdc/storage-providers/urn:storageos:StorageProvider:4e6596f7-89c4-4103-bf28-d0b45b400c9f:vdc1/tasks/fc877306-03df-470d-bc31-07457781d717"/>
    <state>pending</state>
</task>
  2. Repeat the query of the VPLEX create task, using the task URL from the response body of the POST request, until the state attribute of the task is ready, and the message attribute of the task is Operation completed successfully.
    Request 
    GET https://<ViPR_VIP>:4443/vdc/storage-providers/urn:storageos:StorageProvider:4e6596f7-89c4-4103-bf28-d0b45b400c9f:vdc1/tasks/fc877306-03df-470d-bc31-07457781d717
Content-Type: application/xml
X-SDS-AUTH-TOKEN: <AUTH_TOKEN>
    Response 
    HTTP 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
<task>
     <end_time>1400186222348</end_time>
     <message>Operation completed successfully</message>
     <op_id>fc877306-03df-470d-bc31-07457781d717</op_id>
     <resource>
          <id>urn:storageos:StorageProvider:4e6596f7-89c4-4103-bf28-d0b45b400c9f:vdc1</id>
          <link rel="self" href="/vdc/storage-providers/urn:storageos:StorageProvider:4e6596f7-89c4-4103-bf28-d0b45b400c9f:vdc1"/>
          <name>VPLEX_MET</name>
     </resource>
     <link rel="self" href="/vdc/storage-providers/urn:storageos:StorageProvider:4e6596f7-89c4-4103-bf28-d0b45b400c9f:vdc1/tasks/fc877306-03df-470d-bc31-07457781d717"/>
     <start_time>1400186174642</start_time>
     <state>ready</state>
</task>
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Network configuration requirements for storage

After the storage system is added to ViPR, it is recommended to add the corresponding SAN switch using POST /vdc/network-systems.

When a SAN switch is added to ViPR, the Fibre Channel networks (Brocade Fabrics or Cisco VSANs), are automatically discovered and registered in ViPR. Additionally, through discovery of the SAN switch topology, ViPR discovers, and registers the host initiators for hosts on the network, and identifies which storage systems are associated with the SAN switch.

Refer to Add network systems (fabric managers) and SAN networks to ViPR for more information.

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Important REST API calls to manage and configure storage systems

The table shows some important APIs that are used to manage and configure storage systems.

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