Theory of Operation: NetApp Unified Driver for E-Series with Fibre Channel¶

• E-Series drivers are being deprecated and will be removed after the S release

In order for Fibre Channel to be set up correctly, you also need to set up Fibre Channel zoning for your backends. See the section called Fibre Channel & cinder.conf for more details on configuring Fibre Channel zoning.

As described in the section called “Theory of Operation and Deployment Choices”, Cinder with NetApp E-Series requires the use of the NetApp SANtricity Web Services Proxy server deployed as an intermediary between Cinder and the E-Series storage system. A common deployment topology with Cinder, Nova, and an E-Series controller with the SANtricity Web Services Proxy can be seen below in Figure 4.8, “Cinder & E-Series Deployment Topology”.

Figure 4.8. Cinder & E-Series Deployment Topology

Dynamic disk pools (as described in the section called “Description of E-Series and EF-Series Systems) and volume groups are the supported disk collection strategies when utilizing the Cinder E-Series driver. For more information on the capabilities of the E-Series storage systems, visit http://support.netapp.com.