hitachivantara.vspone_block.sds_block.hv_sds_block_spare_node_facts module – Get spare node information from VSP One SDS Block and Cloud systems.

Note

This module is part of the hitachivantara.vspone_block collection (version 4.5.1).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install hitachivantara.vspone_block. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: hitachivantara.vspone_block.sds_block.hv_sds_block_spare_node_facts.

New in hitachivantara.vspone_block 4.4.0

Synopsis

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 3.9

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

connection_info

dictionary / required

Information required to establish a connection to the storage system.

address

string / required

IP address or hostname of the storage system.

connection_type

string

Type of connection to the storage system.

Choices:

  • "direct" ← (default)

password

string / required

Password for authentication. This is a required field.

username

string / required

Username for authentication. This is a required field.

spec

dictionary

Configuration specifications for spare node management.

id

string

Unique identifier for the spare node.

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

Determines if the module should run in check mode.

Examples

- name: Retrieve all spare node information
  hitachivantara.vspone_block.hv_sds_block_spare_node_facts:
    connection_info:
      address: sdsb.company.com
      username: "admin"
      password: "password"

- name: Retrieve specific spare node information by ID
  hitachivantara.vspone_block.hv_sds_block_spare_node_facts:
    connection_info:
      address: sdsb.company.com
      username: "admin"
      password: "password"
    spec:
      id: "spare-node-001"

Returned Facts

Facts returned by this module are added/updated in the hostvars host facts and can be referenced by name just like any other host fact. They do not need to be registered in order to use them.

Key

Description

spare_nodes

list / elements=dictionary

List of spare node configurations.

Returned: success

bios_uuid

string

BIOS UUID of the spare node.

Returned: success

Sample: "12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc"

bmc_name

string

Name of the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC).

Returned: success

Sample: "spare-bmc-01"

bmc_user

string

Username for BMC authentication.

Returned: success

Sample: "admin"

control_port_ipv4_address

string

IPv4 address for the control port of the spare node.

Returned: success

Sample: "192.168.1.100"

fault_domain_id

string

Identifier for the fault domain where the spare node belongs.

Returned: success

Sample: "fd-001"

fault_domain_name

string

Name of the fault domain where the spare node belongs.

Returned: success

Sample: "fault-domain-001"

id

string

Unique identifier for the spare node.

Returned: success

Sample: "spare-node-01"

model_name

string

Model name of the spare node.

Returned: success

Sample: "HV-SDSB-001"

name

string

Name of the spare node.

Returned: success

Sample: "spare-node-01"

serial_number

string

Serial number of the spare node.

Returned: success

Sample: "SN123456789"

software_version

string

Software version of the spare node.

Returned: success

Sample: "1.0.0"

Authors

  • Hitachi Vantara LTD (@hitachi-vantara)