imcsdk storage APIs

by vvb

0.9.2.0 release of imcsdk will add support for imcsdk.apis.server.storage to manage virtual drives.

  • virtual_drive_create
  • virtual_drive_delete

Basic usage, 

vd = virtual_drive_create(handle=handle,  
                          drive_group=[[1]],
                          controller_slot="MEZZ",
                          raid_level=0)
virtual_drive_delete(handle=handle,  
                     controller_slot="MEZZ",
                     name=vd.virtual_drive_name)

Somethings to note about the arguments that virtual_drive_create takes,

  • drive_group needs to be array of an array(s) - [[]] The below shows sample inputs for drive_group, 
        For Raid 0  - [[1, 2, 3]]
        For Raid 10 - [[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6]]
        For Raid 50 - [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]]

Where the numbers are physical drive slots.

  • controller_slot is the name/id of the Storage controller. This could be MEZZ in some cases. or could be a number 0-9 is some.

  • raid_level - refer to the raid levels supported by the platform