Configuring the NetApp Storage actor adapter

You configure an adapter in BMC Atrium Orchestrator Grid Manager. The configuration provides information about how the adapter interacts with NetApp Storage. Although each adapter must have a unique name, you can create multiple adapters with the same adapter type to allow for different configuration properties.

The form view provides an easy-to-use interface for configuring adapters. The form view prevents errors that might occur when you copy the configuration XML from the adapter documentation to the UI during configuration. You can switch to the XML view to configure those elements and attributes that are not available as fields or to configure all the elements and attributes using XML only. However, after you switch to the XML view and save the configuration in XML from that view, you cannot thereafter use the form view to modify that configuration.

To configure the actor adapter

  1. Log on to BMC Atrium Orchestrator Grid Manager.
  2. To access the adapters page, click the Manage tab, and then click the Adapters tab.
  3. In the Adapters in Repository list, select the bmc-adapter-netapp-storage-actor check box.
  4. To include the adapter in the Adapters on Grid list, click Add to Grid.
  5. Click Configure corresponding to the newly added adapter.
  6. On the Add an Adapter Configuration page, perform the following steps to configure the adapter by using the form view, or skip to step 7 to configure the adapter by using the XML view:
    1. Enter a name for the adapter. 

      Note

      The default name for the actor adapter is NetAppActor.

    2. Enter a description for the adapter.
    3. Under Properties, enter or select values for the configuration elements. 
      Include all required elements, which are indicated with an asterisk (*).
    4. Click OK.
      The newly configured adapter is now listed in the Adapters on Grid list.
  7. (Optional) Configure the adapter in the XML view by performing the following steps:

    Note

    If you switch to the XML view, you cannot thereafter use the form view to modify the configuration.

    1. Enter a name and a description for the adapter.
    2. Click Switch to XML View.
    3. On the warning message that appears, click Switch View.
    4. In the Properties text box, use XML format to enter the configuration elements and attributes, and then click OK.

      Note

      If the default value for an optional element is acceptable, omit the element. Do not include empty elements.

    5. On the warning message that appears, click Save.
      The adapter configuration with settings is saved in the XML view permanently. The newly configured adapter is now listed in the Adapters on Grid list.

The following table describes the configuration elements for the actor adapter. You cannot use the form view to configure elements and attributes that do not have an entry in the UI label column.


Node elements required for configuring the actor adapter 

UI label

Element

Description

Required

None

<config>

Indicates a container element for all other elements

Yes

Target

<target>

Specifies the host name or IP address of the server on which NetApp DataFabric Manager is running

Note

This element is required if you do not want to specify dynamic target at the request level. Using dynamic targets, you can define connection information for a remote host in an adapter request.

Conditional

User Name

<user-name>

Specifies the user name required to log on to the NetApp DataFabric Manager

Note

This element is required if you do not want to specify dynamic target at the request level. Using dynamic targets, you can define connection information for a remote host in an adapter request.

Conditional

Password

<password>

Specifies the password that corresponds to <user-name>

The password element can contain an <encryption-type> attribute.

Note

This element is required if you do not want to specify dynamic target at the request level. Using dynamic targets, you can define connection information for a remote host in an adapter request.

Conditional

Encryption Type

<encryption-type>

Indicates whether the password specified is encrypted; is an attribute of the <password> element, not an element itself.

Valid values: Valid values: Base64, Plain (default)

No

Protocol

<protocol>

Specifies the communication protocol used by adapter

Valid values: http (default), https

No

Port

<port>

Specifies the port on which NetApp DataFabric Manager is enabled

Default value: 8088 for HTTP and 8488 for HTTPS

No

Establish Connection Timeout

<establish-connection-timeout>

For the current server context, sets the connection timeout value (in seconds) for establishing a connection with the server during initialization and reading data from the server socket used for API communication

Default value: 300 seconds

No

The following figure shows an XML sample for configuring the actor adapter:

Note

The <configs> element is required when defining multiple <config> nodes.

XML sample for configuring the actor adapter

<config>
  <target>172.11.11.111</target>
  <user-name>username</user-name>
  <password encryption-type="Base64">cGFzc3dvcmQ=</password>
  <protocol>http</protocol>
  <port>8088</port>
  <establish-connection-timeout>30</establish-connection-timeout>
</config>

The BMC Atrium Orchestrator application adapter for NetApp Storage can connect to multiple NetApp DataFabric Manager servers. For this, you must define a single adapter configuration having multiple configuration nodes. Each <config> element defines a configuration node that specifies the connection information for a specific NetApp DataFabric Manager server. The <config> element has a name attribute that can be referenced from an adapter request. By referencing a specific configuration node name from an adapter request, you can execute the request on a specific NetApp DataFabric Manager server.

The following figure illustrates a sample adapter configuration with multiple configuration nodes:

Sample XML for adapter configuration with multiple configuration nodes

<configs>
  <config name="Server134">
    <target>172.11.11.111</target>
    <user-name>domain-name\username</user-name>
    <password>password</password>
    <protocol>http</protocol>
    <port>8088</port>
  </config>
  <config name="Server137">
    <target>172.11.11.112</target>
    <user-name>domain-name\username</user-name>
    <password>password</password>
    <protocol>http</protocol>
    <port>8088</port>
  </config>
</configs>
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