NetApp + Mirantis: MOS 9.0 Reference Architecture and Fuel Plugin
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Last year, to facilitate deployment of NetApp storage solutions with Mirantis OpenStack 7.0, NetApp created the first release of their Fuel Plugin for ONTAP and E-Series integration. This release also included a comprehensive Reference Architecture, offering guidance and best-practice gleaned from several major Mirantis OpenStack+NetApp customer deployments.
Elaborating on the more-basic instructions offered in the Fuel Plugin Guide, the NetApp Mirantis Unlocked Reference Architecture discussed NetApp ONTAP and E-Series storage solutions in detail, explained configuration options on a feature-by-feature basis, and offered step-by-step instructions for using the plugin, including pre-configuration and post-deployment checkout.
This week, NetApp has released an updated version of their Fuel Plugin for Mirantis OpenStack 9.0 (Mitaka), collaborating with Mirantis to produce a fully-updated version of the NetApp Mirantis Unlocked Reference Architecture. (Both the Fuel Plugin and Reference Architecture can be downloaded from the Mirantis Unlocked NetApp Partner Page at http://mirantis.com/partners/netapp/).
The new document makes it easier for deployment engineers and architects to integrate NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP/ONTAP 9 or E-Series storage solutions with a Mirantis OpenStack 9.0 cloud.
New NetApp Plugin Features for MOS 9.0
Mirantis OpenStack 9.0 supports several new NetApp features:- Consistency Groups, enabling snapshots of multiple Cinder volumes to be taken at the same instant in time, ensuring consistency
- CHAP Authentication, for communication between iSCSI initiators and targets
- Quality of Service (QoS) based on maximum I/O per GB, in addition to QoS based on maximum bytes per second, bytes per second allowed per GiB, and IOPS
- Manila (File-Share Service) support is not supported out-of-the-box in Mirantis OpenStack 9.0, but the Mirantis Services division, assisted by the OpenStack@NetApp team, can enable NetApp clustered Data ONTAP storage for Manila at customer request.
- SolidFire support can also be enabled separately; refer to the SolidFire Partner page for more information.
Where to go from here
Of course there's much more than we can tell you in a single blog post! The following resources will help get you started:- Mirantis Unlocked Partner page for NetApp
- Reference Architecture for MOS 9.0 with NetApp storage
- MOS 9.0 Fuel Plugin for NetApp (.rpm) and Installation Guide
- OpenStack@NetApp Deployment and Operations Guide
- Discuss NetApp and Mirantis OpenStack at theOpenStack@NetApp Community
- Technical Support is available from NetApp Technical Support or Mirantis Support.