Chapter 2. Requirements for NetApp back ends
Prerequisites
- A NetApp storage controller is deployed and ready to be used as a back end.
- You intend to use only one NetApp storage controller as a back end for your Shared File System service.
- You can use the director installation user account, which you create as part of the overcloud deployment. For more information about the director user account, see Preparing for director installation in the Director Installation and Usage guide.
- You want to install the Shared File System service on the Controller nodes. This is the default installation method.
This document does not contain information about the different deployment configurations possible for your NetApp back end. For more information about possible NetApp storage deployment configurations suitable for the Shared File System service, see the upstream NetApp documentation in particular, the Theory of Operation and Deployment Choices.
After you complete the configuration for each NetApp back end, you can translate your configuration to a custom environment file and include this environment file in the deployment command. The director uses this file during deployment to orchestrate the configuration of your back end configuration and persists across overcloud updates.
