Chapter 5. Testing the Dell EMC PS Series back end

Procedure

1. Log in to the undercloud node as the stack user.

2. Source the overcloudrc credentials file:

   $ source /home/stack/overcloudrc

3. Create a new volume type that you can use to specify the new back end. Run the following command to create a volume type called dellps, run:

   $ cinder type-create dellps

4. Map the new volume type to the new back end, tripleo_dellps , as defined through the CinderDellPsBackendName parameter in Chapter 3, Defining a single back end:

   $ cinder type-key dellps set volume_backend_name=tripleo_dellps

5. Create a new 2GB volume on the new back end:

   $ cinder create --volume-type dellps 2