Available Drivers

updated: 2021-10-28 12:00

Available Drivers

Volume Drivers

EMCCoprHDFCDriver (unsupported)

EMCCoprHDISCSIDriver (unsupported)

EMCCoprHDScaleIODriver

FibreChannelVolumeDriver (unsupported)

Version history:

1.0.0 - Initial driver

ISCSIVolumeDriver (unsupported)

Version history:

1.0.0 - Initial driver

PSSeriesISCSIDriver

To enable the driver add the following line to the cinder configuration:
volume_driver=cinder.volume.drivers.dell_emc.ps.PSSeriesISCSIDriver
Driver’s prerequisites are:
  • a separate volume group set up and running on the SAN
  • SSH access to the SAN
  • a special user must be created which must be able to
    • create/delete volumes and snapshots;
    • clone snapshots into volumes;
    • modify volume access records;

The access credentials to the SAN are provided by means of the following flags:

san_ip=<ip_address>
san_login=<user name>
san_password=<user password>
san_private_key=<file containing SSH private key>

Thin provision of volumes is enabled by default, to disable it use:

san_thin_provision=false

In order to use target CHAP authentication (which is disabled by default) SAN administrator must create a local CHAP user and specify the following flags for the driver:

use_chap_auth=True
chap_login=<chap_login>
chap_password=<chap_password>

eqlx_group_name parameter actually represents the CLI prompt message without ‘>’ ending. E.g. if prompt looks like ‘group-0>’, then the parameter must be set to ‘group-0’

Version history:

1.0   - Initial driver
1.1.0 - Misc fixes
1.2.0 - Deprecated eqlx_cli_timeout infavor of ssh_conn_timeout
1.3.0 - Added support for manage/unmanage volume
1.4.0 - Removed deprecated options eqlx_cli_timeout, eqlx_use_chap,
        eqlx_chap_login, and eqlx_chap_password.
1.4.1 - Rebranded driver to Dell EMC.
1.4.2 - Enable report discard support.
1.4.3 - Report total_volumes in volume stats
1.4.4 - Fixed over-subscription ratio calculation
1.4.5 - Optimize volume stats information parsing
1.4.6 - Extend volume with no-snap option

SCFCDriver

To enable the driver add the following line to the cinder configuration:
volume_driver=cinder.volume.drivers.dell_emc.sc.storagecenter_fc. SCFCDriver

Version history:

1.0.0 - Initial driver
1.1.0 - Added extra spec support for Storage Profile selection
1.2.0 - Added consistency group support.
2.0.0 - Switched to inheriting functional objects rather than volume
        driver.
2.1.0 - Added support for ManageableVD.
2.2.0 - Driver retype support for switching volume's Storage Profile
2.3.0 - Added Legacy Port Mode Support
2.3.1 - Updated error handling.
2.4.0 - Added Replication V2 support.
2.4.1 - Updated Replication support to V2.1.
2.5.0 - ManageableSnapshotsVD implemented.
3.0.0 - ProviderID utilized.
3.1.0 - Failback supported.
3.2.0 - Live Volume support.
3.3.0 - Support for a secondary DSM.
3.4.0 - Support for excluding a domain.
3.5.0 - Support for AFO.
3.6.0 - Server type support.
3.7.0 - Support for Data Reduction, Group QOS and Volume QOS.
4.0.0 - Driver moved to dell_emc.
4.1.0 - Timeouts added to rest calls.

SCISCSIDriver

To enable the driver add the following line to the cinder configuration:
volume_driver=cinder.volume.drivers.dell_emc.sc. storagecenter_iscsi.SCISCSIDriver

Version history:

1.0.0 - Initial driver
1.1.0 - Added extra spec support for Storage Profile selection
1.2.0 - Added consistency group support.
2.0.0 - Switched to inheriting functional objects rather than volume
        driver.
2.1.0 - Added support for ManageableVD.
2.2.0 - Driver retype support for switching volume's Storage Profile.
        Added API 2.2 support.
2.3.0 - Added Legacy Port Mode Support
2.3.1 - Updated error handling.
2.4.0 - Added Replication V2 support.
2.4.1 - Updated Replication support to V2.1.
2.5.0 - ManageableSnapshotsVD implemented.
3.0.0 - ProviderID utilized.
3.1.0 - Failback Supported.
3.2.0 - Live Volume support.
3.3.0 - Support for a secondary DSM.
3.4.0 - Support for excluding a domain.
3.5.0 - Support for AFO.
3.6.0 - Server type support.
3.7.0 - Support for Data Reduction, Group QOS and Volume QOS.
4.0.0 - Driver moved to dell_emc.
4.1.0 - Timeouts added to rest calls.

ScaleIODriver

ScaleIO Driver version history:
2.0.1: Added support for SIO 1.3x in addition to 2.0.x 2.0.2: Added consistency group support to generic volume groups 2.0.3: Added cache for storage pool and protection domains info 2.0.4: Added compatibility with os_brick>1.15.3 2.0.4.1: Fix for Bug #1823200. See OSSN-0086 for details.

UnityDriver

Version history:
1.0.0 - Initial version 2.0.0 - Add thin clone support 3.0.0 - Add IPv6 support 3.1.0 - Support revert to snapshot API 4.0.0 - Support remove empty host 4.2.0 - Support compressed volume

VMAXFCDriver

Version history:

1.0.0 - Initial driver
1.1.0 - Multiple pools and thick/thin provisioning,
        performance enhancement.
2.0.0 - Add driver requirement functions
2.1.0 - Add consistency group functions
2.1.1 - Fixed issue with mismatched config (bug #1442376)
2.1.2 - Clean up failed clones (bug #1440154)
2.1.3 - Fixed a problem with FAST support (bug #1435069)
2.2.0 - Add manage/unmanage
2.2.1 - Support for SE 8.0.3
2.2.2 - Update Consistency Group
2.2.3 - Pool aware scheduler(multi-pool) support
2.2.4 - Create CG from CG snapshot
2.3.0 - Name change for MV and SG for FAST (bug #1515181)
      - Fix for randomly choosing port group. (bug #1501919)
      - get_short_host_name needs to be called in find_device_number
        (bug #1520635)
      - Proper error handling for invalid SLOs (bug #1512795)
      - Extend Volume for VMAX3, SE8.1.0.3
      https://blueprints.launchpad.net/cinder/+spec/vmax3-extend-volume
      - Incorrect SG selected on an attach (#1515176)
      - Cleanup Zoning (bug #1501938)  NOTE: FC only
      - Last volume in SG fix
      - _remove_last_vol_and_delete_sg is not being called
        for VMAX3 (bug #1520549)
      - necessary updates for CG changes (#1534616)
      - Changing PercentSynced to CopyState (bug #1517103)
      - Getting iscsi ip from port in existing masking view
      - Replacement of EMCGetTargetEndpoints api (bug #1512791)
      - VMAX3 snapvx improvements (bug #1522821)
      - Operations and timeout issues (bug #1538214)
2.4.0 - EMC VMAX - locking SG for concurrent threads (bug #1554634)
      - SnapVX licensing checks for VMAX3 (bug #1587017)
      - VMAX oversubscription Support (blueprint vmax-oversubscription)
      - QoS support (blueprint vmax-qos)
2.5.0 - Attach and detach snapshot (blueprint vmax-attach-snapshot)
      - MVs and SGs not reflecting correct protocol (bug #1640222)
      - Storage assisted volume migration via retype
        (bp vmax-volume-migration)
      - Support for compression on All Flash
      - Volume replication 2.1 (bp add-vmax-replication)
      - rename and restructure driver (bp vmax-rename-dell-emc)
3.0.0 - REST based driver
      - Retype (storage-assisted migration)
      - QoS support
      - Support for compression on All Flash
      - Support for volume replication
      - Support for live migration
      - Support for Generic Volume Group
3.1.0 - Support for replication groups (Tiramisu)
      - Deprecate backend xml configuration
      - Support for async replication (vmax-replication-enhancements)
      - Support for SRDF/Metro (vmax-replication-enhancements)
      - Support for manage/unmanage snapshots
        (vmax-manage-unmanage-snapshot)
      - Support for revert to volume snapshot
3.2.0 - Support for retyping replicated volumes (bp
        vmax-retype-replicated-volumes)
      - Support for multiattach volumes (bp vmax-allow-multi-attach)
      - Support for list manageable volumes and snapshots
        (bp/vmax-list-manage-existing)
      - Fix for SSL verification/cert application (bug #1772924)
      - Log VMAX metadata of a volume (bp vmax-metadata)
      - Fix for get-pools command (bug #1784856)
Backport from 3.3.0
     - Fix for initiator retrieval and short hostname unmapping
        (bugs #1783855 #1783867)
      - Fix for HyperMax OS Upgrade Bug (bug #1790141)
3.2.3 - Legacy volume not found fix (#1867163)
3.2.4 - Fix to enable legacy volumes to live migrate (#1867163)

VMAXISCSIDriver

Version history:

1.0.0 - Initial driver
1.1.0 - Multiple pools and thick/thin provisioning,
        performance enhancement.
2.0.0 - Add driver requirement functions
2.1.0 - Add consistency group functions
2.1.1 - Fixed issue with mismatched config (bug #1442376)
2.1.2 - Clean up failed clones (bug #1440154)
2.1.3 - Fixed a problem with FAST support (bug #1435069)
2.2.0 - Add manage/unmanage
2.2.1 - Support for SE 8.0.3
2.2.2 - Update Consistency Group
2.2.3 - Pool aware scheduler(multi-pool) support
2.2.4 - Create CG from CG snapshot
2.3.0 - Name change for MV and SG for FAST (bug #1515181)
      - Fix for randomly choosing port group. (bug #1501919)
      - get_short_host_name needs to be called in find_device_number
        (bug #1520635)
      - Proper error handling for invalid SLOs (bug #1512795)
      - Extend Volume for VMAX3, SE8.1.0.3
      https://blueprints.launchpad.net/cinder/+spec/vmax3-extend-volume
      - Incorrect SG selected on an attach (#1515176)
      - Cleanup Zoning (bug #1501938)  NOTE: FC only
      - Last volume in SG fix
      - _remove_last_vol_and_delete_sg is not being called
        for VMAX3 (bug #1520549)
      - necessary updates for CG changes (#1534616)
      - Changing PercentSynced to CopyState (bug #1517103)
      - Getting iscsi ip from port in existing masking view
      - Replacement of EMCGetTargetEndpoints api (bug #1512791)
      - VMAX3 snapvx improvements (bug #1522821)
      - Operations and timeout issues (bug #1538214)
2.4.0 - EMC VMAX - locking SG for concurrent threads (bug #1554634)
      - SnapVX licensing checks for VMAX3 (bug #1587017)
      - VMAX oversubscription Support (blueprint vmax-oversubscription)
      - QoS support (blueprint vmax-qos)
      - VMAX2/VMAX3 iscsi multipath support (iscsi only)
      https://blueprints.launchpad.net/cinder/+spec/vmax-iscsi-multipath
2.5.0 - Attach and detach snapshot (blueprint vmax-attach-snapshot)
      - MVs and SGs not reflecting correct protocol (bug #1640222)
      - Storage assisted volume migration via retype
        (bp vmax-volume-migration)
      - Support for compression on All Flash
      - Volume replication 2.1 (bp add-vmax-replication)
      - rename and restructure driver (bp vmax-rename-dell-emc)
3.0.0 - REST based driver
      - Retype (storage-assisted migration)
      - QoS support
      - Support for compression on All Flash
      - Support for volume replication
      - Support for live migration
      - Support for Generic Volume Group
3.1.0 - Support for replication groups (Tiramisu)
      - Deprecate backend xml configuration
      - Support for async replication (vmax-replication-enhancements)
      - Support for SRDF/Metro (vmax-replication-enhancements)
      - Support for manage/unmanage snapshots
        (vmax-manage-unmanage-snapshot)
      - Support for revert to volume snapshot
3.2.0 - Support for retyping replicated volumes (bp
        vmax-retype-replicated-volumes)
      - Support for multiattach volumes (bp vmax-allow-multi-attach)
      - Support for list manageable volumes and snapshots
        (bp/vmax-list-manage-existing)
      - Fix for SSL verification/cert application (bug #1772924)
      - Log VMAX metadata of a volume (bp vmax-metadata)
      - Fix for get-pools command (bug #1784856)
Backport from 3.3.0
     - Fix for initiator retrieval and short hostname unmapping
        (bugs #1783855 #1783867)
      - Fix for HyperMax OS Upgrade Bug (bug #1790141)
3.2.3 - Legacy volume not found fix (#1867163)
3.2.4 - Fix to enable legacy volumes to live migrate (#1867163)

VNXDriver

Version history:
    1.0.0 - Initial driver
    2.0.0 - Thick/thin provisioning, robust enhancement
    3.0.0 - Array-based Backend Support, FC Basic Support,
            Target Port Selection for MPIO,
            Initiator Auto Registration,
            Storage Group Auto Deletion,
            Multiple Authentication Type Support,
            Storage-Assisted Volume Migration,
            SP Toggle for HA
    3.0.1 - Security File Support
    4.0.0 - Advance LUN Features (Compression Support,
            Deduplication Support, FAST VP Support,
            FAST Cache Support), Storage-assisted Retype,
            External Volume Management, Read-only Volume,
            FC Auto Zoning
    4.1.0 - Consistency group support
    5.0.0 - Performance enhancement, LUN Number Threshold Support,
            Initiator Auto Deregistration,
            Force Deleting LUN in Storage Groups,
            robust enhancement
    5.1.0 - iSCSI multipath enhancement
    5.2.0 - Pool-aware scheduler support
    5.3.0 - Consistency group modification support
    6.0.0 - Over subscription support
            Create consistency group from cgsnapshot support
            Multiple pools support enhancement
            Manage/unmanage volume revise
            White list target ports support
            Snap copy support
            Support efficient non-disruptive backup
    7.0.0 - Clone consistency group support
            Replication v2 support(managed)
            Configurable migration rate support
    8.0.0 - New VNX Cinder driver
    9.0.0 - Use asynchronous migration for cloning
    10.0.0 - Extend SMP size before async migration when cloning from an
             image cache volume
    10.1.0 - Add QoS support
    10.2.0 - Add replication group support
    11.0.0 - Fix failure of migration during cloning
    12.0.0 - Add `volume revert to snapshot` support
    12.1.0 - Adjust max_luns_per_storage_group and
             check_max_pool_luns_threshold
    12.1.1 - Fix perf issue when create/delete volume
    12.1.2 - Fix bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/cinder/+bug/1817385 to
             make sure sg can be created again after it was destroyed
             under `destroy_empty_stroage_group` setting to `True`
    12.1.3 - Fix bug 1794646: failed to delete LUNs from backend due to
             the temporary snapshots on them wasn't deleted.

XtremIOFCDriver

XtremIOISCSIDriver

We make use of model provider properties as follows:

provider_location
if present, contains the iSCSI target information in the same format as an ietadm discovery i.e. ‘<ip>:<port>,<portal> <target IQN>’
provider_auth
if present, contains a space-separated triple: ‘<auth method> <auth username> <auth password>’. CHAP is the only auth_method in use at the moment.

DiscoDriver (unsupported)

Version history:
    1.0 - disco volume driver using SOAP
    1.1 - disco volume driver using REST and only compatible
          with version greater than disco-1.6.4

DrbdManageDrbdDriver

  • Version: 1.1.0
  • volume_driver=cinder.volume.drivers.drbdmanagedrv.DrbdManageDrbdDriver
  • Description: Cinder driver that uses the DRBD protocol.

DrbdManageIscsiDriver

  • Version: 1.1.0
  • volume_driver=cinder.volume.drivers.drbdmanagedrv.DrbdManageIscsiDriver
  • Description: Cinder driver that uses the iSCSI protocol.

FJDXFCDriver

FJDXISCSIDriver

DSWAREDriver

HGSTDriver (unsupported)

Implements a Cinder Volume driver which creates a HGST Space for each Cinder Volume or Snapshot requested. Use the vgc-cluster CLI to do all management operations.

The Cinder host will nominally have all Spaces made visible to it, while individual compute nodes will only have Spaces connected to KVM instances connected.

HPE3PARFCDriver

Version history:

1.0   - Initial driver
1.1   - QoS, extend volume, multiple iscsi ports, remove domain,
        session changes, faster clone, requires 3.1.2 MU2 firmware,
        copy volume <--> Image.
1.2.0 - Updated the use of the hp3parclient to 2.0.0 and refactored
        the drivers to use the new APIs.
1.2.1 - Synchronized extend_volume method.
1.2.2 - Added try/finally around client login/logout.
1.2.3 - Added ability to add WWNs to host.
1.2.4 - Added metadata during attach/detach bug #1258033.
1.3.0 - Removed all SSH code.  We rely on the hp3parclient now.
2.0.0 - Update hp3parclient API uses 3.0.x
2.0.2 - Add back-end assisted volume migrate
2.0.3 - Added initiator-target map for FC Zone Manager
2.0.4 - Added support for managing/unmanaging of volumes
2.0.5 - Only remove FC Zone on last volume detach
2.0.6 - Added support for volume retype
2.0.7 - Only one FC port is used when a single FC path
        is present.  bug #1360001
2.0.8 - Fixing missing login/logout around attach/detach bug #1367429
2.0.9 - Add support for pools with model update
2.0.10 - Migrate without losing type settings bug #1356608
2.0.11 - Removing locks bug #1381190
2.0.12 - Fix queryHost call to specify wwns bug #1398206
2.0.13 - Fix missing host name during attach bug #1398206
2.0.14 - Removed usage of host name cache #1398914
2.0.15 - Added support for updated detach_volume attachment.
2.0.16 - Added encrypted property to initialize_connection #1439917
2.0.17 - Improved VLUN creation and deletion logic. #1469816
2.0.18 - Changed initialize_connection to use getHostVLUNs. #1475064
2.0.19 - Adds consistency group support
2.0.20 - Update driver to use ABC metaclasses
2.0.21 - Added update_migrated_volume. bug # 1492023
3.0.0 - Rebranded HP to HPE.
3.0.1 - Remove db access for consistency groups
3.0.2 - Adds v2 managed replication support
3.0.3 - Adds v2 unmanaged replication support
3.0.4 - Adding manage/unmanage snapshot support
3.0.5 - Optimize array ID retrieval
3.0.6 - Update replication to version 2.1
3.0.7 - Remove metadata that tracks the instance ID. bug #1572665
3.0.8 - NSP feature, creating FC Vlun as match set instead of
        host sees. bug #1577993
3.0.9 - Handling HTTP conflict 409, host WWN/iSCSI name already used
        by another host, while creating 3PAR FC Host. bug #1597454
3.0.10 - Added Entry point tracing
3.0.11 - Handle manage and unmanage hosts present. bug #1648067
3.0.12 - Adds consistency group capability in generic volume groups.
4.0.0 - Adds base class.
4.0.1 - Added check to remove FC zones. bug #1730720
4.0.2 - Create one vlun in single path configuration. bug #1727176
4.0.3 - Create FC vlun as host sees. bug #1734505
4.0.4 - Handle force detach case. bug #1686745
4.0.5 - Set proper backend on subsequent operation, after group
        failover. bug #1773069
4.0.6 - Set NSP for single path attachments. Bug #1809249

HPE3PARISCSIDriver

Version history:

1.0   - Initial driver
1.1   - QoS, extend volume, multiple iscsi ports, remove domain,
        session changes, faster clone, requires 3.1.2 MU2 firmware.
1.2.0 - Updated the use of the hp3parclient to 2.0.0 and refactored
        the drivers to use the new APIs.
1.2.1 - Synchronized extend_volume method.
1.2.2 - Added try/finally around client login/logout.
1.2.3 - log exceptions before raising
1.2.4 - Fixed iSCSI active path bug #1224594
1.2.5 - Added metadata during attach/detach bug #1258033
1.2.6 - Use least-used iscsi n:s:p for iscsi volume attach bug #1269515
        This update now requires 3.1.2 MU3 firmware
1.3.0 - Removed all SSH code.  We rely on the hp3parclient now.
2.0.0 - Update hp3parclient API uses 3.0.x
2.0.2 - Add back-end assisted volume migrate
2.0.3 - Added support for managing/unmanaging of volumes
2.0.4 - Added support for volume retype
2.0.5 - Added CHAP support, requires 3.1.3 MU1 firmware
        and hp3parclient 3.1.0.
2.0.6 - Fixing missing login/logout around attach/detach bug #1367429
2.0.7 - Add support for pools with model update
2.0.8 - Migrate without losing type settings bug #1356608
2.0.9 - Removing locks bug #1381190
2.0.10 - Add call to queryHost instead SSH based findHost #1398206
2.0.11 - Added missing host name during attach fix #1398206
2.0.12 - Removed usage of host name cache #1398914
2.0.13 - Update LOG usage to fix translations.  bug #1384312
2.0.14 - Do not allow a different iSCSI IP (hp3par_iscsi_ips) to be
         used during live-migration.  bug #1423958
2.0.15 - Added support for updated detach_volume attachment.
2.0.16 - Added encrypted property to initialize_connection #1439917
2.0.17 - Python 3 fixes
2.0.18 - Improved VLUN creation and deletion logic. #1469816
2.0.19 - Changed initialize_connection to use getHostVLUNs. #1475064
2.0.20 - Adding changes to support 3PAR iSCSI multipath.
2.0.21 - Adds consistency group support
2.0.22 - Update driver to use ABC metaclasses
2.0.23 - Added update_migrated_volume. bug # 1492023
3.0.0 - Rebranded HP to HPE.
3.0.1 - Python 3 support
3.0.2 - Remove db access for consistency groups
3.0.3 - Fix multipath dictionary key error. bug #1522062
3.0.4 - Adds v2 managed replication support
3.0.5 - Adds v2 unmanaged replication support
3.0.6 - Adding manage/unmanage snapshot support
3.0.7 - Optimize array ID retrieval
3.0.8 - Update replication to version 2.1
3.0.9 - Use same LUN ID for each VLUN path #1551994
3.0.10 - Remove metadata that tracks the instance ID. bug #1572665
3.0.11 - _create_3par_iscsi_host() now accepts iscsi_iqn as list only.
         Bug #1590180
3.0.12 - Added entry point tracing
3.0.13 - Handling HTTP conflict 409, host WWN/iSCSI name already used
        by another host, while creating 3PAR iSCSI Host. bug #1642945
3.0.14 - Handle manage and unmanage hosts present. bug #1648067
3.0.15 - Adds consistency group capability in generic volume groups.
3.0.16 - Get host from os-brick connector. bug #1690244
4.0.0 - Adds base class.
4.0.1 - Update CHAP on host record when volume is migrated
        to new compute host. bug # 1737181
4.0.2 - Handle force detach case. bug #1686745
4.0.3 - Set proper backend on subsequent operation, after group
        failover. bug #1773069

HPELeftHandISCSIDriver

Version history:

1.0.0 - Initial REST iSCSI proxy
1.0.1 - Added support for retype
1.0.2 - Added support for volume migrate
1.0.3 - Fixed bug #1285829, HP LeftHand backend assisted migration
        should check for snapshots
1.0.4 - Fixed bug #1285925, LeftHand AO volume create performance
        improvement
1.0.5 - Fixed bug #1311350, Live-migration of an instance when
        attached to a volume was causing an error.
1.0.6 - Removing locks bug #1395953
1.0.7 - Fixed bug #1353137, Server was not removed from the HP
        Lefthand backend after the last volume was detached.
1.0.8 - Fixed bug #1418201, A cloned volume fails to attach.
1.0.9 - Adding support for manage/unmanage.
1.0.10 - Add stats for goodness_function and filter_function
1.0.11 - Add over subscription support
1.0.12 - Adds consistency group support
1.0.13 - Added update_migrated_volume #1493546
1.0.14 - Removed the old CLIQ based driver
2.0.0 - Rebranded HP to HPE
2.0.1 - Remove db access for consistency groups
2.0.2 - Adds v2 managed replication support
2.0.3 - Adds v2 unmanaged replication support
2.0.4 - Add manage/unmanage snapshot support
2.0.5 - Changed minimum client version to be 2.1.0
2.0.6 - Update replication to version 2.1
2.0.7 - Fixed bug #1554746, Create clone volume with new size.
2.0.8 - Add defaults for creating a replication client, bug #1556331
2.0.9 - Fix terminate connection on failover
2.0.10 - Add entry point tracing
2.0.11 - Fix extend volume if larger than snapshot bug #1560654
2.0.12 - add CG capability to generic volume groups.
2.0.13 - Fix cloning operation related to provisioning, bug #1688243
2.0.14 - Fixed bug #1710072, Volume doesn't show expected parameters
         after Retype
2.0.15 - Fixed bug #1710098, Managed volume, does not pick up the extra
         specs/capabilities of the selected volume type.
2.0.16 - Handled concurrent attachment requests. bug #1779654

HuaweiFCDriver

Version history:

1.0.0 - Initial driver
1.1.0 - Provide Huawei OceanStor 18000 storage volume driver
1.1.1 - Code refactor
        Multiple pools support
        SmartX support
        Volume migration support
        Volume retype support
        FC zone enhancement
        Volume hypermetro support
2.0.0 - Rename to HuaweiFCDriver
2.0.1 - Manage/unmanage volume support
2.0.2 - Refactor HuaweiFCDriver
2.0.3 - Manage/unmanage snapshot support
2.0.4 - Balanced FC port selection
2.0.5 - Replication V2 support
2.0.7 - Hypermetro support
        Hypermetro consistency group support
        Consistency group support
        Cgsnapshot support
2.0.8 - Backup snapshot optimal path support
2.0.9 - Support reporting disk type of pool

HuaweiISCSIDriver

Version history:

1.0.0 - Initial driver
1.1.0 - Provide Huawei OceanStor storage 18000 driver
1.1.1 - Code refactor
        CHAP support
        Multiple pools support
        ISCSI multipath support
        SmartX support
        Volume migration support
        Volume retype support
2.0.0 - Rename to HuaweiISCSIDriver
2.0.1 - Manage/unmanage volume support
2.0.2 - Refactor HuaweiISCSIDriver
2.0.3 - Manage/unmanage snapshot support
2.0.5 - Replication V2 support
2.0.6 - Support iSCSI configuration in Replication
2.0.7 - Hypermetro support
        Hypermetro consistency group support
        Consistency group support
        Cgsnapshot support
2.0.8 - Backup snapshot optimal path support
2.0.9 - Support reporting disk type of pool

FlashSystemFCDriver

Version history:

1.0.0 - Initial driver
1.0.1 - Code clean up
1.0.2 - Add lock into vdisk map/unmap, connection
        initialize/terminate
1.0.3 - Initial driver for iSCSI
1.0.4 - Split Flashsystem driver into common and FC
1.0.5 - Report capability of volume multiattach
1.0.6 - Fix bug #1469581, add I/T mapping check in
        terminate_connection
1.0.7 - Fix bug #1505477, add host name check in
        _find_host_exhaustive for FC
1.0.8 - Fix bug #1572743, multi-attach attribute
        should not be hardcoded, only in iSCSI
1.0.9 - Fix bug #1570574, Cleanup host resource
        leaking, changes only in iSCSI
1.0.10 - Fix bug #1585085, add host name check in
         _find_host_exhaustive for iSCSI
1.0.11 - Update driver to use ABC metaclasses
1.0.12 - Update driver to support Manage/Unmanage
         existing volume

FlashSystemISCSIDriver

Version history:

1.0.0 - Initial driver
1.0.1 - Code clean up
1.0.2 - Add lock into vdisk map/unmap, connection
        initialize/terminate
1.0.3 - Initial driver for iSCSI
1.0.4 - Split Flashsystem driver into common and FC
1.0.5 - Report capability of volume multiattach
1.0.6 - Fix bug #1469581, add I/T mapping check in
        terminate_connection
1.0.7 - Fix bug #1505477, add host name check in
        _find_host_exhaustive for FC
1.0.8 - Fix bug #1572743, multi-attach attribute
        should not be hardcoded, only in iSCSI
1.0.9 - Fix bug #1570574, Cleanup host resource
        leaking, changes only in iSCSI
1.0.10 - Fix bug #1585085, add host name check in
         _find_host_exhaustive for iSCSI
1.0.11 - Update driver to use ABC metaclasses
1.0.12 - Update driver to support Manage/Unmanage
         existing volume

GPFSDriver

Version history: 1.0.0 - Initial driver 1.1.0 - Add volume retype, refactor volume migration 1.2.0 - Add consistency group support 1.3.0 - Add NFS based GPFS storage backend support 1.3.1 - Add GPFS native encryption (encryption of data at rest) support

GPFSNFSDriver

This extends the capability of existing GPFS cinder driver to be able to create cinder volumes when cinder volume service is not running on GPFS node.

GPFSRemoteDriver

This extends the capability of existing GPFS cinder driver to be able to run the driver when cinder volume service is not running on GPFS node where as Nova Compute is a GPFS client. This deployment is typically in Container based OpenStack environment.

IBMStorageDriver

IBM Storage driver is a unified Volume driver for IBM XIV, Spectrum Accelerate, FlashSystem A9000, FlashSystem A9000R and DS8000 storage systems.

Version history:

2.0 - First open source driver version
2.1.0 - Support Consistency groups through Generic volume groups
      - Support XIV/A9000 Volume independent QoS
      - Support Consistency groups replication
2.3.0 - Support Report backend state

StorwizeSVCFCDriver

Version history:

1.0 - Initial driver
1.1 - FC support, create_cloned_volume, volume type support,
      get_volume_stats, minor bug fixes
1.2.0 - Added retype
1.2.1 - Code refactor, improved exception handling
1.2.2 - Fix bug #1274123 (races in host-related functions)
1.2.3 - Fix Fibre Channel connectivity: bug #1279758 (add delim
        to lsfabric, clear unused data from connections, ensure
        matching WWPNs by comparing lower case
1.2.4 - Fix bug #1278035 (async migration/retype)
1.2.5 - Added support for manage_existing (unmanage is inherited)
1.2.6 - Added QoS support in terms of I/O throttling rate
1.3.1 - Added support for volume replication
1.3.2 - Added support for consistency group
1.3.3 - Update driver to use ABC metaclasses
2.0 - Code refactor, split init file and placed shared methods
      for FC and iSCSI within the StorwizeSVCCommonDriver class
2.0.1 - Added support for multiple pools with model update
2.1 - Added replication V2 support to the global/metro mirror
      mode
2.1.1 - Update replication to version 2.1
2.2 - Add CG capability to generic volume groups
2.2.1 - Add vdisk mirror/stretch cluster support
2.2.2 - Add npiv support
2.2.3 - Add replication group support
2.2.4 - Add backup snapshots support
2.2.5 - Add hyperswap support

StorwizeSVCISCSIDriver

Version history:

1.0 - Initial driver
1.1 - FC support, create_cloned_volume, volume type support,
      get_volume_stats, minor bug fixes
1.2.0 - Added retype
1.2.1 - Code refactor, improved exception handling
1.2.2 - Fix bug #1274123 (races in host-related functions)
1.2.3 - Fix Fibre Channel connectivity: bug #1279758 (add delim
        to lsfabric, clear unused data from connections, ensure
        matching WWPNs by comparing lower case
1.2.4 - Fix bug #1278035 (async migration/retype)
1.2.5 - Added support for manage_existing (unmanage is inherited)
1.2.6 - Added QoS support in terms of I/O throttling rate
1.3.1 - Added support for volume replication
1.3.2 - Added support for consistency group
1.3.3 - Update driver to use ABC metaclasses
2.0 - Code refactor, split init file and placed shared methods
      for FC and iSCSI within the StorwizeSVCCommonDriver class
2.0.1 - Added support for multiple pools with model update
2.1 - Added replication V2 support to the global/metro mirror
      mode
2.1.1 - Update replication to version 2.1
2.2 - Add CG capability to generic volume groups
2.2.1 - Add vdisk mirror/stretch cluster support
2.2.2 - Add replication group support
2.2.3 - Add backup snapshots support
2.2.4 - Add hyperswap support

InfiniboxVolumeDriver

Version history:

1.0 - initial release
1.1 - switched to use infinisdk package
1.2 - added support for iSCSI protocol
1.3 - added generic volume groups support
1.4 - added support for QoS
1.5 - added support for volume compression
1.6 - added support for volume multi-attach

InStorageMCSFCDriver

Version history:

1.0 - Initial driver

InStorageMCSISCSIDriver

Version history:

1.0 - Initial driver

KaminarioISCSIDriver

Version history:
1.0 - Initial driver 1.1 - Added manage/unmanage and extra-specs support for nodedup 1.2 - Added replication support 1.3 - Added retype support 1.4 - Added replication failback support

LenovoFCDriver

Version history:
    1.0    - Inheriting from DotHill cinder drivers.
    1.6    - Add management path redundancy and reduce load placed
             on management controller.

LenovoISCSIDriver

Version history:
    1.0    - Inheriting from DotHill cinder drivers.
    1.6    - Add management path redundancy and reduce load placed
             on management controller.

LVMVolumeDriver

  • Version: 3.0.0
  • volume_driver=cinder.volume.drivers.lvm.LVMVolumeDriver
  • Description: Executes commands relating to Volumes.

MStorageFCDriver

  • Version: 1.10.3
  • volume_driver=cinder.volume.drivers.nec.volume.MStorageFCDriver
  • Description: M-Series Storage Snapshot FC Driver.

MStorageISCSIDriver

  • Version: 1.10.3
  • volume_driver=cinder.volume.drivers.nec.volume.MStorageISCSIDriver
  • Description: M-Series Storage Snapshot iSCSI Driver.

NetAppCmodeFibreChannelDriver

NetAppCmodeISCSIDriver

NetAppCmodeNfsDriver

NetAppEseriesFibreChannelDriver

NetAppEseriesISCSIDriver

NexentaISCSIDriver

Version history:

1.0.0 - Initial driver version.
1.0.1 - Fixed bug #1236626: catch "does not exist" exception of
        lu_exists.
1.1.0 - Changed class name to NexentaISCSIDriver.
1.1.1 - Ignore "does not exist" exception of nms.snapshot.destroy.
1.1.2 - Optimized create_cloned_volume, replaced zfs send recv with zfs
        clone.
1.1.3 - Extended volume stats provided by _update_volume_stats method.
1.2.0 - Added volume migration with storage assist method.
1.2.1 - Fixed bug #1263258: now migrate_volume update provider_location
        of migrated volume; after migrating volume migrate_volume
        destroy snapshot on migration destination.
1.3.0 - Added retype method.
1.3.0.1 - Target creation refactor.
1.3.1 - Added ZFS cleanup.

NexentaEdgeISCSIDriver

Version history:
1.0.0 - Initial driver version. 1.0.1 - Moved opts to options.py. 1.0.2 - Added HA support. 1.0.3 - Added encryption and replication count support. 1.0.4 - Added initialize_connection. 1.0.5 - Driver re-introduced in OpenStack.

NexentaNfsDriver

Version history:

1.0.0 - Initial driver version.
1.1.0 - Auto sharing for enclosing folder.
1.1.1 - Added caching for NexentaStor appliance 'volroot' value.
1.1.2 - Ignore "folder does not exist" error in delete_volume and
        delete_snapshot method.
1.1.3 - Redefined volume_backend_name attribute inherited from
        RemoteFsDriver.
1.2.0 - Added migrate and retype methods.
1.3.0 - Extend volume method.
1.3.1 - Cache capacity info and check shared folders on setup.

NexentaISCSIDriver

Version history:
    1.0.0 - Initial driver version.
    1.1.0 - Added HTTPS support.
            Added use of sessions for REST calls.

NexentaNfsDriver

Version history:
    1.0.0 - Initial driver version.
    1.1.0 - Added HTTPS support.
            Added use of sessions for REST calls.
    1.2.0 - Support for extend volume.
            Support for extending the volume in
            create_volume_from_snapshot if the size of new volume
            is larger than original volume size.

NfsDriver

  • Version: 1.4.0
  • volume_driver=cinder.volume.drivers.nfs.NfsDriver
  • Description: NFS based cinder driver.

Creates file on NFS share for using it as block device on hypervisor.

NimbleFCDriver

NimbleISCSIDriver

DPLFCDriver

DPLISCSIDriver

PureFCDriver

This version of the driver enables the use of Fibre Channel for the underlying storage connectivity with the FlashArray. It fully supports the Cinder Fibre Channel Zone Manager.

PureISCSIDriver

This version of the driver enables the use of iSCSI for the underlying storage connectivity with the FlashArray.

QnapISCSIDriver

Version History:
  1.0.0:
        Initial driver (Only iSCSI).
  1.2.001:
        Add supports for Thin Provisioning, SSD Cache, Deduplication,
        Compression and CHAP.
  1.2.002:
        Add support for QES fw 2.0.0.
  1.2.003:
        Add support for QES fw 2.1.0.
NOTE: Set driver_ssl_cert_verify as True under backend section to
enable SSL verification.

QuobyteDriver

Volumes are stored as files on the mounted Quobyte volume. The hypervisor will expose them as block devices.

Unlike other similar drivers, this driver uses exactly one Quobyte volume because Quobyte USP is a distributed storage system. To add or remove capacity, administrators can add or remove storage servers to/from the volume.

For different types of volumes e.g., SSD vs. rotating disks, use multiple backends in Cinder.

Note: To be compliant with the inherited RemoteFSSnapDriver, Quobyte
volumes are also referred to as shares.
Version history:
1.0 - Initial driver. 1.1 - Adds optional insecure NAS settings 1.1.1 - Removes getfattr calls from driver 1.1.2 - Fixes a bug in the creation of cloned volumes 1.1.3 - Explicitely mounts Quobyte volumes w/o xattrs 1.1.4 - Fixes capability to configure redundancy in quobyte_volume_url 1.1.5 - Enables extension of volumes with snapshots 1.1.6 - Optimizes volume creation 1.1.7 - Support fuse subtype based Quobyte mount validation 1.1.8 - Adds optional snapshot merge caching 1.1.9 - Support for Qemu >= 2.10.0

RBDDriver

  • Version: 1.2.0
  • volume_driver=cinder.volume.drivers.rbd.RBDDriver
  • Description: Implements RADOS block device (RBD) volume commands.

HPMSAFCDriver

Version history:
    1.0    - Inheriting from DotHill cinder drivers.
    1.6    - Add management path redundancy and reduce load placed
             on management controller.

HPMSAISCSIDriver

Version history:
    1.0    - Inheriting from DotHill cinder drivers.
    1.6    - Add management path redundancy and reduce load placed
             on management controller.

SheepdogDriver

  • Version: 1.0.0
  • volume_driver=cinder.volume.drivers.sheepdog.SheepdogDriver
  • Description: Executes commands relating to Sheepdog Volumes.

SolidFireDriver

Version history:
    1.0 - Initial driver
    1.1 - Refactor, clone support, qos by type and minor bug fixes
    1.2 - Add xfr and retype support
    1.2.1 - Add export/import support
    1.2.2 - Catch VolumeNotFound on accept xfr
    2.0.0 - Move from httplib to requests
    2.0.1 - Implement SolidFire Snapshots
    2.0.2 - Implement secondary account
    2.0.3 - Implement cluster pairing
    2.0.4 - Implement volume replication
    2.0.5 - Try and deal with the stupid retry/clear issues from objects
            and tflow
    2.0.6 - Add a lock decorator around the clone_image method
    2.0.7 - Add scaled IOPS
    2.0.8 - Add active status filter to get volume ops
    2.0.9 - Always purge on delete volume
    2.0.10 - Add response to debug on retryable errors
    2.0.11 - Add ability to failback replicating volumes
    2.0.12 - Fix bug #1744005

StorPoolDriver

Version history:

0.1.0   - Initial driver
0.2.0   - Bring the driver up to date with Kilo and Liberty:
          - implement volume retyping and migrations
          - use the driver.*VD ABC metaclasses
          - bugfix: fall back to the configured StorPool template
1.0.0   - Imported into OpenStack Liberty with minor fixes
1.1.0   - Bring the driver up to date with Liberty and Mitaka:
          - drop the CloneableVD and RetypeVD base classes
          - enable faster volume copying by specifying
            sparse_volume_copy=true in the stats report
1.1.1   - Fix the internal _storpool_client_id() method to
          not break on an unknown host name or UUID; thus,
          remove the StorPoolConfigurationMissing exception.
1.1.2   - Bring the driver up to date with Pike: do not
          translate the error messages
1.2.0   - Inherit from VolumeDriver, implement get_pool()
1.2.1   - Implement interface.volumedriver, add CI_WIKI_NAME,
          fix the docstring formatting
1.2.2   - Reintroduce the driver into OpenStack Queens,
          add ignore_errors to the internal _detach_volume() method

SynoISCSIDriver

Version history:
1.0.0 - Initial driver. Provide Cinder minimum features

TintriDriver

Version History

2.1.0.1 - Liberty driver
2.2.0.1 - Mitaka driver
        -- Retype
        -- Image cache clean up
        -- Direct image clone fix

HyperScaleDriver

ACCESSIscsiDriver

Executes commands relating to ACCESS ISCSI. Supports creation of volumes on ACCESS.

API version history:

1.0 - Initial version.

VeritasCNFSDriver

  • Version: 1.0.3

  • volume_driver=cinder.volume.drivers.veritas_cnfs.VeritasCNFSDriver

  • CI info: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/ThirdPartySystems/Veritas_Access_CI

  • Description: Veritas Clustered NFS based cinder driver

    Version History:

  1.0.0 - Initial driver implementations for Kilo.
  1.0.1 - Liberty release driver not implemented.
          Place holder for Liberty release in case we
          need to support.
  1.0.2 - cinder.interface.volumedriver decorator.
          Mitaka/Newton/Okata Release
  1.0.3 - Seperate create_cloned_volume() and
          create_volume_from_snapshot () functionality.
          Pike Release

Executes commands relating to Volumes.

VMwareVStorageObjectDriver

VMwareVcVmdkDriver

VZStorageDriver

Creates volumes as files on the mounted vzstorage cluster.

Version history:
1.0 - Initial driver. 1.1 - Supports vz:volume_format in vendor properties.

WindowsISCSIDriver

WindowsSmbfsDriver

ZadaraVPSAISCSIDriver

Version history:
15.07 - Initial driver 16.05 - Move from httplib to requests

ZFSSAISCSIDriver

Version history:

1.0.1:
    Backend enabled volume migration.
    Local cache feature.
1.0.2:
    Volume manage/unmanage support.
1.0.3:
    Fix multi-connect to enable live-migration (LP#1565051).

ZFSSANFSDriver

Version history:

1.0.1:
    Backend enabled volume migration.
    Local cache feature.
1.0.2:
    Volume manage/unmanage support.

Backup Drivers

CephBackupDriver

  • backup_driver=cinder.backup.drivers.ceph.CephBackupDriver
  • Description: Backup Cinder volumes to Ceph Object Store.

This class enables backing up Cinder volumes to a Ceph object store. Backups may be stored in their own pool or even cluster. Store location is defined by the Ceph conf file and service config options supplied.

If the source volume is itself an RBD volume, the backup will be performed using incremental differential backups which should give a performance gain.

GoogleBackupDriver

  • backup_driver=cinder.backup.drivers.gcs.GoogleBackupDriver
  • Description: Provides backup, restore and delete of backup objects within GCS.

GlusterfsBackupDriver

  • backup_driver=cinder.backup.drivers.glusterfs.GlusterfsBackupDriver
  • Description: Provides backup, restore and delete using GlusterFS repository.

NFSBackupDriver

  • backup_driver=cinder.backup.drivers.nfs.NFSBackupDriver
  • Description: Provides backup, restore and delete using NFS supplied repository.

PosixBackupDriver

  • backup_driver=cinder.backup.drivers.posix.PosixBackupDriver
  • Description: Provides backup, restore and delete using a Posix file system.

SwiftBackupDriver

  • backup_driver=cinder.backup.drivers.swift.SwiftBackupDriver
  • Description: Provides backup, restore and delete of backup objects within Swift.

TSMBackupDriver

  • backup_driver=cinder.backup.drivers.tsm.TSMBackupDriver
  • Description: Provides backup, restore and delete of volumes backup for TSM.

FC Zone Manager Drivers

BrcdFCZoneDriver

OpenStack Fibre Channel zone driver to manage FC zoning in Brocade SAN fabrics.

Version history:
1.0 - Initial Brocade FC zone driver 1.1 - Implements performance enhancements 1.2 - Added support for friendly zone name 1.3 - Added HTTP connector support 1.4 - Adds support to zone in Virtual Fabrics 1.5 - Initiator zoning updates through zoneadd/zoneremove

CiscoFCZoneDriver

OpenStack Fibre Channel zone driver to manage FC zoning in Cisco SAN fabrics.

Version history:
1.0 - Initial Cisco FC zone driver 1.1 - Added friendly zone name support
updated: 2021-10-28 12:00
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