# BeeGFS Client
ansible_host: <MANAGEMENT_IP>
# OPTIONAL: If you want to use the NetApp E-Series Host Collection’s IPoIB role to configure InfiniBand interfaces for clients to connect to BeeGFS file systems:
eseries_ipoib_interfaces:
  - name: <INTERFACE>
    address: <IP>/<SUBNET_MASK> # Example: 100.127.1.1/16
  - name: <INTERFACE>
    address: <IP>/<SUBNET_MASK>

# BeeGFS client inventory.
all:
  vars:
    ansible_ssh_user: <USER> # This is the user Ansible should use to connect to each client.
    ansible_become_password: <PASSWORD> # This is the password Ansible will use for privilege escalation, and requires the ansible_ssh_user be root, or have sudo privileges.
The defaults set by the BeeGFS HA role are based on the testing performed as part of this NetApp Verified Architecture and differ from the typical BeeGFS client defaults.

  children:
    # Ansible group representing all BeeGFS clients:
    beegfs_clients:
      hosts:
        beegfs_01:
        beegfs_02:
        beegfs_03:
        beegfs_04:
        beegfs_05:
        beegfs_06:
        beegfs_07:
        beegfs_08:
        beegfs_09:
        beegfs_10:
      vars:
        # OPTION 1: If you’re using the NVIDIA OFED drivers and they are already installed:
        eseries_ib_skip: True # Skip installing inbox drivers when using the IPoIB role.
        beegfs_client_ofed_enable: True
        beegfs_client_ofed_include_path: "/usr/src/ofa_kernel/default/include"
        # OPTION 2: If you’re using inbox IB/RDMA drivers and they are already installed:
        eseries_ib_skip: True # Skip installing inbox drivers when using the IPoIB role.
        # OPTION 3: If you want to use inbox IB/RDMA drivers and need them installed/configured.
        eseries_ib_skip: False # Default value.
        beegfs_client_ofed_enable: False # Default value.

        beegfs_client_mounts:
          - sysMgmtdHost: 100.127.101.0 # Primary IP of the BeeGFS management service.
            mount_point: /mnt/beegfs    # Path to mount BeeGFS on the client.
            connInterfaces:
              - <INTERFACE> # Example: ibs4f1
              - <INTERFACE>
            beegfs_client_config:
              # Maximum number of simultaneous connections to the same node.
              connMaxInternodeNum: 128 # BeeGFS Client Default: 12
              # Allocates the number of buffers for transferring IO.
              connRDMABufNum: 36 # BeeGFS Client Default: 70
              # Size of each allocated RDMA buffer
              connRDMABufSize: 65536 # BeeGFS Client Default: 8192
              # Required when using the BeeGFS client with the shared-disk HA solution.
              # This does require BeeGFS targets be mounted in the default “sync” mode.
              # See the documentation included with the BeeGFS client role for full details.
              sysSessionChecksEnabled: false

# BeeGFS client playbook.
- hosts: beegfs_clients
  any_errors_fatal: true
  gather_facts: true
  collections:
    - netapp_eseries.beegfs
    - netapp_eseries.host
  tasks:
    - name: Ensure IPoIB is configured
      import_role:
        name: ipoib
    - name: Verify the BeeGFS clients are configured.
      import_role:
        name: beegfs_client

ansible-playbook -i client_inventory.yml client_playbook.yml