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cluster

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The cluster object contains information that the node uses to communicate with the cluster. You can retrieve this information with the GetClusterConfig API method.

Object members

This object contains the following members:

Name Description Type

cipi

Network interface used for cluster communication.

string

cluster

Unique cluster name.

string

encryptionCapable

Indicates whether the node supports drive encryption.

boolean

ensemble

The nodes that are participating in the cluster.

string array

fipsDriveConfiguration

Indicates whether the node supports FIPS 140-2 certified drives.

boolean

mipi

The network interface used for node management.

string

name

The cluster name.

string

nodeID

The node ID of the node in the cluster.

string

pendingNodeID

The ID of the pending node in the cluster.

integer

role

Identifies the role of the node.

integer

sipi

The network interface used for storage traffic.

string

state

The current state of the node. Possible values:

  • Available: The node has not been configured with a cluster name.

  • Pending: The node is pending for a specific named cluster and can be added.

  • Active: The node is an active member of a cluster and cannot be added to another cluster.

  • PendingActive: The node is currently being returned to the factory software image, and is not yet an active member of a cluster. When complete, it will transition to the Active state.

string

version

The version of software running on the node.

string

Member modifiability and node states

This table indicates whether or not the object parameters can be modified at each possible node state.

Parameter name

Available state

Pending state

Active state

cipi

No

No

No

cluster

Yes

Yes

No

encryptionCapable

No

No

No

ensemble

No

No

No

mipi

Yes

Yes

No

name

Yes

Yes

Yes

nodeID

No

No

No

pendingNodeID

No

No

No

role

No

No

No

sipi

No

No

No

state

No

No

No

version

No

No

No

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