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Create an FC interface

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POST /network/fc/interfaces

Introduced In: 9.6

Creates an FC interface.

Required properties

  • svm.uuid or svm.name - Existing SVM in which to create the FC interface.

  • name - Name of the FC interface.

  • location.port.uuid or both location.port.name and location.port.node.name - FC port on which to create the FC interface.

  • data_protocol - Data protocol for the FC interface.

Default property values

If not specified in POST, the following default property values are assigned.

  • enabled - true

  • network interface create

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Parameters

Name Type In Required Description

return_records

boolean

query

False

The default is false. If set to true, the records are returned.

  • Default value:

Request Body

Name Type Description

_links

_links

comment

string

A user configurable comment. Optional in POST; valid in PATCH. To clear a prior comment, set the property to an empty string in PATCH.

data_protocol

string

The data protocol for which the FC interface is configured. Required in POST.

enabled

boolean

The administrative state of the FC interface. The FC interface can be disabled to block all FC communication with the SVM through this interface. Optional in POST and PATCH; defaults to true (enabled) in POST.

location

location

The location of the FC interface is defined by the location of its port. An FC port is identified by its UUID, or a combination of its cluster node name and port name. Either the UUID or the cluster node name and port name are required for POST. To move an interface, supply either the port UUID or the cluster node name and port name in a PATCH.

location.node and location.port refer to the current location of the FC interface. This can be different from location.home_node and location.home_port in instances where the FC interface has failed over to its HA partner node. The location.node, location.port, and location.is_home properties are not available for interfaces on the inactive side of a MetroCluster relationship.

metric

metric

Performance numbers, such as IOPS latency and throughput

name

string

The name of the FC interface. Required in POST; optional in PATCH.

port_address

string

The port address of the FC interface. Each FC port in an FC switched fabric has its own unique FC port address for routing purposes. The FC port address is assigned by a switch in the fabric when that port logs in to the fabric. This property refers to the address given by a switch to the FC interface when the SVM performs a port login (PLOGI).

This is useful for obtaining statistics and diagnostic information from FC switches.

This is a hexadecimal encoded numeric value.

state

string

The current operational state of the FC interface. The state is set to down if the interface is not enabled.

If the cluster node hosting the port is down or unavailable, no state value is returned.

statistics

statistics

These are raw performance numbers, such as IOPS latency and throughput. These numbers are aggregated across all nodes in the cluster and increase with the uptime of the cluster.

svm

svm

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the FC interface. Required in the URL.

wwnn

string

The world wide node name (WWNN) of the FC interface SVM. The WWNN is generated by ONTAP when Fibre Channel Protocol or the NVMe service is created for the FC interface SVM.

  • example: 20:00:00:50:56:b4:13:01

  • readOnly: 1

  • Introduced in: 9.6

wwpn

string

The world wide port name (WWPN) of the FC interface. The WWPN is generated by ONTAP when the FC interface is created.

  • example: 20:00:00:50:56:b4:13:a8

  • readOnly: 1

  • Introduced in: 9.6
Example request 
{
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "/api/resourcelink"
    }
  },
  "comment": "string",
  "data_protocol": "string",
  "location": {
    "home_node": {
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "/api/resourcelink"
        }
      },
      "name": "node1",
      "uuid": "1cd8a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
    },
    "home_port": {
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "/api/resourcelink"
        }
      },
      "name": "0a",
      "node": {
        "name": "node1"
      },
      "uuid": "1cd8a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
    },
    "node": {
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "/api/resourcelink"
        }
      },
      "name": "node1",
      "uuid": "1cd8a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
    },
    "port": {
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "/api/resourcelink"
        }
      },
      "name": "0a",
      "node": {
        "name": "node1"
      },
      "uuid": "1cd8a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
    }
  },
  "metric": {
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "/api/resourcelink"
      }
    },
    "duration": "PT15S",
    "iops": {
      "read": 200,
      "total": 1000,
      "write": 100
    },
    "latency": {
      "read": 200,
      "total": 1000,
      "write": 100
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "throughput": {
      "read": 200,
      "total": 1000,
      "write": 100
    },
    "timestamp": "2017-01-25T11:20:13Z"
  },
  "name": "fc_lif1",
  "port_address": "5060F",
  "state": "string",
  "statistics": {
    "iops_raw": {
      "read": 200,
      "total": 1000,
      "write": 100
    },
    "latency_raw": {
      "read": 200,
      "total": 1000,
      "write": 100
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "throughput_raw": {
      "read": 200,
      "total": 1000,
      "write": 100
    },
    "timestamp": "2017-01-25T11:20:13Z"
  },
  "svm": {
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "/api/resourcelink"
      }
    },
    "name": "svm1",
    "uuid": "02c9e252-41be-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f7"
  },
  "uuid": "bce9827d-4d8f-60af-c771-6e8e9af2c6f0",
  "wwnn": "20:00:00:50:56:b4:13:01",
  "wwpn": "20:00:00:50:56:b4:13:a8"
}

Response

Status: 201, Created
Name Type Description

_links

_links

num_records

integer

The number of records in the response.

recommend

recommend

Response properties specific to the FC interface placement functionality. See the Interface placement recommendations section of DOC /network/fc/interfaces

records

array[fc_interface]
Example response 
{
  "_links": {
    "next": {
      "href": "/api/resourcelink"
    },
    "self": {
      "href": "/api/resourcelink"
    }
  },
  "num_records": 1,
  "recommend": {
    "messages": [
      {
        "arguments": [
          {
            "code": "string",
            "message": "string"
          }
        ],
        "code": "5375959",
        "message": "Network ports are disabled.",
        "severity": "informational"
      }
    ]
  },
  "records": [
    {
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "/api/resourcelink"
        }
      },
      "comment": "string",
      "data_protocol": "string",
      "location": {
        "home_node": {
          "_links": {
            "self": {
              "href": "/api/resourcelink"
            }
          },
          "name": "node1",
          "uuid": "1cd8a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
        },
        "home_port": {
          "_links": {
            "self": {
              "href": "/api/resourcelink"
            }
          },
          "name": "0a",
          "node": {
            "name": "node1"
          },
          "uuid": "1cd8a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
        },
        "node": {
          "_links": {
            "self": {
              "href": "/api/resourcelink"
            }
          },
          "name": "node1",
          "uuid": "1cd8a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
        },
        "port": {
          "_links": {
            "self": {
              "href": "/api/resourcelink"
            }
          },
          "name": "0a",
          "node": {
            "name": "node1"
          },
          "uuid": "1cd8a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
        }
      },
      "metric": {
        "_links": {
          "self": {
            "href": "/api/resourcelink"
          }
        },
        "duration": "PT15S",
        "iops": {
          "read": 200,
          "total": 1000,
          "write": 100
        },
        "latency": {
          "read": 200,
          "total": 1000,
          "write": 100
        },
        "status": "ok",
        "throughput": {
          "read": 200,
          "total": 1000,
          "write": 100
        },
        "timestamp": "2017-01-25T11:20:13Z"
      },
      "name": "fc_lif1",
      "port_address": "5060F",
      "state": "string",
      "statistics": {
        "iops_raw": {
          "read": 200,
          "total": 1000,
          "write": 100
        },
        "latency_raw": {
          "read": 200,
          "total": 1000,
          "write": 100
        },
        "status": "ok",
        "throughput_raw": {
          "read": 200,
          "total": 1000,
          "write": 100
        },
        "timestamp": "2017-01-25T11:20:13Z"
      },
      "svm": {
        "_links": {
          "self": {
            "href": "/api/resourcelink"
          }
        },
        "name": "svm1",
        "uuid": "02c9e252-41be-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f7"
      },
      "uuid": "bce9827d-4d8f-60af-c771-6e8e9af2c6f0",
      "wwnn": "20:00:00:50:56:b4:13:01",
      "wwpn": "20:00:00:50:56:b4:13:a8"
    }
  ]
}

Headers

Name Description Type

Location

Useful for tracking the resource location

string

Error

Status: Default

ONTAP Error Response Codes

Error Code Description

1966140

An interface with the same name already exists.

1966217

The specified port is not valid on the node provided.

2621462

The supplied SVM does not exist.

2621706

The specified svm.uuid and svm.name do not refer to the same SVM.

2621707

No SVM was specified. Either svm.name or svm.uuid must be supplied.

5373966

A Fibre Channel interface with the fcp protocol cannot be created in an SVM that is configured for NVMe.

5374102

The specified Fibre Channel interface cannot be created because the Fibre Channel adapter is down. Bring the adapter up and try again.

5374871

The Fibre Channel port identified by the specified UUID does not refer to the same port as that identified by the specified node name and/or port name.

5374872

If either location.port.node.name or location.port.name is supplied, both properties must be supplied.

5374873

The Fibre Channel port must be specified using either location.port.uuid or location.port.node.name and location.port.name.

72089652

An NVMe service must be created before creating a Fibre Channel interface using the NVMe over FC data protocol.

72089672

The specified Fibre Channel port does not support the NVMe over FC data protocol.

72089900

A Fibre Channel interface with the fc_nvme protocol cannot be created in an SVM that is configured for a SAN protocol.
Name Type Description

error

error
Example error 
{
  "error": {
    "arguments": [
      {
        "code": "string",
        "message": "string"
      }
    ],
    "code": "4",
    "message": "entry doesn't exist",
    "target": "uuid"
  }
}

Definitions

See Definitions

href

Name Type Description

href

string

_links

Name Type Description

self

href

home_node

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

uuid

string

node

The node on which the FC port is located.

Name Type Description

name

string

The name of the node on which the FC port is located.

home_port

An FC port is the physical port of an FC adapter on a cluster node that can be connected to an FC network.

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

The name of the FC port.

node

node

The node on which the FC port is located.

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the FC port.

node

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

uuid

string

port

An FC port is the physical port of an FC adapter on a cluster node that can be connected to an FC network.

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

The name of the FC port.

node

node

The node on which the FC port is located.

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the FC port.

location

The location of the FC interface is defined by the location of its port. An FC port is identified by its UUID, or a combination of its cluster node name and port name. Either the UUID or the cluster node name and port name are required for POST. To move an interface, supply either the port UUID or the cluster node name and port name in a PATCH.

location.node and location.port refer to the current location of the FC interface. This can be different from location.home_node and location.home_port in instances where the FC interface has failed over to its HA partner node. The location.node, location.port, and location.is_home properties are not available for interfaces on the inactive side of a MetroCluster relationship.

Name Type Description

home_node

home_node

home_port

home_port

An FC port is the physical port of an FC adapter on a cluster node that can be connected to an FC network.

is_home

boolean

Indicates if the FC interface is currently on its home node.

node

node

port

port

An FC port is the physical port of an FC adapter on a cluster node that can be connected to an FC network.

iops

The rate of I/O operations observed at the storage object.

Name Type Description

other

integer

Performance metric for other I/O operations. Other I/O operations can be metadata operations, such as directory lookups and so on.

read

integer

Performance metric for read I/O operations.

total

integer

Performance metric aggregated over all types of I/O operations.

write

integer

Peformance metric for write I/O operations.

latency

The round trip latency in microseconds observed at the storage object.

Name Type Description

other

integer

Performance metric for other I/O operations. Other I/O operations can be metadata operations, such as directory lookups and so on.

read

integer

Performance metric for read I/O operations.

total

integer

Performance metric aggregated over all types of I/O operations.

write

integer

Peformance metric for write I/O operations.

throughput

The rate of throughput bytes per second observed at the storage object.

Name Type Description

read

integer

Performance metric for read I/O operations.

total

integer

Performance metric aggregated over all types of I/O operations.

write

integer

Peformance metric for write I/O operations.

metric

Performance numbers, such as IOPS latency and throughput

Name Type Description

_links

_links

duration

string

The duration over which this sample is calculated. The time durations are represented in the ISO-8601 standard format. Samples can be calculated over the following durations:

iops

iops

The rate of I/O operations observed at the storage object.

latency

latency

The round trip latency in microseconds observed at the storage object.

status

string

Any errors associated with the sample. For example, if the aggregation of data over multiple nodes fails then any of the partial errors might be returned, "ok" on success, or "error" on any internal uncategorized failure. Whenever a sample collection is missed but done at a later time, it is back filled to the previous 15 second timestamp and tagged with "backfilled_data". "Inconsistent_ delta_time" is encountered when the time between two collections is not the same for all nodes. Therefore, the aggregated value might be over or under inflated. "Negative_delta" is returned when an expected monotonically increasing value has decreased in value. "Inconsistent_old_data" is returned when one or more nodes do not have the latest data.

throughput

throughput

The rate of throughput bytes per second observed at the storage object.

timestamp

string

The timestamp of the performance data.

iops_raw

The number of I/O operations observed at the storage object. This should be used along with delta time to calculate the rate of I/O operations per unit of time.

Name Type Description

other

integer

Performance metric for other I/O operations. Other I/O operations can be metadata operations, such as directory lookups and so on.

read

integer

Performance metric for read I/O operations.

total

integer

Performance metric aggregated over all types of I/O operations.

write

integer

Peformance metric for write I/O operations.

latency_raw

The raw latency in microseconds observed at the storage object. This should be divided by the raw IOPS value to calculate the average latency per I/O operation.

Name Type Description

other

integer

Performance metric for other I/O operations. Other I/O operations can be metadata operations, such as directory lookups and so on.

read

integer

Performance metric for read I/O operations.

total

integer

Performance metric aggregated over all types of I/O operations.

write

integer

Peformance metric for write I/O operations.

throughput_raw

Throughput bytes observed at the storage object. This should be used along with delta time to calculate the rate of throughput bytes per unit of time.

Name Type Description

read

integer

Performance metric for read I/O operations.

total

integer

Performance metric aggregated over all types of I/O operations.

write

integer

Peformance metric for write I/O operations.

statistics

These are raw performance numbers, such as IOPS latency and throughput. These numbers are aggregated across all nodes in the cluster and increase with the uptime of the cluster.

Name Type Description

iops_raw

iops_raw

The number of I/O operations observed at the storage object. This should be used along with delta time to calculate the rate of I/O operations per unit of time.

latency_raw

latency_raw

The raw latency in microseconds observed at the storage object. This should be divided by the raw IOPS value to calculate the average latency per I/O operation.

status

string

Any errors associated with the sample. For example, if the aggregation of data over multiple nodes fails then any of the partial errors might be returned, "ok" on success, or "error" on any internal uncategorized failure. Whenever a sample collection is missed but done at a later time, it is back filled to the previous 15 second timestamp and tagged with "backfilled_data". "Inconsistent_delta_time" is encountered when the time between two collections is not the same for all nodes. Therefore, the aggregated value might be over or under inflated. "Negative_delta" is returned when an expected monotonically increasing value has decreased in value. "Inconsistent_old_data" is returned when one or more nodes do not have the latest data.

throughput_raw

throughput_raw

Throughput bytes observed at the storage object. This should be used along with delta time to calculate the rate of throughput bytes per unit of time.

timestamp

string

The timestamp of the performance data.

svm

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

The name of the SVM.

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the SVM.

fc_interface

A Fibre Channel (FC) interface is the logical endpoint for FC network connections to an SVM. An FC interface provides FC access to storage within the interface SVM using either Fibre Channel Protocol or NVMe over Fibre Channel (NVMe/FC).

An FC interface is created on an FC port which is located on a cluster node. The FC port must be specified to identify the location of the interface for a POST or PATCH operation that relocates an interface. You can identify the port by supplying either the cluster node and port names or the port UUID.

Name Type Description

_links

_links

comment

string

A user configurable comment. Optional in POST; valid in PATCH. To clear a prior comment, set the property to an empty string in PATCH.

data_protocol

string

The data protocol for which the FC interface is configured. Required in POST.

enabled

boolean

The administrative state of the FC interface. The FC interface can be disabled to block all FC communication with the SVM through this interface. Optional in POST and PATCH; defaults to true (enabled) in POST.

location

location

The location of the FC interface is defined by the location of its port. An FC port is identified by its UUID, or a combination of its cluster node name and port name. Either the UUID or the cluster node name and port name are required for POST. To move an interface, supply either the port UUID or the cluster node name and port name in a PATCH.

location.node and location.port refer to the current location of the FC interface. This can be different from location.home_node and location.home_port in instances where the FC interface has failed over to its HA partner node. The location.node, location.port, and location.is_home properties are not available for interfaces on the inactive side of a MetroCluster relationship.

metric

metric

Performance numbers, such as IOPS latency and throughput

name

string

The name of the FC interface. Required in POST; optional in PATCH.

port_address

string

The port address of the FC interface. Each FC port in an FC switched fabric has its own unique FC port address for routing purposes. The FC port address is assigned by a switch in the fabric when that port logs in to the fabric. This property refers to the address given by a switch to the FC interface when the SVM performs a port login (PLOGI).

This is useful for obtaining statistics and diagnostic information from FC switches.

This is a hexadecimal encoded numeric value.

state

string

The current operational state of the FC interface. The state is set to down if the interface is not enabled.

If the cluster node hosting the port is down or unavailable, no state value is returned.

statistics

statistics

These are raw performance numbers, such as IOPS latency and throughput. These numbers are aggregated across all nodes in the cluster and increase with the uptime of the cluster.

svm

svm

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the FC interface. Required in the URL.

wwnn

string

The world wide node name (WWNN) of the FC interface SVM. The WWNN is generated by ONTAP when Fibre Channel Protocol or the NVMe service is created for the FC interface SVM.

  • example: 20:00:00:50:56:b4:13:01

  • readOnly: 1

  • Introduced in: 9.6

wwpn

string

The world wide port name (WWPN) of the FC interface. The WWPN is generated by ONTAP when the FC interface is created.

  • example: 20:00:00:50:56:b4:13:a8

  • readOnly: 1

  • Introduced in: 9.6

_links

Name Type Description

next

href

self

href

error_arguments

Name Type Description

code

string

Argument code

message

string

Message argument

fc_interface_recommend_message

Name Type Description

arguments

array[error_arguments]

The message substitution arguments.

code

string

The message code. Possible messages:

ONTAP Error Response Codes

Error Code — Description

5375959 — Network ports are disabled.

5375960 — Network ports are enabled, but not reporting a connected FC fabric.

5375961 — The limit for the number of FC network interfaces on a cluster node has been reached.

5375962 — The limit for the number of FC network interfaces on a port has been reached.

5375963 — An HA pair of cluster nodes has a discrepancy in the presence of FC ports.

5375964 — An HA pair of cluster nodes has a discrepancy in support for an FC data protocol.

5375965 — An HA pair of cluster nodes cannot be reached from the same FC fabrics.

5375966 — A cluster node cannot be reached from all of the FC fabrics from which other cluster nodes with FC interfaces in the SVM can be reached.

5375967 — The limit for the number of FC network interfaces on a cluster node has been exceeded.

5375968 — The limit for the number of FC network interfaces on an FC port has been exceeded.

5375969 — The requested number of network interfaces per FC fabric per cluster node has not been achieved.

5375970 — The SVM cannot be reached from all of the FC fabrics to which the cluster is connected.

5375971 — The limit for the number of NVMe network interfaces on a cluster node has been exceeded.

5375972 — The limit for the number of cluster nodes containing NVMe network interfaces for the SVM has been exceeded.

5375973 — The SVM can be reached from a number of FC fabrics other than what is preferred.

message

string

The message text.

severity

string

The severity of the message. Message severities are as follows:

  • error - Messages reporting problems that must be corrected before creating the FC network interfaces.

  • warning - Messages indicating issues that need rectifying in order to achieve an optimal configuration.

  • informational - Messages providing relevant information for consideration.

recommend

Response properties specific to the FC interface placement functionality. See the Interface placement recommendations section of DOC /network/fc/interfaces

Name Type Description

messages

array[fc_interface_recommend_message]

Messages describing the results of a FC network interface placement operation or evaluation of caller-proposed locations.

error

Name Type Description

arguments

array[error_arguments]

Message arguments

code

string

Error code

message

string

Error message

target

string

The target parameter that caused the error.