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JSON for script to create an ONTAP Select cluster

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When creating or deleting an ONTAP Select cluster using the Python code samples, you must provide a JSON file as input to the script. You can copy and modify the appropriate JSON sample based on your deployment plans.

Single-node cluster on ESXi

{
  "hosts": [
    {
      "password": "mypassword1",
      "name": "host-1234",
      "type": "ESX",
      "username": "admin"
    }
  ],

  "cluster": {
    "dns_info": {
      "domains": ["lab1.company-demo.com", "lab2.company-demo.com",
        "lab3.company-demo.com", "lab4.company-demo.com"
        ],

      "dns_ips": ["10.206.80.135", "10.206.80.136"]
      },
      "ontap_image_version": "9.7",
      "gateway": "10.206.80.1",
      "ip": "10.206.80.115",
      "name": "mycluster",
      "ntp_servers": ["10.206.80.183", "10.206.80.142"],
      "ontap_admin_password": "mypassword2",
      "netmask": "255.255.254.0"
  },

  "nodes": [
    {
      "serial_number": "3200000nn",
      "ip": "10.206.80.114",
      "name": "node-1",
      "networks": [
        {
          "name": "ontap-external",
          "purpose": "mgmt",
          "vlan": 1234
        },
        {
          "name": "ontap-external",
          "purpose": "data",
          "vlan": null
        },
        {
          "name": "ontap-internal",
          "purpose": "internal",
          "vlan": null
        }
      ],
      "host_name": "host-1234",
      "is_storage_efficiency_enabled": false,
      "instance_type": "small",
      "storage": {
        "disk": [],
        "pools": [
          {
            "name": "storage-pool-1",
            "capacity": 4802666790125
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

Single-node cluster on ESXi using vCenter

{
  "hosts": [
    {
      "name":"host-1234",
      "type":"ESX",
      "mgmt_server":"vcenter-1234"
    }
  ],

  "cluster": {
    "dns_info": {"domains": ["lab1.company-demo.com", "lab2.company-demo.com",
      "lab3.company-demo.com", "lab4.company-demo.com"
      ],
      "dns_ips": ["10.206.80.135","10.206.80.136"]
  },

  "ontap_image_version":"9.7",
  "gateway":"10.206.80.1",
  "ip":"10.206.80.115",
  "name":"mycluster",
  "ntp_servers": ["10.206.80.183","10.206.80.142"],
  "ontap_admin_password":"mypassword2",
  "netmask":"255.255.254.0"
  },

  "vcenter": {
    "password":"mypassword2",
    "hostname":"vcenter-1234",
    "username":"selectadmin"
  },

  "nodes": [
    {
      "serial_number": "3200000nn",
      "ip":"10.206.80.114",
      "name":"node-1",
      "networks": [
        {
          "name":"ONTAP-Management",
          "purpose":"mgmt",
          "vlan":null
        },
        {
          "name": "ONTAP-External",
          "purpose":"data",
          "vlan":null
        },
        {
          "name": "ONTAP-Internal",
          "purpose":"internal",
          "vlan":null
        }
      ],

      "host_name": "host-1234",
      "is_storage_efficiency_enabled": false,
      "instance_type": "small",
      "storage": {
        "disk":[],
        "pools": [
          {
            "name": "storage-pool-1",
            "capacity":5685190380748
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

Single-node cluster on KVM

{
  "hosts": [
    {
      "password": "mypassword1",
      "name":"host-1234",
      "type":"KVM",
      "username":"root"
    }
  ],

  "cluster": {
    "dns_info": {
      "domains": ["lab1.company-demo.com", "lab2.company-demo.com",
        "lab3.company-demo.com", "lab4.company-demo.com"
      ],

      "dns_ips": ["10.206.80.135", "10.206.80.136"]
    },

    "ontap_image_version": "9.7",
    "gateway":"10.206.80.1",
    "ip":"10.206.80.115",
    "name":"CBF4ED97",
    "ntp_servers": ["10.206.80.183", "10.206.80.142"],
    "ontap_admin_password": "mypassword2",
    "netmask":"255.255.254.0"
  },
  "nodes": [
    {
      "serial_number":"3200000nn",
      "ip":"10.206.80.115",
      "name": "node-1",
      "networks": [
        {
          "name": "ontap-external",
          "purpose": "mgmt",
          "vlan":1234
        },
        {
          "name": "ontap-external",
          "purpose": "data",
          "vlan": null
        },
        {
          "name": "ontap-internal",
          "purpose": "internal",
          "vlan": null
        }
      ],

      "host_name": "host-1234",
      "is_storage_efficiency_enabled": false,
      "instance_type": "small",
      "storage": {
        "disk": [],
        "pools": [
          {
            "name": "storage-pool-1",
            "capacity": 4802666790125
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}