Port Setup Using Bash Script; Installing Standalone Ocapi For In-Band Management - Western Digital OpenFlex Data24 DCS0010 User Manual

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"MTUBytes": 1500,
"Controllers": "http://10.202.249.56:80/Storage/Devices/openflex-data24-
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5.4 Port Setup Using Bash Script
Users can leverage a Bash script available with the OpenFlex Data24 firmware package available at
portal.wdc.com/Support/s/. The script will walk a user through the steps to configure a single port, and
will have to be restarted for each Port.
The script will be named
5.5 Installing Standalone OCAPI for In-Band Management
Before you begin:
• a supported version of NVMe-CLI must be installed.
• The target OpenFlex Data24 must be either directly connected or visible on the network.
The OCAPI standalone distribution runs on an initiator or host, to which an NVMe device like OpenFlex
Data24 is connected. The standalone OCAPI uses IOCTLs to send in-band commands to the in-band
management interface on the NVME devices in the OpenFlex Data24, and returns the data to the caller. This
procedure provides instructions on how to install the OCAPI on a Linux initiator or host.
Step 1 : Download the latest firmware bundle available at
will contain a compressed archive called
OpenFlex Data24.
Step 2 : Untar the
host, and into that directory.
Step 3 : If
systemctl
the binary:
sudo tar -xf openflex-api_matterhorn-master.0000.tgz -C
Step 4 : If
systemctl
sudo tar -xf openflex-api_matterhorn-master.0000.tgz
Step 5 : Run the binary using the desired system service and parameters.
Step 6 : Discover and connect to the OpenFlex Data24 using NVMe-CLI
sudo nvme discover -t rdma -a <Data24_IpAddress>
sudo nvme connect -t rdma -a <Data24_IpAddress> -i 1 -n
nqn.1992-05.com.wdc.<Data24_Name>:nvme.2
Step 7 : Use
id-ctrl
"ID": 8,
"Name": "IPv4 Network"
init_iom_openflex-data24.sh
openflex-api_matterhorn-master.0000.tgz
will be used to manage the OCAPI service, use the following command to extract
will not be used, remove the
to verify the connection.

5.4 Port Setup Using Bash Script

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openflex-api_matterhorn-master.0000.tgz
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