| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
                
                                                            | configuration_mode 
                    -
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            automatic ←manual | Disk group configuration mode. Choose one of the following: automatic - Automatically configures the disks in the disk group. manual - Enables you to manually configure the disks in the disk group. | 
                            
                                                            | description 
                    -
                                                                 |  | The user-defined description of the storage profile. Enter up to 256 characters. "You can use any characters or spaces except the following:" "` (accent mark), \ (backslash), ^ (carat), \" (double quote), = (equal sign), > (greater than), < (less than), or ' (single quote)." aliases: descr
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                                                            | drive_type 
                    -
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            unspecified ←HDDSSD | Specify the drive type to use in the drive group. This can be one of the following: unspecified — Selects the first available drive type, and applies that to all drives in the group. HDD — Hard disk drive SSD — Solid state drive Option only applies when configuration mode is automatic. | 
                            
                                                            | hostname 
                    string
                                             / required                     |  | IP address or hostname of Cisco UCS Manager. | 
                            
                                                            | manual_disks 
                    -
                                                                 |  | List of manually configured disks. Options are only used when you choose manual configuration_mode. | 
                                                        
                                                |  | name 
                    -
                                             / required                     |  | The name of the local LUN. | 
                            
                                                |  | role 
                    -
                                                                 |  | The role of the disk. This can be one of the following: normal - Normal ded-hot-spare - Dedicated Hot Spare glob-hot-spare - Glob Hot Spare | 
                            
                                                |  | slot_num 
                    -
                                                                 |  | The slot number of the specific disk. | 
                            
                                                |  | span_id 
                    -
                                                                 | Default: 
 "unspecified" | The Span ID of the specific disk. | 
                            
                                                |  | state 
                    -
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            present ←absent | If present, will verify disk slot is configured within policy. Ifabsent, will verify disk slot is absent from policy. | 
                                            
                                                            | min_drive_size 
                    -
                                                                 | Default: 
 "unspecified" | Specify the minimum drive size or unspecified to allow all drive sizes. This can be from 0 to 10240 GB. Option only applies when configuration mode is automatic. | 
                            
                                                            | name 
                    -
                                             / required                     |  | The name of the disk group policy. This name can be between 1 and 16 alphanumeric characters. You cannot use spaces or any special characters other than - (hyphen), "_" (underscore), : (colon), and . (period). You cannot change this name after the policy is created. | 
                            
                                                            | num_ded_hot_spares 
                    -
                                                                 | Default: 
 "unspecified" | Specify the number of hot spares for the disk group. This can be from 0 to 24. Option only applies when configuration mode is automatic. | 
                            
                                                            | num_drives 
                    -
                                                                 | Default: 
 1 | Specify the number of drives for the disk group. This can be from 0 to 24. Option only applies when configuration mode is automatic. | 
                            
                                                            | num_glob_hot_spares 
                    -
                                                                 | Default: 
 "unspecified" | Specify the number of global hot spares for the disk group. This can be from 0 to 24. Option only applies when configuration mode is automatic. | 
                            
                                                            | org_dn 
                    -
                                                                 | Default: 
 "org-root" | The distinguished name (dn) of the organization where the resource is assigned. | 
                            
                                                            | password 
                    string
                                             / required                     |  | Password for Cisco UCS Manager authentication. | 
                            
                                                            | port 
                    integer
                                                                 |  | Port number to be used during connection (by default uses 443 for https and 80 for http connection). | 
                            
                                                            | proxy 
                    string
                                                                 |  | If use_proxy is no, specfies proxy to be used for connection. e.g. 'http://proxy.xy.z:8080' | 
                            
                                                            | raid_level 
                    -
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            stripe ←mirrormirror-stripestripe-paritystripe-dual-paritystripe-parity-stripestripe-dual-parity-stripe | The RAID level for the disk group policy. This can be one of the following: stripe - UCS Manager shows RAID 0 Striped mirror - RAID 1 Mirrored mirror-stripe - RAID 10 Mirrored and Striped stripe-parity - RAID 5 Striped Parity stripe-dual-parity - RAID 6 Striped Dual Parity stripe-parity-stripe - RAID 50 Striped Parity and Striped stripe-dual-parity-stripe - RAID 60 Striped Dual Parity and Striped | 
                            
                                                            | state 
                    -
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            present ←absent | Desired state of the disk group policy. If present, will verify that the disk group policy is present and will create if needed. If absent, will verify that the disk group policy is absent and will delete if needed. | 
                            
                                                            | use_proxy 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  | If no, will not use the proxy as defined by system environment variable. | 
                            
                                                            | use_remaining_disks 
                    -
                                                                 |  | Specifies whether you can use all the remaining disks in the disk group or not. Option only applies when configuration mode is automatic. | 
                            
                                                            | use_ssl 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  | If no, an HTTP connection will be used instead of the default HTTPS connection. | 
                            
                                                            | username 
                    string
                                                                 | Default: 
 "admin" | Username for Cisco UCS Manager authentication. | 
                            
                                                            | virtual_drive 
                    -
                                                                 |  | Configuration of virtual drive options. | 
                                                        
                                                |  | access_policy 
                    -
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            blockedhiddenplatform-default ←read-onlyread-writetransport-ready | Configure access policy to virtual drive. | 
                            
                                                |  | drive_cache 
                    -
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            disableenableno-changeplatform-default ← | Configure drive caching. | 
                            
                                                |  | io_policy 
                    -
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            cacheddirectplatform-default ← | Direct or Cached IO path. | 
                            
                                                |  | read_policy 
                    -
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            normalplatform-default ←read-ahead | Read access policy to virtual drive. | 
                            
                                                |  | strip_size 
                    -
                                                                 | Default: 
 "platform-default" | Virtual drive strip size. | 
                            
                                                |  | write_cache_policy 
                    -
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            always-write-backplatform-default ←write-back-good-bbuwrite-through | Write back cache policy. |