HPCM Provider

The HPCM provider imports hardware inventory from HPE Performance Cluster Manager node JSON exports and cm.config files. This enables migration of existing HPCM-managed clusters into cani's unified inventory.

Import

From A Node JSON File

# Import from an HPCM node JSON export
cani alpha import hpcm --node-json-file ./hpcm-nodes.json

From A cm.config File

# Import from an HPCM cm.config file
cani alpha import hpcm --cm-config ./cm.config

From Both Sources

When both flags are provided, nodes are merged and deduplicated by name:

cani alpha import hpcm --node-json-file ./hpcm-nodes.json --cm-config ./cm.config

From Stdin

If --node-json-file is omitted, node JSON can be piped from stdin:

cat hpcm-nodes.json | cani alpha import hpcm

Export

Export is not yet implemented for the HPCM provider.

Classification

Devices imported from HPCM are classified based on their node type (compute, service, switch, storage, etc.). Some devices may need manual classification:

# Import from HPCM
cani alpha import hpcm --node-json-file ./hpcm-nodes.json

# Auto-classify the imported devices
cani alpha classify --auto

See Classifying Devices for more detail.

Configuration

Provider-specific options in ~/.cani/cani.yml:

providers:
  hpcm:
    import:
      node_json_file: ""      # Path to HPCM node JSON file
      cm_config_file: ""      # Path to HPCM cm.config file