Generating the commands needed to create pools, volumes and then assign them to 64 servers in a SeaMicro chassis.

volumes.py

#!/usr/bin/python

# SSDs in slots 0-1 of each S-card.
# HDDs in slots 2-7 of each S-card.
# Application A - 16 servers
# Assign one 64GB SSD volume to vdisk 0
# Assign three whole-disk volumes to each of vdisk 1, 2, 3
# Application B - 48 servers
# Assign one 32GB SSD volume to disk 0

slots = range(0,8)
disks = range(0,2)

vars = { 
     'ssd_pool_basename' : "ssd",
     'hdd_pool_basename' : "hdd",
     'hdd_volume_basename': "hddvol",
     'app_a_volume_basename' : "appA",
     'app_b_volume_basename' : "appB",
     'app_a_volume_size' : 64,
     'app_b_volume_size' : 32,
}

for slot in slots:
     for disk in disks:
          vars.update({ 'disk': disk, 'slot': slot })
          print "storage create pool %(slot)d/%(ssd_pool_basename)s-%(disk)d disk %(slot)d/%(disk)d" % vars
          print "storage create volume-prefix %(slot)d/%(ssd_pool_basename)s-%(disk)d/%(app_a_volume_basename)s size %(app_a_volume_size)d count 1" % vars
          print "storage create volume-prefix %(slot)d/%(ssd_pool_basename)s-%(disk)d/%(app_b_volume_basename)s size %(app_b_volume_size)d count 3" % vars

disks = range(2,8)
for slot in slots:
     for disk in disks:
          vars.update({ 'disk': disk, 'slot': slot })
          print "storage create pool %(slot)d/%(hdd_pool_basename)s-%(disk)d disk %(slot)d/%(disk)d" % vars
          print "storage create volume-prefix %(slot)d/%(hdd_pool_basename)s-%(disk)d/%(hdd_volume_basename)s size max" % vars

print """\
configure terminal
storage assign-range 0/0-15/0 0 volume %(app_a_volume_basename)s
storage assign-range 0/0-15/0 1-3 volume %(hdd_volume_basename)s
storage assign-range 16/0-63/0 0 volume %(app_b_volume_basename)s
exit configuration-mode
""" % vars