The Model Context Protocol (MCP) server provides tools to manage NetApp Volumes resources, including storage pools, volumes, backup vaults, backups, and backup policies.
MCP server acts as a proxy between an external service that provides context, data, or capabilities to a Large Language Model (LLM) or AI application. MCP servers connect AI applications to external systems such as databases and web services, translating their responses into a format that the AI application can understand.
Server Setup
You must enable MCP servers and set up authentication before use. For more information about using Google and Google Cloud remote MCP servers, see Google Cloud MCP servers overview.
Server Endpoints
An MCP service endpoint is the network address and communication interface (usually a URL) of the MCP server that an AI application (the Host for the MCP client) uses to establish a secure, standardized connection. It is the point of contact for the LLM to request context, call a tool, or access a resource. Google MCP endpoints can be global or regional.
The NetApp API MCP server has the following global MCP endpoint:
- https://netapp.googleapis.com/mcp
MCP Tools
An MCP tool is a function or executable capability that an MCP server exposes to a LLM or AI application to perform an action in the real world.
Tools
The netapp.googleapis.com MCP server has the following tools:
| MCP Tools | |
|---|---|
list_storage_pools |
List storage pools in a given project and location. |
get_storage_pool |
Get storage pool in a given project and location. |
list_volumes |
List volumes in a given project and location. |
get_volume |
Get volume in a given project and location. |
list_backup_vaults |
List backup vaults in a given project and location. |
get_backup_vault |
Get backup vault in a given project and location. |
list_backup_policies |
List backup policies in a given project and location. |
get_backup_policy |
Get backup policy in a given project and location. |
list_backups |
List backups in a given project and location. |
get_backup |
Get backup in a given project and location. |
create_backup |
Create backup in a given project and location. |
list_snapshots |
List snapshots in a given project and location. |
get_snapshot |
Get snapshot in a given project and location. |
create_snapshot |
Create snapshot in a given project and location. |
Get MCP tool specifications
To get the MCP tool specifications for all tools in an MCP server, use the tools/list method. The following example demonstrates how to use curl to list all tools and their specifications currently available within the MCP server.
| Curl Request |
|---|
curl --location 'https://netapp.googleapis.com/mcp' \ --header 'content-type: application/json' \ --header 'accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \ --data '{ "method": "tools/list", "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1 }' |