HP Array Controller HSG V8.7 Software - Manual (Page 279)

CLI Commands B–7
ADD CONNECTIONS
Adds the specified host connection to the table of known connections.
This table is maintained in NVRAM. The maximum table length is 32
connections; if the table contains 32 entries, new connections cannot be
added unless some old ones are deleted.
There are two mechanisms for adding a new connection to the table, as
follows:
n Physically connecting a host adapter to a controller port. During
loop initialization, the controller becomes aware of the connection
and adds it to the table. This physical discovery of connections
occurs at the point when a host adapter is plugged in to a controller
port and after a RESTART command. New connections discovered
through physical connection are assigned a default connection
name by the controller. The default connection name is of the form
!NEWCONnn.
Note Certain host conditions, such as a power cycle, that disturb the
state of the loop may cause a connection to reappear in the table. The
connection will be assigned a default connection name.
n Adding a connection through the ADD CONNECTIONS
command.
Note ADD CONNECTIONS will add an entry to the table whether the
connection physically exists or not. The table can be completely filled
up with fictitious connections.
Syntax
ADD CONNECTIONS connection_name HOST_ID=n
ADAPTER_ID=n CONTROLLER=controller PORT=n
Parameters
connection_name
The name that will be assigned to the host connection. The connection
name can be any character string with one exception: it cannot be in the