Dell PowerVault MD3420 - Manual (Page 171)

[hostType=(hostTypeIndexLabel |
hostTypeIndexNumber)]
Parameters
Parameter Description
userLabel The name that you want to give the host that you are creating.
Enclose the host name in double quotation marks (“ ”).
hostGroup The name of the host group in which you want to create a new
host. Enclose the host group name in double quotation marks
(“ ”). (If a host group does not exist, you can create a new host
group by using the create hostGroup command.) The
defaultGroup option is the host group that contains the host to
which the virtual disk is mapped.
hostType The index label or the index number that identifies the host type.
Use the show storageArray hostTypeTable command to
generate a list of available host type identifiers. If the host type
has special characters, enclose the host type in double quotation
marks (“ ”).
NOTE: You can use any combination of alphanumeric characters, hyphens, and underscores for the
names. Command names can have a maximum of 30 characters. If you exceed the maximum
character limit, replace square brackets ([ ]) with angle brackets (< >) to overcome this limitation.
Create Host Group
Description
This command creates a new host group.
Syntax
create hostGroup userLabel="hostGroupName"
Parameter
Parameter Description
userLabel Name to give the host group that you are creating.
You must put quotation marks (" ") around the host
group name.
Create Host Port
Description
This command creates a new HBA host port identification. The identification is a software value that
represents the physical HBA host port to the RAID controller module. Without the host port identification,
the RAID controller module cannot receive instructions or data from the host port.
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