Create iscsi initiator – Dell PowerVault MD3000 User Manual

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Script Commands

Syntax

create hostPort identifier="

wwid

" userLabel=

"

portLabel

" host="

hostName

"

Parameters

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 iSCSI Initiator

This command creates a new iSCSI initiator object.

Syntax

create iscsiInitiator iscsiName =

iSCSI-ID

userLabel =

name

host =

host-name

[chapSecret =

password

]

Parameter

Description

identifier

WWID of the HBA host port. You must
put quotation marks (" ") around the
WWID.

userLabel

Name to give the new HBA host port. You
must put quotation marks (" ") around
the port label.

host

Name of the host for which you are
defining an HBA host port. You must put
quotation marks (" ") around the host
name.

NOTE:

An HBA host port is a physical

connection on a host adapter that resides
within a host system. An HBA host port
provides host access to the virtual disks in
a storage array. If the host bus adapter has
only one physical connection (one host
port), the terms host port and host bus
adapter

are synonymous

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