Create iscsi initiator – Dell PowerVault MD3000 User Manual

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NOTE:

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Create iSCSI Initiator

This command creates a new iSCSI initiator object.

Syntax

create iscsiInitiator iscsiName =

iSCSI-ID

userLabel =

name

host =

host-name

[chapSecret =

password

]

Parameters

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

Parameter

Description

iscsiName

The default identifier of the iSCSI initiator.

userLabel

The name that you want to use for the iSCSI initiator. Enclose
the name in double quotation marks (" ")

host

The name of the host in which the iSCSI initiator is installed.

chapSecret

The password that you want to use to authenticate a peer
connection.

Parameter

Description

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