Dell PowerVault MD3000i Command Line Interface Guide - Page 122

Create iSCSI Initiator, portLabel, hostName, iSCSI-ID, password

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Syntax create hostPort identifier="wwid" userLabel= "portLabel" host="hostName" Parameters Parameter identifier userLabel host Description WWID of the HBA host port. You must put quotation marks (" ") around the WWID. Name to give the new HBA host port. You must put quotation marks (" ") around the port label. 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 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] 122 Script Commands

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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