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Dell Unity™ Family Unisphere® Command Line Interface User Guide

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Create initiators

Create an FC or iSCSI initiator and assign it to a host configuration.

Format

/remote/initiator create –host <value> -uid <value> -type {iscsi|fc} [-sourceType {HPAutotrespass | OpenNative | SGI | HPNoAutotrespass | Dell | FujitsuSiemens | Tru64}] [-failoverMode {AutoTrespass | PassiveNotReady | DMP | PassiveAlwaysReady | ALUA}] [-lunzEnabled {yes | no}] [-unitSerialNumber {Array | LUN}]

Object qualifier

QualifierDescription
-hostIdentifies the host configuration to which to assign the initiator.
-uidSpecifies the FC WWN or the iSCSI IQN of the host to which to assign the initiator.
-typeSpecifies the type of initiator. Value is one of the following:
  • iscsi
  • fc
-sourceType Specify the source type for the initiator. Valid values are:
  • HPAutotrespass - HP with Auto-trespass
  • OpenNative (default) - Open native (such as CLARiiON Open)
  • SGI - Silicon Graphics
  • HPNoAutotrespass- HP without Auto-trespass
  • Dell
  • FujitsuSiemens
  • Tru64- Compaq Tru64
-failoverModeSpecify the failover mode for the initiator. Valid values are:
  • AutoTrespass- Any media access to the non owning SP is rejected.
  • PassiveNotReady- A command failure during I/O is sent to the non-owning SP.
  • DMP- Quiet trespass on I/O to non owning SP.
  • PassiveAlwaysReady- Some commands, e.g. Test Unit Ready, returns PAR status.
  • ALUA (default) - Initiators are permitted to send I/O to a LUN regardless of which SP actually owns the LUN.
-lunzEnabledSet whether LUNZ will be enabled. Valid values are:
  • yes (default)
  • no
-unitSerialNumberSpecify the Unit Serial Number. Valid values are:
  • Array (default)
  • LUN

For SCSI-3 interfaces, the Unity Serial Number page (Vital Product Data page 0x80) reports the serial number for the array or LUN.

Example 1

The following command creates an FC initiator for host configuration 1014. The FC initiator receives ID 1021:

uemcli -d 10.0.0.1 -u Local/joe -p MyPassword456! /remote/initiator create -host 1014 -uid "20:00:00:00:C9:29:0F:FD:10:00:00:00:C9:29:0F:FD" -type fc 
Storage system address: 10.0.0.1
Storage system port: 443
HTTPS connection
 
ID = 1021
Operation completed successfully.

Example 2

The following command creates an iSCSI initiator for host configuration Host_3. The iSCSI initiator receives ID 1022:

uemcli -d 10.0.0.1 -u Local/joe -p MyPassword456! -sslPolicy accept /remote/initiator create -host Host_3 -uid iqn.1000-05.com.fancy:win-123456 -type iscsi 
Storage system address: 10.0.0.1
Storage system port: 443
HTTPS connection
 
ID = 1022
Operation completed successfully.

Example 3

The following command creates an iSCSI initiator for "Host_3" with:

  • A source type of "OpenNative"
  • A failover mode of "PassiveAlwaysReady"
  • LUNZ disabled
  • And an "Array" Unit Serial Number
uemcli -d 10.0.0.1 -u Local/joe -p MyPassword456! /remote/initiator create -host Host_3 -uid iqn.1993-08.com.microsoft:win -type iscsi -sourceType OpenNative -failoverMode PassiveAlwaysReady -lunzEnabled no -unitSerialNumber Array 
Storage system address: 10.0.0.1
Storage system port: 443
HTTPS connection

ID = HostInitiator_8
Operation completed successfully.

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