Dell PowerVault MD3060e Series, Cli Manual

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Create Host
This command creates a new host.If you do not specify a host group in which to create the new host, the new host is
created in the default group.
Syntax
create host userLabel=” hostName ”
[hostGroup=(“ hostGroupName ” | defaultGroup)]
[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
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
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.
Syntax
create hostPort identifier=" wwid "
userLabel=" portLabel "
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