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Script Commands
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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 = securityKey]
Parameters
NOTE:
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) is a protocol that
authenticates the peer of a connection. CHAP is based upon the peers sharing a
“secret.” A secret is a security key that is similar to a password. Use
chapSecret
only for initiators requiring mutual authentication.
Create RAID Virtual Disk (Automatic Physical Disk Select)
This command creates a disk group across the storage array physical disks,
and a new virtual disk in the disk group. The RAID controller modules in the
storage array choose the physical disks to include in the virtual disk.
Syntax
create virtualDisk physicalDiskCount=
numberOfPhysicalDisks
volumeGroupUserLabel="diskGroupName"
raidLevel=(0 | 1 | 5 | 6)
userLabel=”virtualDiskName”
[physicalDiskType=(SAS)
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.
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