Dell PowerVault MD3600f Series, Command Line Interface Manual

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Script Commands
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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
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.
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 (“ ”).
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