Creating Initiator Hosts

To map a Virtual Storage Container (VSC, also referred to as a volume) to a storage area network (SAN) using the S1 system, you must first create an initiator host in the system by using the hosts create command.

   hosts create <name> [--ip=<name>] (--wwns=<wwn...>| (--iqn=<iqn> [--chapSecret=<chapSecret>]) | --nqn=<nqn>)

Command options

• <name>: The name of the new initiator host. This is the name you will reference in the host mapping. This is an internal reference name for the StorONE system.
• --ip=<name>: The IP Address or DNS name of the initiator host.
• --wwns=<wwn...>: List of World Wide Names that the initiator host connects from.
• --iqn=<iqn>: The iSCSI qualified name of the initiator host.
• --chapSecret=<chapSecret>: iSCSI CHAP secret for mutual authentication. Do not set this parameter if you are not using iSCSI CHAP. For more information on using CHAP, see iSCSI CHAP authentication.
• --nqn=<nqn>: NVMe qualified name of the initiator host.

Examples

To create a host for an ESXi host named esx01.example.com and an IQN of iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esx67-86278-5a3e9274, with no CHAP authentication:

hosts create ESX01 --ip esx01.example.com --iqn iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esx67-86278-5a3e9274