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 iSCSI Initiator
Description
This command creates a new iSCSI initiator object.
Syntax
create iscsiInitiator iscsiName = "iSCSI-ID"
userLabel = "name"
host = "host-name"
[chapSecret =
securityKey]
Parameters
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.
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)
Description
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
diskGroupUserLabel="diskGroupName"
raidLevel=(0 | 1 | 5 | 6)
userLabel=”virtualDiskName”
physicalDiskMediaType=(HDD | SSD | unknown | allMedia)
[physicalDiskType=(SAS)]
[capacity=virtualDiskCapacity]
[owner=(0 | 1)]
[cacheReadPrefetch=(TRUE | FALSE)]
[segmentSize=segmentSizeValue]
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