# Module `netapp_ontap.resources.initiator`

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This file has been automatically generated based on the ONTAP REST API documentation.

## Overview

An initiator is a Fibre Channel (FC) world wide port name (WWPN), an iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN), or an iSCSI EUI (Extended Unique Identifier) that identifies a host endpoint. Initiators are collected into initiator groups (igroups) used to control which hosts can access specific LUNs. Initiators are also discovered as they log in to SAN network LIFs.
ONTAP supports configuration for an initiator. Configured properties apply to all uses of the initiator within an SVM. Although the same initiator may interact with multiple SVMs of a cluster, ONTAP treats initiator configuration as an SVM-scoped activity. For example, a comment may be set for an initiator in a specific SVM. The comment value applies to all uses of the initiator in the SVM including use in multiple initiator groups. But a different comment value may be specified for the same initiator in a different SVM.
The initiator REST API provides read-only access to properties of initators.
An FC WWPN consists of 16 hexadecimal digits grouped as 8 pairs separated by colons. The format for an iSCSI IQN is iqn.yyyy-mm.reverse_domain_name:any. The iSCSI EUI format consists of the eui. prefix followed by 16 hexadecimal characters.

## Classes

`class Initiator (*args, **kwargs)`

  An initiator is a Fibre Channel (FC) world wide port name (WWPN), an iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN), or an iSCSI EUI (Extended Unique Identifier) that identifies a host endpoint. Initiators are collected into initiator groups (igroups) used to control which hosts can access specific LUNs. Initiators are also discovered as they log in to SAN network LIFs.
  ONTAP supports configuration for an initiator. Configured properties apply to all uses of the initiator within an SVM. Although the same initiator may interact with multiple SVMs of a cluster, ONTAP treats initiator configuration as an SVM-scoped activity. For example, a comment may be set for an initiator in a specific SVM. The comment value applies to all uses of the initiator in the SVM including use in multiple initiator groups. But a different comment value may be specified for the same initiator in a different SVM.

  Initialize the instance of the resource.

  Any keyword arguments are set on the instance as properties. For example, if the class was named 'MyResource', then this statement would be true:

      MyResource(name='foo').name == 'foo'

  ## Args

  `*args`
    Each positional argument represents a parent key as used in the URL of the object. That is, each value will be used to fill in a segment of the URL which refers to some parent object. The order of these arguments must match the order they are specified in the URL, from left to right.
  `**kwargs`
    each entry will have its key set as an attribute name on the instance and its value will be the value of that attribute.

  ### Ancestors

  - Resource

  ### Static methods

  `def count_collection (*args, connection: HostConnection = None, **kwargs) -> int`

    Returns a count of all Initiator resources that match the provided query

    This calls GET on the object to determine the number of records. It is more efficient than calling get_collection() because it will not construct any objects. Query parameters can be passed in as kwargs to determine a count of objects that match some filtered criteria.

    ## Args

    `*args`
      Each entry represents a parent key which is used to build the path to the child object. If the URL definition were /api/foos/{foo.name}/bars, then to get the count of bars for a particular foo, the foo.name value should be passed.
    `connection`
      The `HostConnection` object to use for this API call. If unset, tries to use the connection which is set globally for the library or from the current context.
    `**kwargs`
      Any key/value pairs passed will be sent as query parameters to the host. These query parameters can affect the count. A return_records query param will be ignored.

    ## Returns

    On success, returns an integer count of the objects of this type. On failure, returns -1.

    ## Raises

    `NetAppRestError`: If the API call returned a status code >= 400, or if there is no connection available to use either passed in or on the library.

  `def fast_get_collection (*args, connection: HostConnection = None, max_records: int = None, **kwargs) -> Iterable[RawResource]`

    Returns a list of RawResources that represent Initiator resources that match the provided query

    Fetch a list of all objects of this type from the host.

        This is a lazy fetch, making API calls only as necessary when the result
        of this call is iterated over. For instance, if max_records is set to 5,
        then iterating over the collection causes an API call to be sent to the
        server once for every 5 records. If the client stops iterating before
        getting to the 6th record, then no additional API calls are made.

    ## Args

    `*args`
      Each entry represents a parent key which is used to build the path to the child object. If the URL definition were /api/foos/{foo.name}/bars, then to get the collection of bars for a particular foo, the foo.name value should be passed.
    `connection`
      The `HostConnection` object to use for this API call. If unset, tries to use the connection which is set globally for the library or from the current context.
    `max_records`
      The maximum number of records to return per call
    `raw`
      return a list of `netapp_ontap.resource.RawResource` objects that require to be promoted before any RESTful operations can be used on them. Setting this argument to True makes get_collection substantially quicker when many records are returned from the server.
    `**kwargs`
      Any key/value pairs passed will be sent as query parameters to the host.

    ## Returns

    A list of `Resource` objects

    ## Raises

    `NetAppRestError`: If there is no connection available to use either passed in or on the library. This would be not be raised when get_collection() is called, but rather when the result is iterated.

  `def find (*args, connection: HostConnection = None, **kwargs) -> Resource`

    Retrieves initiators.

    ### Related ONTAP commands

    - `lun igroup initiator show`

    ### Learn more

    - `DOC /protocols/san/initiators`

    Find an instance of an object on the host given a query.

    The host will be queried with the provided key/value pairs to find a matching resource. If 0 are found, None will be returned. If more than 1 is found, an error will be raised or returned. If there is exactly 1 matching record, then it will be returned.

    ## Args

    `*args`
      Each entry represents a parent key which is used to build the path to the child object. If the URL definition were /api/foos/{foo.name}/bars, then to find a bar for a particular foo, the foo.name value should be passed.
    `connection`
      The `HostConnection` object to use for this API call. If unset, tries to use the connection which is set globally for the library or from the current context.
    `**kwargs`
      Any key/value pairs passed will be sent as query parameters to the host.

    ## Returns

    A `Resource` object containing the details of the object or None if no matches were found.

    ## Raises

    `NetAppRestError`: If the API call returned more than 1 matching resource.

  `def get_collection (*args, connection: HostConnection = None, max_records: int = None, **kwargs) -> Iterable[Resource]`

    Retrieves initiators.

    ### Related ONTAP commands

    - `lun igroup initiator show`

    ### Learn more

    - `DOC /protocols/san/initiators`

    Fetch a list of all objects of this type from the host.

        This is a lazy fetch, making API calls only as necessary when the result
        of this call is iterated over. For instance, if max_records is set to 5,
        then iterating over the collection causes an API call to be sent to the
        server once for every 5 records. If the client stops iterating before
        getting to the 6th record, then no additional API calls are made.

    ## Args

    `*args`
      Each entry represents a parent key which is used to build the path to the child object. If the URL definition were /api/foos/{foo.name}/bars, then to get the collection of bars for a particular foo, the foo.name value should be passed.
    `connection`
      The `HostConnection` object to use for this API call. If unset, tries to use the connection which is set globally for the library or from the current context.
    `max_records`
      The maximum number of records to return per call
    `raw`
      return a list of `netapp_ontap.resource.RawResource` objects that require to be promoted before any RESTful operations can be used on them. Setting this argument to True makes get_collection substantially quicker when many records are returned from the server.
    `**kwargs`
      Any key/value pairs passed will be sent as query parameters to the host.

    ## Returns

    A list of `Resource` objects

    ## Raises

    `NetAppRestError`: If there is no connection available to use either passed in or on the library. This would be not be raised when get_collection() is called, but rather when the result is iterated.

  ### Methods

  `def get (self, **kwargs) -> NetAppResponse`

    Retrieves an initiator.

    ### Related ONTAP commands

    - `lun igroup initiator show`

    ### Learn more

    - `DOC /protocols/san/initiators`

    Fetch the details of the object from the host.

    Requires the keys to be set (if any). After returning, new or changed properties from the host will be set on the instance.

    ## Returns

    A `NetAppResponse` object containing the details of the HTTP response.

    ## Raises

    `NetAppRestError`: If the API call returned a status code >= 400

  ### Inherited members

  - `Resource`:
    - `from_dict`
    - `get_collection_url`
    - `get_connection`
    - `instance_location`
    - `path_keys`
    - `poll`
    - `set_connection`
    - `to_dict`
`class InitiatorSchema (*, only: Union[Sequence[str], Set[str]] = None, exclude: Union[Sequence[str], Set[str]] = (), many: bool = False, context: Dict = None, load_only: Union[Sequence[str], Set[str]] = (), dump_only: Union[Sequence[str], Set[str]] = (), partial: Union[bool, Sequence[str], Set[str]] = False, unknown: str = None)`

  The fields of the Initiator object

  ### Ancestors

  - netapp_ontap.resource.ResourceSchema
  - marshmallow.schema.Schema
  - marshmallow.base.SchemaABC

  ### Class variables

  `comment: str GET`

    A user-specified comment.

    Example: My initiator comment.

  `name: str GET`

    The name of the initiator.

    Example: iqn.2018-02.com.netapp.iscsi:name1

  `protocol: str GET`

    The protocol of the initiator.

    Valid choices:

    - fcp
    - iscsi
  `svm: Svm GET`

    The svm field of the initiator.