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Create a new initiator group

Availability: This command is available to cluster and Vserver administrators at the admin privilege level.

Description

This command creates a new initiator group (igroup). Use igroups to control which hosts have access to specific LUNs. When you bind an igroup to a port set, a host in the igroup can access the LUNs only by connecting to the target ports in the port set.

When you create an igroup, you can add multiple existing initiators by specifying them in a list, separating them with commas. Later, you can add or remove initiators from the initiator group. Use the lun igroup add command to add initiators. Use the lun igroup remove command to remove an initiator. Unless the -initiator option is supplied, no initiators are added to a new igroup.

You can also bind a port set to an initiator when you create an initiator group. You can modify the port set binding of an initiator group by using the lun igroup bind command or the lun igroup unbind command.

The name you assign to an igroup is independent of the name of th