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Command reference

storage iswi initiator session create

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Create an iSCSI session and discover LUNs

Availability: This command is available to cluster administrators at the advanced privilege level.

Description

This command create an iSCSI session between the initiator and target array.

Parameters

-node <nodename> - Node (privilege: advanced)

This parameter used to specify the node in the cluster where session should be created.

-initiator-name <text> - Initiator Name (privilege: advanced)

Specifies the user-defined initiator name to be used for connection.

-target-name <text> - Target Name (privilege: advanced)

Specifies the iSCSI target name of an array. This name is unique and is not case sensitive. The target name must conform to this format iqn.1995-08.com.example:string and the following rules:

  • Contains up to 128 bytes.

  • Contains alphanumeric characters. The period ".", hyphen "-", and colon ":" are acceptable.

  • Does not contain the underscore character "_".

-target-ip <IP Address> - Target IP (privilege: advanced)

Specifies the target's IP address to connect to.

Examples

arunhcluster-2::> storage iswi initiator session create -initiator-name iswi1 -target-name iqn.1992-08.com.netapp:sn.3a1c4c068cc:vs.3 -target-ip 10.238.22.136 -target-port 3260

This command creates a session between initiator iswi1 and target array (iqn.1992-08.com.netapp:sn.3a1c4c068cc:vs.3-10.238.22.136)