Update an initiator group

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lun igroup bind
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DOC /protocols/san/igroups

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
uuid	string	path	True	The unique identifier of the initiator group.

Name

Type

In

Required

Description

uuid

string

path

True

The unique identifier of the initiator group.

Request Body

Name Type Description

Name	Type	Description
_links	_links
comment	string	A comment available for use by the administrator. Valid in POST and PATCH.
delete_on_unmap	boolean	An option that causes the initiator group to be deleted when the last LUN map associated with it is deleted. Optional in POST and PATCH. This property defaults to false when the initiator group is created.
igroups	array[igroup_child]	The initiator groups that are members of the group. Optional in POST. This property is mutually exclusive with the initiators property during POST. This array contains only the direct children of the initiator group. If the member initiator groups have further nested initiator groups, those are reported in the `igroups` property of the child initiator group. Zero or more nested initiator groups can be supplied when the initiator group is created. The initiator group will act as if it contains the aggregatation of all initiators in any nested initiator groups. After creation, nested initiator groups can be added or removed from the initiator group using the `/protocols/san/igroups/{igroup.uuid}/igroups` endpoint. See link:post-protocols-san-igroups-igroups(#-san-igroup-nested-create)anddelete-protocols-san-igroups-igroups-.htmlPOST /protocols/san/igroups/{igroup.uuid}/igroups and [DELETE /protocols/san/igroups/{igroup.uuid}/igroups/{uuid}] for more details.
initiators	array[initiators]	The initiators that are members of the group or any group nested below this group. Optional in POST. This property is mutually exclusive with the igroups property during POST. During GET, this array contains initiators that are members of this group or any nested initiator groups below this group. When initiators of nested groups are returned, they include links to the initiator group that directly contains the initiator. Zero or more initiators can be supplied when the initiator group is created. After creation, initiators can be added or removed from the initiator group using the `/protocols/san/igroups/{igroup.uuid}/initiators` endpoint. See link:post-protocols-san-igroups-initiators(#-san-igroup-initiator-create)anddelete-protocols-san-igroups-initiators-.htmlPOST /protocols/san/igroups/{igroup.uuid}/initiators and [DELETE /protocols/san/igroups/{igroup.uuid}/initiators/{name}] for more details.
lun_maps	array[lun_maps]	All LUN maps with which the initiator is associated. If the requested igroup is part of a remote, non-local, MetroCluster SVM, the LUN maps are not retrieved. There is an added cost to retrieving property values for `lun_maps`. They are not populated for either a collection GET or an instance GET unless explicitly requested using the `fields` query parameter. See Requesting specific fields to learn more.
name	string	The name of the initiator group. Required in POST; optional in PATCH.
os_type	string	The host operating system of the initiator group. All initiators in the group should be hosts of the same operating system. Required in POST; optional in PATCH.
parent_igroups	array[igroup_parent]	The initiator groups that contain this initiator group as as member.
portset	portset	The portset to which the initiator group is bound. Binding the initiator group to a portset restricts the initiators of the group to accessing mapped LUNs only through network interfaces in the portset. Optional in POST and PATCH. PATCH `portset.name` to an empty string ("") to unbind a portset from the initiator group.
protocol	string	The protocols supported by the initiator group. This restricts the type of initiators that can be added to the initiator group. Optional in POST; if not supplied, this defaults to mixed. The protocol of an initiator group cannot be changed after creation of the group.
supports_igroups	boolean	An initiator group may contain either initiators or other initiator groups, but not both simultaneously. This property is true when initiator groups can be added to this initiator group. The `initiators.name` property cannot be used to determine this via a query because it reports initiators inherited from nested igroups.
svm	svm
uuid	string	The unique identifier of the initiator group.

_links

comment

string

A comment available for use by the administrator. Valid in POST and PATCH.

delete_on_unmap

boolean

An option that causes the initiator group to be deleted when the last LUN map associated with it is deleted. Optional in POST and PATCH. This property defaults to false when the initiator group is created.

igroups

array[igroup_child]

The initiator groups that are members of the group. Optional in POST.

This property is mutually exclusive with the initiators property during POST.

This array contains only the direct children of the initiator group. If the member initiator groups have further nested initiator groups, those are reported in the igroups property of the child initiator group.

Zero or more nested initiator groups can be supplied when the initiator group is created. The initiator group will act as if it contains the aggregatation of all initiators in any nested initiator groups.

After creation, nested initiator groups can be added or removed from the initiator group using the /protocols/san/igroups/{igroup.uuid}/igroups endpoint. See link:post-protocols-san-igroups-igroups(#-san-igroup-nested-create)anddelete-protocols-san-igroups-igroups-.htmlPOST /protocols/san/igroups/{igroup.uuid}/igroups and [DELETE /protocols/san/igroups/{igroup.uuid}/igroups/{uuid}] for more details.

initiators

array[initiators]

The initiators that are members of the group or any group nested below this group. Optional in POST.

This property is mutually exclusive with the igroups property during POST.

During GET, this array contains initiators that are members of this group or any nested initiator groups below this group. When initiators of nested groups are returned, they include links to the initiator group that directly contains the initiator.

Zero or more initiators can be supplied when the initiator group is created. After creation, initiators can be added or removed from the initiator group using the /protocols/san/igroups/{igroup.uuid}/initiators endpoint. See link:post-protocols-san-igroups-initiators(#-san-igroup-initiator-create)anddelete-protocols-san-igroups-initiators-.htmlPOST /protocols/san/igroups/{igroup.uuid}/initiators and [DELETE /protocols/san/igroups/{igroup.uuid}/initiators/{name}] for more details.

lun_maps

array[lun_maps]

All LUN maps with which the initiator is associated.

If the requested igroup is part of a remote, non-local, MetroCluster SVM, the LUN maps are not retrieved.

There is an added cost to retrieving property values for lun_maps. They are not populated for either a collection GET or an instance GET unless explicitly requested using the fields query parameter. See Requesting specific fields to learn more.

name

string

The name of the initiator group. Required in POST; optional in PATCH.

os_type

string

The host operating system of the initiator group. All initiators in the group should be hosts of the same operating system. Required in POST; optional in PATCH.

parent_igroups

array[igroup_parent]

The initiator groups that contain this initiator group as as member.

portset

The portset to which the initiator group is bound. Binding the initiator group to a portset restricts the initiators of the group to accessing mapped LUNs only through network interfaces in the portset.

Optional in POST and PATCH. PATCH portset.name to an empty string ("") to unbind a portset from the initiator group.

protocol

string

The protocols supported by the initiator group. This restricts the type of initiators that can be added to the initiator group. Optional in POST; if not supplied, this defaults to mixed.

The protocol of an initiator group cannot be changed after creation of the group.

supports_igroups

boolean

An initiator group may contain either initiators or other initiator groups, but not both simultaneously. This property is true when initiator groups can be added to this initiator group. The initiators.name property cannot be used to determine this via a query because it reports initiators inherited from nested igroups.

svm

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the initiator group.

Example request

{
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "/api/resourcelink"
    }
  },
  "comment": "string",
  "igroups": {
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "/api/resourcelink"
      }
    },
    "comment": "string",
    "igroups": null,
    "name": "igroup1",
    "uuid": "4ea7a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
  },
  "initiators": {
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "/api/resourcelink"
      }
    },
    "comment": "string",
    "igroup": {
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "/api/resourcelink"
        }
      },
      "name": "igroup1",
      "uuid": "4ea7a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
    },
    "name": "iqn.1998-01.com.corp.iscsi:name1"
  },
  "lun_maps": {
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "/api/resourcelink"
      }
    },
    "logical_unit_number": 0,
    "lun": {
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "/api/resourcelink"
        }
      },
      "name": "lun1",
      "node": {
        "_links": {
          "self": {
            "href": "/api/resourcelink"
          }
        },
        "name": "node1",
        "uuid": "1cd8a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
      },
      "uuid": "4ea7a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
    }
  },
  "name": "igroup1",
  "os_type": "aix",
  "parent_igroups": {
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "/api/resourcelink"
      }
    },
    "comment": "string",
    "name": "igroup1",
    "parent_igroups": null,
    "uuid": "4ea7a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
  },
  "portset": {
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "/api/resourcelink"
      }
    },
    "name": "portset1",
    "uuid": "4ea7a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
  },
  "protocol": "fcp",
  "svm": {
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "/api/resourcelink"
      }
    },
    "name": "svm1",
    "uuid": "02c9e252-41be-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f7"
  },
  "uuid": "4ea7a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
}

Response

Status: 200, Ok

Error

Status: Default

ONTAP Error Response Codes

Error Code	Description
1254264	An attempt was made to bind a portset to an initiator group that is already bound to a portset.
5373958	An invalid initiator group name was supplied for a rename operation.
5374023	A rename operation failed because an initiator group with the same name already exists.
5374027	An attempt was made to bind a portset with no member network interfaces to the initiator group.
5374028	An attempt was made to bind a portset with an incompatible protocol to the initiator group.
5374733	An initiator is already in another initiator group with a conflicting operating system type.
5374745	An attempt was made to add an initiator group as a child to itself.
5374746	The cluster is currently running in a mixed version and nested initiator groups cannot be created until the effective cluster version reaches 9.9.1.
5374747	The cluster is currently running in a mixed version and initiator group comments cannot be created until the effective cluster version reaches 9.9.1.
5374852	The initiator group does not exist.
5374868	The initiator group was partially modified before an error was encountered while renaming the initiator group.

Name	Type	Description
error	error

Name

Type

Description

error

Example error

{
  "error": {
    "arguments": {
      "code": "string",
      "message": "string"
    },
    "code": "4",
    "message": "entry doesn't exist",
    "target": "uuid"
  }
}

Definitions

See Definitions

href

Name	Type	Description
href	string

Name

Type

Description

href

string

_links

Name	Type	Description
self	href

Name

Type

Description

self

href

igroup_child

Name	Type	Description
_links	_links
comment	string	A comment available for use by the administrator.
igroups	array[]	Further nested initiator groups.
name	string	The name of the initiator group.
uuid	string	The unique identifier of the initiator group.

Name

Type

Description

_links

comment

string

A comment available for use by the administrator.

igroups

array[]

Further nested initiator groups.

name

string

The name of the initiator group.

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the initiator group.

igroup

The initiator group that directly owns the initiator, which is where modification of the initiator is supported. This property will only be populated when the initiator is a member of a nested initiator group.

Name	Type	Description
_links	_links
name	string	The name of the initiator group.
uuid	string	The unique identifier of the initiator group.

Name

Type

Description

_links

name

string

The name of the initiator group.

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the initiator group.

initiators

Name Type Description

Name	Type	Description
_links	_links
comment	string	A comment available for use by the administrator. Valid in POST and PATCH.
igroup	igroup	The initiator group that directly owns the initiator, which is where modification of the initiator is supported. This property will only be populated when the initiator is a member of a nested initiator group.
name	string	The FC WWPN, iSCSI IQN, or iSCSI EUI that identifies the host initiator. Valid in POST only and not allowed when the `records` property is used. 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.

_links

comment

string

A comment available for use by the administrator. Valid in POST and PATCH.

igroup

The initiator group that directly owns the initiator, which is where modification of the initiator is supported. This property will only be populated when the initiator is a member of a nested initiator group.

name

string

The FC WWPN, iSCSI IQN, or iSCSI EUI that identifies the host initiator. Valid in POST only and not allowed when the records property is used.

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.

node

Name	Type	Description
_links	_links
name	string
uuid	string

Name

Type

Description

_links

name

string

uuid

string

lun

The LUN to which the initiator group is mapped.

Name	Type	Description
_links	_links
name	string	The name of the LUN.
node	node
uuid	string	The unique identifier of the LUN.

Name

Type

Description

_links

name

string

The name of the LUN.

node

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the LUN.

lun_maps

A LUN map with which the initiator group is associated.

Name	Type	Description
_links	_links
logical_unit_number	integer	The logical unit number assigned to the LUN for initiators in the initiator group.
lun	lun	The LUN to which the initiator group is mapped.

Name

Type

Description

_links

logical_unit_number

integer

The logical unit number assigned to the LUN for initiators in the initiator group.

lun

The LUN to which the initiator group is mapped.

igroup_parent

Name	Type	Description
_links	_links
comment	string	A comment available for use by the administrator.
name	string	The name of the initiator group.
parent_igroups	array[]	The initiator groups that contain this initiator group as as member.
uuid	string	The unique identifier of the initiator group.

Name

Type

Description

_links

comment

string

A comment available for use by the administrator.

name

string

The name of the initiator group.

parent_igroups

array[]

The initiator groups that contain this initiator group as as member.

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the initiator group.

portset

The portset to which the initiator group is bound. Binding the initiator group to a portset restricts the initiators of the group to accessing mapped LUNs only through network interfaces in the portset.

Optional in POST and PATCH. PATCH portset.name to an empty string ("") to unbind a portset from the initiator group.

Name	Type	Description
_links	_links
name	string	The name of the portset.
uuid	string	The unique identifier of the portset.

Name

Type

Description

_links

name

string

The name of the portset.

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the portset.

svm

Name	Type	Description
_links	_links
name	string	The name of the SVM.
uuid	string	The unique identifier of the SVM.

Name

Type

Description

_links

name

string

The name of the SVM.

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the SVM.

igroup

An initiator group (igroup) is a collection of Fibre Channel (FC) world wide port names (WWPNs), and/or iSCSI Qualified Names (IQNs), and/or iSCSI EUIs (Extended Unique Identifiers) that identify host initiators.

Initiator groups are used to control which hosts can access specific LUNs. To grant access to a LUN from one or more hosts, create an initiator group containing the host initiator names, then create a LUN map that associates the initiator group with the LUN.

An initiator group may contain either initiators or other initiator groups, but not both simultaneously. When a parent initiator group is mapped, it inherits all of the initiators of any initiator groups nested below it. If any nested initiator group is modified to contain different initiators, the parent initiator groups inherit the change. A parent can have many nested initiator groups and an initiator group can be nested under multiple parents. Initiators can only be added or removed from the initiator group that directly contains them. The maximum supported depth of nesting is three layers.

Best practice when using nested initiator groups is to match host hierarchies. A single initiator group should correspond to a single host. If a LUN needs to be mapped to multiple hosts, the initiator groups representing those hosts should be aggregated into a parent initiator group and the LUN should be mapped to that initiator group. For multi-ported hosts, initiators have a comment property where the port corresponding to the initiator can be documented.

An initiator can appear in multiple initiator groups. An initiator group can be mapped to multiple LUNs. A specific initiator can be mapped to a specific LUN only once. With the introduction of nestable initiator groups, best practice is to use the hierarchy such that an initiator is only a direct member of a single initiator group, and that initiator group can then be referenced by other initiator groups.

All initiators or nested initiator groups in an initiator group must be from the same operating system. The initiator group's operating system is specified when the initiator group is created.

When an initiator group is created, the protocol property is used to restrict member initiators to Fibre Channel (fcp), iSCSI (iscsi), or both (mixed). Initiator groups within a nested hierarchy may not have conflicting protocols.

Zero or more initiators or nested initiator groups can be supplied when the initiator group is created. After creation, initiators can be added or removed from the initiator group using the /protocols/san/igroups/{igroup.uuid}/initiators endpoint. Initiator groups containing other initiator groups report the aggregated list of initiators from all nested initiator groups, but modifications of the initiator list must be performed on the initiator group that directly contains the initiators. See link:post-protocols-san-igroups-initiators(#-san-igroup-initiator-create)anddelete-protocols-san-igroups-initiators-.htmlPOST /protocols/san/igroups/{igroup.uuid}/initiators and [DELETE /protocols/san/igroups/{igroup.uuid}/initiators/{name}] for more details.

Name Type Description

Name	Type	Description
_links	_links
comment	string	A comment available for use by the administrator. Valid in POST and PATCH.
delete_on_unmap	boolean	An option that causes the initiator group to be deleted when the last LUN map associated with it is deleted. Optional in POST and PATCH. This property defaults to false when the initiator group is created.
igroups	array[igroup_child]	The initiator groups that are members of the group. Optional in POST. This property is mutually exclusive with the initiators property during POST. This array contains only the direct children of the initiator group. If the member initiator groups have further nested initiator groups, those are reported in the `igroups` property of the child initiator group. Zero or more nested initiator groups can be supplied when the initiator group is created. The initiator group will act as if it contains the aggregatation of all initiators in any nested initiator groups. After creation, nested initiator groups can be added or removed from the initiator group using the `/protocols/san/igroups/{igroup.uuid}/igroups` endpoint. See link:post-protocols-san-igroups-igroups(#-san-igroup-nested-create)anddelete-protocols-san-igroups-igroups-.htmlPOST /protocols/san/igroups/{igroup.uuid}/igroups and [DELETE /protocols/san/igroups/{igroup.uuid}/igroups/{uuid}] for more details.
initiators	array[initiators]	The initiators that are members of the group or any group nested below this group. Optional in POST. This property is mutually exclusive with the igroups property during POST. During GET, this array contains initiators that are members of this group or any nested initiator groups below this group. When initiators of nested groups are returned, they include links to the initiator group that directly contains the initiator. Zero or more initiators can be supplied when the initiator group is created. After creation, initiators can be added or removed from the initiator group using the `/protocols/san/igroups/{igroup.uuid}/initiators` endpoint. See link:post-protocols-san-igroups-initiators(#-san-igroup-initiator-create)anddelete-protocols-san-igroups-initiators-.htmlPOST /protocols/san/igroups/{igroup.uuid}/initiators and [DELETE /protocols/san/igroups/{igroup.uuid}/initiators/{name}] for more details.
lun_maps	array[lun_maps]	All LUN maps with which the initiator is associated. If the requested igroup is part of a remote, non-local, MetroCluster SVM, the LUN maps are not retrieved. There is an added cost to retrieving property values for `lun_maps`. They are not populated for either a collection GET or an instance GET unless explicitly requested using the `fields` query parameter. See Requesting specific fields to learn more.
name	string	The name of the initiator group. Required in POST; optional in PATCH.
os_type	string	The host operating system of the initiator group. All initiators in the group should be hosts of the same operating system. Required in POST; optional in PATCH.
parent_igroups	array[igroup_parent]	The initiator groups that contain this initiator group as as member.
portset	portset	The portset to which the initiator group is bound. Binding the initiator group to a portset restricts the initiators of the group to accessing mapped LUNs only through network interfaces in the portset. Optional in POST and PATCH. PATCH `portset.name` to an empty string ("") to unbind a portset from the initiator group.
protocol	string	The protocols supported by the initiator group. This restricts the type of initiators that can be added to the initiator group. Optional in POST; if not supplied, this defaults to mixed. The protocol of an initiator group cannot be changed after creation of the group.
supports_igroups	boolean	An initiator group may contain either initiators or other initiator groups, but not both simultaneously. This property is true when initiator groups can be added to this initiator group. The `initiators.name` property cannot be used to determine this via a query because it reports initiators inherited from nested igroups.
svm	svm
uuid	string	The unique identifier of the initiator group.

_links

comment

string

A comment available for use by the administrator. Valid in POST and PATCH.

delete_on_unmap

boolean

An option that causes the initiator group to be deleted when the last LUN map associated with it is deleted. Optional in POST and PATCH. This property defaults to false when the initiator group is created.

igroups

array[igroup_child]

The initiator groups that are members of the group. Optional in POST.

This property is mutually exclusive with the initiators property during POST.

This array contains only the direct children of the initiator group. If the member initiator groups have further nested initiator groups, those are reported in the igroups property of the child initiator group.

Zero or more nested initiator groups can be supplied when the initiator group is created. The initiator group will act as if it contains the aggregatation of all initiators in any nested initiator groups.

After creation, nested initiator groups can be added or removed from the initiator group using the /protocols/san/igroups/{igroup.uuid}/igroups endpoint. See link:post-protocols-san-igroups-igroups(#-san-igroup-nested-create)anddelete-protocols-san-igroups-igroups-.htmlPOST /protocols/san/igroups/{igroup.uuid}/igroups and [DELETE /protocols/san/igroups/{igroup.uuid}/igroups/{uuid}] for more details.

initiators

array[initiators]

The initiators that are members of the group or any group nested below this group. Optional in POST.

This property is mutually exclusive with the igroups property during POST.

During GET, this array contains initiators that are members of this group or any nested initiator groups below this group. When initiators of nested groups are returned, they include links to the initiator group that directly contains the initiator.

Zero or more initiators can be supplied when the initiator group is created. After creation, initiators can be added or removed from the initiator group using the /protocols/san/igroups/{igroup.uuid}/initiators endpoint. See link:post-protocols-san-igroups-initiators(#-san-igroup-initiator-create)anddelete-protocols-san-igroups-initiators-.htmlPOST /protocols/san/igroups/{igroup.uuid}/initiators and [DELETE /protocols/san/igroups/{igroup.uuid}/initiators/{name}] for more details.

lun_maps

array[lun_maps]

All LUN maps with which the initiator is associated.

If the requested igroup is part of a remote, non-local, MetroCluster SVM, the LUN maps are not retrieved.

There is an added cost to retrieving property values for lun_maps. They are not populated for either a collection GET or an instance GET unless explicitly requested using the fields query parameter. See Requesting specific fields to learn more.

name

string

The name of the initiator group. Required in POST; optional in PATCH.

os_type

string

The host operating system of the initiator group. All initiators in the group should be hosts of the same operating system. Required in POST; optional in PATCH.

parent_igroups

array[igroup_parent]

The initiator groups that contain this initiator group as as member.

portset

The portset to which the initiator group is bound. Binding the initiator group to a portset restricts the initiators of the group to accessing mapped LUNs only through network interfaces in the portset.

Optional in POST and PATCH. PATCH portset.name to an empty string ("") to unbind a portset from the initiator group.

protocol

string

The protocols supported by the initiator group. This restricts the type of initiators that can be added to the initiator group. Optional in POST; if not supplied, this defaults to mixed.

The protocol of an initiator group cannot be changed after creation of the group.

supports_igroups

boolean

An initiator group may contain either initiators or other initiator groups, but not both simultaneously. This property is true when initiator groups can be added to this initiator group. The initiators.name property cannot be used to determine this via a query because it reports initiators inherited from nested igroups.

svm

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the initiator group.

error_arguments

Name	Type	Description
code	string	Argument code
message	string	Message argument

Name

Type

Description

code

string

Argument code

message

string

Message argument

error

Name	Type	Description
arguments	array[error_arguments]	Message arguments
code	string	Error code
message	string	Error message
target	string	The target parameter that caused the error.

Name

Type

Description

arguments

array[error_arguments]

Message arguments

code

string

Error code

message

string

Error message

target

string

The target parameter that caused the error.

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Request Body

Response

Error

Definitions