About this task

This task creates a host on the InfiniBox system.

Prerequisites

• Ports (iSCSI or FC, as needed)

GUI instructions

1. Click the Hosts & Clusters icon on the toolbar at the left of the InfiniBox Management Console screen.
2. Select Host from the drop-down list at the right of the Create button.
   The Create Host screen opens.
   
   • Alternately, click the Hosts tab and click Create. 
3. Provide a name to the host.
4. Add ports (This is optional. The ports can be added later).
   1. Select a Protocol Type for the port that will be added (FC or iSCSI). 
   2. Provide ports to the host. 
      1. For FC, choose between the following options:
         1. Select from a list of unassigned ports
         2. Insert the port manually
      2. For iSCSI, insert the IQN manually
5. Click Create.
   The host is created. 

InfiniShell instructions

Use the following commands:

• host.create - to create a port
• host.add_port - to add ports to the host
• host.initiator_query - to query for available initiators

See also

• Querying for mappings and for unmapped initiators