Discovers a SAN server.
create SanServer
plugin=
name
storageType=
{ FibreChannelStorageArray
| iSCSIStorageArray
} [accessHost=
] [value
accessPort=
] [ value
accessUsername=
value
accessPassword=
] [value
useChap=
{ yes
| no
}] [ adminHost=
value
adminUserName=
value
adminPassword=
] value
name=
[value
description=
]value
This command discovers a SAN server and adds it to Oracle VM Manager. If you
are adding a non-generic SAN server also enter the additional
plug-in options to enable Oracle VM Manager to access the file server's
configuration management functions using the
adminHost
option.
To add more access hosts to enable
multipathing on ISCSI servers, use the
addAccessHost
command.
After discovering a SAN server, you should add storage initiators to it, add admin servers to it, then refresh it.
The following table shows the available options for this command.
Option | Description |
---|---|
| The storage plug-in to use for the SAN server. If a vendor specific plug-in is configured it is made available as an option here. To see the list of options, use the ? option, for example: OVM> create SanServer plugin=? |
| The storage type for the SAN server. |
| The hostname or IP address for the SAN server. This is not applicable to fibre channel storage arrays. |
|
The port on which access to the SAN server is allowed.
When adding iSCSI storage, add the access port as well.
The default access port for iSCSI is
|
|
A username with administrative access to the SAN server,
used with |
|
The password for the |
| Whether to use CHAP authentication. |
| The host name or IP address where administrative access to the SAN server is allowed. |
|
A user name with administrative access to the SAN server,
used with |
|
The administrator password for the
|
| A name to identify the SAN server. |
| Optional description for the SAN server. |
Any create command only creates a single instance of an object, and therefore only accepts a single object instance as an attribute. Providing more than one object of the same attribute type as a parameter always results in the last attribute value taking precedence.
Example A.33 Discovering a SAN server
OVM> create SanServer plugin="Oracle Generic SCSI Plugin(1.2.1)" name=MyISCIServer \
storageType=iSCSIStorageArray accessHost=10.172.76.130 accessport=3260