Creating Luns - HP VMA SAN Installation And Configuration Manual

igroup addto Command
igroup addto
The
Syntax
[no] igroup addto <igroup_name> initiators [initiator_name ...]
igroup_name
initiator_name
The following command adds three initiators to the initiator group named FINANCE:
igroup addto FINANCE initiators wwn.20:20:20:20:20:20:20:20
wwn.20:20:20:20:20:20:20:21 wwn.20:20:20:20:20:20:20:22
The following command removes the initiator wwn.20:20:20:20:20:20:20:20 from igroup
FINANCE and preserves the other two initiators (wwn.20:20:20:20:20:20:20:21
wwn.20:20:20:20:20:20:20:22).
no igroup addto FINANCE initiators wwn.20:20:20:20:20:20:20:20

Creating LUNs

The fourth step in configuring the vSHARE system is to create the LUNs. In vSHARE, LUNs are
addressable subsets of the flash memory within the container that comprises a HP VMA-series
Array. In many systems, a LUN may be referred to as a
As of this release, one container comprises a HP VMA-series Array.
Note:
On the host system (initiator), the LUN appears as a local SCSI disk. The host may further format
and partition the LUN. The target, or storage system, sees the contents of the LUN as a set of blocks
of arbitrary data.
Every LUN is created within a container, and each container comprises a HP VMA-series Array.
vSHARE implements LUNs at a minimum of 1 GB increments with the ability to configure up to
1024 LUNs per HP VMA SAN Gateway.
LUN Creation
To create a LUN, complete the following steps:
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command adds one or more initiators to a group.
The name is alphanumeric only.
The initiator_name must be prefixed with "wwn."
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