Iscsi Save-Initiator - Cisco MDS 9000 series Command Reference Manual

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iscsi save-initiator

To permanently save the automatically-assigned nWWN/pWWN mapping, use the iscsi save-initiator
command.
Syntax Description ip-address ip-address
name name
Defaults If initiator name or IP address is not specified, the nWWN/pWWN mapping for all initiators becomes
permanent.
Command Modes
Configuration mode.
Command History Release
1.3(1)
Usage Guidelines After executing the iscsi save-initiator command, issue the copy running-config startup-config to save
the nWWN/pWWN mapping across switch reboots.
After a dynamic iSCSI initiator has logged in, you may decide to permanently save the automatically
assigned nWWN/pWWN mapping so this initiator uses the same mapping the next time it logs in.
You can convert a dynamic iSCSI initiator to static iSCSI initiator and make its WWNs persistent.
Note You cannot convert a dynamic iSCSI initiator to a static iSLB initiator or a dynamic iSLB initiator to a
static iSCSI initiator.
This command is not supported on the Cisco MDS 9124 switch, the Cisco Fabric Switch for HP c-Class
Note
BladeSystem, and the Cisco Fabric Switch for IBM BladeCenter.
Examples The following example shows how to save the nWWN/pWWN mapping for all the initiators.
switch(config)# iscsi save-initiator
The following example shows how to save the nWWN/pWWN mapping for an initiator named
iqn.1987-02.com.cisco.initiator.
switch(config)# iscsi save-initiator name iqn.1987-02.com.cisco.initiator
OL-8413-07, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
iscsi save-initiator [ip-address ip-address | name name]
Specifies the initiator IP address.
Specifies the initiator name to be used from 1 to 255 characters. The
minimum length is 16 characters.
Modification
This command was introduced.
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference
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