This command creates a new host port identification on a host bus adapter (HBA) or on a host channel adapter (HCA). The identification is a software value that represents the physical HBA or HCA host port to the controller. Without the correct host port identification, the controller cannot receive instructions or data from the host port.
create hostPort identifier=(wwID | gid) userLabel=portLabel host=hostName interfaceType=(FC | SAS | IB)
Parameter | Description |
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identifier | The 8-byte World Wide Identifier (WWID) or the 16-byte group identifier (GID) of the HBA or HCA host port. Enclose the WWID or the GID in double quotation marks (“ ”). |
userLabel | The name that you want to give to the new HBA or HCA host port. Enclose the host port label in double quotation marks (“ ”). |
host | The name of the host for which you are defining an HBA or HCA host port. Enclose the host name in double quotation marks (“ ”). |
interfaceType |
The identifier of the interface type. The choices for your host interface types are: Fibre Channel (FC), Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS), or Infiniband (IB). An FC or a SAS selection requires an 8-byte WWID. An IB selection requires a 16-byte group identifier (gid). |
An HBA host port or an HCA host port is a physical connection on a host bus adapter or on a host channel adapter that resides in a host computer. An HBA host port or an HCA host port provides host access to the logical drives in a storage subsystem. If the HBA or the HCA has only one physical connection (one host port), the terms host port and host bus adapter or host channel adapter are synonymous.
You can use any combination of alphanumeric characters, hyphens, and underscores for the host names. Host names can have a maximum of 30 characters.
5.20
7.10 deprecates the hostType parameter. The hostType parameter has been added to the create host command.
7.32 adds the interfaceType parameter.