Registering new HBA in CLARiiON with CLI

[emc_troy]

Hi team,

Is there a way to add a HBA WWN in CLARiiON with navicli/naviseccli?

I have a bunch of servers, not SAN connected yet, but I have the WWNs and I want to pre configure storage for them.

Thanks in advance,

Troy

[dynamox]

you are trying to manually register the hosts ?

[emc_troy]

Yes, but the HBA is not logged in to SPs

[dynamox · Accepted solution]

this is kind of an old thread ..

https://community.emc.com/message/406702

[emc_troy]

Thank you dynamox. Just tested it - works like a charm!!!

[dynamox]

cool, you used instructions outlined in that Cisco document ?

[emc_troy]

...kind of...

This is the full story: I found a Primus on powerlink yesterday: emc228087 How to manually register HBA with Navisphere CLI or Navisphere SECCLI. For some reason I decided that it is for HBA that are logged in to clariion, and it just rejgisters them. Once you pointed to Cisco doc, and it uses the same comand I decided to try it. So this is the result - exactly what I need:

C:\>naviseccli -User troy -Password xxxx -Scope 0 -h 10.5.22.195  storagegroup -create -gname Troy

C:\>naviseccli -User troy -Password xxxxxx -Scope 0 -h IP  storagegroup -setpath -o -gname Troy -hbauid FF:FF:FF:FF:88:88:88:88:EE:EE:EE:EE:88:88:88:88 -sp a -spport 1 -type 3 -ip 9.9.9.9 -host dummy.ny.fw.gs.com -failovermode 1
-arraycommpath 1

C:\>naviseccli -User troy -Password xxxxxxx -Scope 0 -h IP  storagegroup -list

......

Storage Group Name:    Troy
Storage Group UID:     EC:18:BD:94:DF:DE:DE:11:B4:64:00:60:16:10:15:55
HBA/SP Pairs:

  HBA UID                                          SP Name     SPPort
  -------                                          -------     ------
  FF:FF:FF:FF:88:88:88:88:EE:EE:EE:EE:88:88:88:88   SP A         1 Shareable:             YES

C:\>naviseccli -User troy -Password xxxx -Scope 0 -h IP  getall -hba

.....

Information about each HBA:

HBA UID:                 FF:FF:FF:FF:88:88:88:88:EE:EE:EE:EE:88:88:88:88
Server Name:             dummy.ny.fw.gs.com
Server IP Address:       9.9.9.9
HBA Model Description:  
HBA Vendor Description: 
HBA Device Driver Name:  
Information about each port of this HBA:

    SP Name:               SP A
    SP Port ID:            1
    HBA Devicename:       
    Trusted:               NO
    Logged In:             NO
    Defined:               YES
    Initiator Type:           3
    StorageGroup Name:     Troy
    ArrayCommPath:         1
    Failover mode:         1
    Unit serial number:    Array

[dynamox]

sweet ..thank you for sharing Troy. I wish we could move this post to Support Forums. It could help a lot of guys "pre-create" hosts for migration purposes.