PowerStore: non-disruptive import fails to add host with not all host initiators present in a single external host

Summary: Addition of host failed due to not all host initiators present in a single external host. Check the initiator configuration and try again. (0xE0301003001D)

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Symptoms

Non-disruptive (agent-based) import fails with the error message:

Addition of host failed due to not all host initiators present in a single external host. Check the initiator configuration and try again. (0xE0301003001D)

Cause

The installed host plugin reports all FC  or iSCSI initiators that are present or configured on the host to the PowerStore. During the host-plugin installation, transport type is set up so either only the iSCSI IQN or the FC WWPNs are reported.
PowerStore then validates if it can associate all initiators to the same host object.

If a host has two FC HBAs with two ports each, all 4 WWPNs are reported to PowerStore.

The host might only be using one initiator per HBA to connect to PowerStore. If the host object on PowerStore does not include all initiators of the hosts (even the unconnected ones), this error message is displayed.

Resolution

Add all iSCSI, or all FC initiators to the host object even if they do not have any active connection to PowerStore.

Go to Compute, Host Information, (select the Host Group), select the Host, Initiators, Add Initiator
Initiators without an active session to PowerStore have to be added manually.

The host should have redundant connections to the Storage to allow IO - additional  initiators do not need to be connected.

 

Then re-try the import

Affected Products

PowerStore 1000X, PowerStore 1000T, PowerStore 1200T, PowerStore 3000X, PowerStore 3000T, PowerStore 3200Q, PowerStore 3200T, PowerStore 5000X, PowerStore 5000T, PowerStore 500T

Products

PowerStore 5200T, PowerStore 7000X, PowerStore 7000T, PowerStore 9000X, PowerStore 9000T, PowerStore 9200T
Article Properties
Article Number: 000322232
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 23 May 2025
Version:  1
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