Dell PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Administrator’s Guide

Create an initiator

You can manually create initiators. For example, you might want to define an initiator before a controller port is physically connected through a switch to a host.

1. Determine the FC or SAS WWN or iSCSI IQN to use for the initiator.
2. In the Hosts topic, select Action > Create Initiator. The Create Initiator panel opens.
3. In the Initiator ID field, enter the WWN or IQN. A WWN value can include a colon between each pair of digits but the colons will be discarded.
4. In the Initiator Name field, enter a nickname that helps you easily identify the initiator. For example, you could use MailServer_FCp1. An initiator name is case sensitive and can have a maximum of 32 bytes. It cannot already exist in the system or include the following: " , . < \
   If the name is used by another initiator, you are prompted to enter a different name.
5. In the Profile list, select Standard.
6. Click OK. The initiator is created and the hosts table is updated.