
Creates a new initiator for a host.
id | the URN of a ViPR Host |
All parameters are required unless otherwise stated.
Field | Description | Type | Notes |
<initiator_create> | |||
<protocol> | The protocols supported by the initiator which should be FC or iSCSI Valid values: FC iSCSI | String | |
<initiator_node> | The FC (Fibre Channel) initiator WWN (World Wide Name) of the initiator node | String | |
<initiator_port> | The initiator port which can be the WWN of an FC port or the IQN or EUI of an iSCSI port | String | |
<name> | The label of the initiator | String | |
</initiator_create> |
The details of the host initiator when creation is successfully.
This is an asychronous operation that returns a task object. For information on working with tasks, see Asynchronous Operations.
Field | Description | Type | Notes |
<task> | |||
<op_id> | The task operation id | String | |
<resource> | |||
<name> | The name of the resource | String | |
<id> | ViPR ID of the related object | URI | |
<link> | A hyperlink to the related object | ||
</resource> | |||
<tenant> | |||
<id> | ViPR ID of the related object | URI | |
<link> | A hyperlink to the related object | ||
</tenant> | |||
<associated_resources> | A list of links for associated resources | ||
<associated_resource> |
0-* Elements |
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<name> | The name of the resource | String | |
<id> | ViPR ID of the related object | URI | |
<link> | A hyperlink to the related object | ||
</associated_resource> | |||
</associated_resources> | |||
<state> | The state of the task Valid values: queued = task is queued pending = task is pending ready = task succeed error = task fails suspended_error = task is suspended due to an error suspended_no_error = task is suspended due to config/request | String | |
<allowed_operations> | The allowed operations of the task | String | |
<message> | The task detail message | String | |
<description> | The description of the task | String | |
<service_error> | |||
<code> | The numerical code associated with the error encountered when processing a service request | Integer | |
<description> | The description of the error | String | |
<details> | Detailed information concerning the error | String | |
</service_error> | |||
<start_time> | The date and time of when the task was started | DateTime | |
<end_time> | The date and time of when the task ended | DateTime | |
<progress> | Integer | ||
<workflow> | |||
<id> | ViPR ID of the related object | URI | |
<link> | A hyperlink to the related object | ||
</workflow> | |||
<queuedStartTime> | DateTime | ||
<queueName> | String | ||
<name> | The name assigned to this resource in ViPR. The resource name is set by a user and can be changed at any time. It is not a unique identifier. | String | |
<id> | An identifier that is generated by ViPR when the resource is created. The resource ID is guaranteed to be unique and immutable across all virtual data centers for all time. | URI | |
<link> | A hyperlink to the details for this resource | ||
<creation_time> | A timestamp that shows when this resource was created in ViPR | DateTime | |
<tags> | Keywords and labels that can be added by a user to a resource to make it easy to find when doing a search. | ||
<tag> | String |
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</tags> | |||
<inactive> | Whether or not the resource is inactive. When a user removes a resource, the resource is put in this state before it is removed from the ViPR database. | Boolean | |
<global> | Boolean | ||
<remote> | Boolean | ||
<vdc> | |||
<id> | ViPR ID of the related object | URI | |
<link> | A hyperlink to the related object | ||
</vdc> | |||
<internal> | Whether or not the resource is an internal resource. | Boolean | |
</task> |
POST https://192.168.0.0:4443/compute/hosts/urn:storageos:Host:0ad4cab1-77b6-4919-bfb5-07e1fc3f3ac5:/initiators HTTP/1.1 Content-Type: application/xml X-SDS-AUTH-TOKEN: <AUTH_TOKEN> <initiator_create> <protocol>iSCSI</protocol> <initiator_port>iqn.2001-10.com.emc.lss.host1</initiator_port> </initiator_create>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: application/xml <initiator> <creation_time>1380656352646</creation_time> <id>urn:storageos:Initiator:6f67a31e-db04-4cd1-bd06-15a2f0acebb9:</id> <inactive>false</inactive> <link href="/compute/initiators/urn:storageos:Initiator:6f67a31e-db04-4cd1-bd06-15a2f0acebb9:" rel="self"/> <tags/> <host> <id>urn:storageos:Host:2df35fce-e946-4b5f-8598-676a94f29a59:</id> <link href="/compute/hosts/urn:storageos:Host:2df35fce-e946-4b5f-8598-676a94f29a59:" rel="self"/> </host> <protocol>iSCSI</protocol> <hostname>halahost1.lss.emc.com</hostname> <initiator_port>iqn.2001-10.com.emc.lss.host1</initiator_port> </initiator>