CLI Guide

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set initiator

Description Sets the name of an initiator and optionally its profile.

Minimum role manage

Syntax

set initiator

id initiator

[nickname name]

[profile standard]

Parameters

id initiator

The ID of the initiator.For FC, the ID is a WWPN.

For SAS, the ID is a WWPN. For iSCSI, the ID is an IQN. A WWPN can include a colon between each

byte but the colons will be discarded.

[nickname name]

Optional. Sets the name of the initiator to the specified name. Input rules:

● The value is case sensitive.

● The value can have a maximum of 32 bytes.

● The value can include spaces and printable UTF-8 characters except: " , . < \

● A value that includes a space must be enclosed in double quotes.

[profile standard]

Optional. Default profile

CAUTION: Changing this parameter can disrupt access from connected initiators.

Examples For FC initiator 21000024ff3dfed1, set its name to FC-port1 and profile to standard.

# set initiator id 21000024ff3dfed1 nickname FC-port1 profile standard

For SAS initiator 21000024ff3dfed1, set its name to SAS-port1 and profile to standard.

# set initiator id 21000024ff3dfed1 nickname SAS-port1 profile standard

For iSCSI initiator iqn.1991-05.com.microsoft:myhost.domain, set its name to iSCSI-port1 and

profile to standard.

# set initiator id iqn.1991-05.com.microsoft:myhost.domain nickname

iSCSI-port1 profile standard