Adding servers

Add servers so you can attach volumes. You can add multiple server parameters from a file or add one server at a time.

You can add servers using one of the following methods:

Manually add information for one server at a time.
Import a CSV (comma-separated values) file with information for one server in each row.
The CSV file must have the following headings:
- For Fibre:
  - Name, OSType, WWNs (comma-separated list of WWNs)
  - Description, IPAddress and WWNsUserDefinedNames (comma-separated list of user-defined names for WWNs) are optional headings.
- For FC-NVMe:
  - Name, OSType, Host NQN
  - Description, IPAddress, WWNs (comma-separated list of WWNs), and WWNsUserDefinedNames (comma-separated list of user-defined names for WWNs) are optional headings.
- For iSCSI:
  - Name, OSType, IscsiName (comma-separated list of names)
  - Description, IPAddress, ChapUser, ChapSecret and IscsiNamesUserDefinedNames (comma-separated list of user-defined names for iSCSI Names) are optional headings.
Valid OSType values are as follows:
- AIX
- HP_UX
- LINUX
- NETWARE
- OVMS
- SOLARIS
- TRU64
- VMWARE
- VMWARE_EX
- WIN
- WIN_EX

On the Ops Center Administrator dashboard, click Servers. Then click the plus sign (+) to open the Add Server window.

In the Add Server window, do one of the following:

Click the upper plus sign (+) to browse for the CSV file or drag the file to the plus sign. The values from the file populate the window. Example:

name,description,ipAddress,osType,wwns,wwnsUserDefinedNames
Esxi,ESXI HOST,10.30.90.200,VMWARE_EX,10:00:00:05:33:26:f7:21,Esxi_HBA_1
Win,WINDOWS
HOST,10.30.91.80,WIN_EX,"10:00:00:05:33:26:f7:37,10:00:00:05:33:26:f7:36","HOST_HBA_1,HOST_HBA_2"
ESXi_Cisco_1,ESXi HOST connected to Cisco
Fabric,,VMWARE_EX,"10:00:00:05:33:26:e0:fc,10:00:00:05:33:26:e0:fd","Fabric_HBA_1"
ESXi_Cisco_2,ESXi HOST connected to Cisco
Fabric,,VMWARE_EX,"100000053326df1a,100000053326df1b",",Fabric_HBA_2"

To add Fibre, FC-NVMe, and iSCSI servers at the same time, use the following format:

name,description,ipAddress,osType,wwns,wwnsUserDefinedNames,iscsiNames,iscsiNamesUserDefinedNames,chapUserName,chapUserSecret,hostNqns
linux-iscsi,test dummy host,20.10.10.10,Linux,,,"iqn. linuxiscsi-1,iqn. linux-iscsi-2,eui.1234567890abCDef","linux- iscsi-HBA-1,linux-iscsi-HBA-2,linux-iscsi-HBA-3",,
-windows-iscsi-uni-chap,test dummy host,20.10.10.20,Win,,,iqn.-windows-iscsi-unichap,"""host- HBA-1""",chapUserName,chapUserSecret
-windows-iscsi-bi-chap,test dummy host,20.10.10.30,Win,,,iqn.- windows-iscsi-bichap,"""windows-iscsi-bi-chap-
HBA-1""",chapUserName,chapUserSecret
-vmware-iscsi-longest,test dummy host,20.10.10.40,VMWARE,,,"iqn.123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789,eui.3234567890abCDef" ed801h,Windows,10.197.73.57,WIN,10:00:00:90:fa:b4:a8:71,"ed801 h-HBA-1"
ed800n,ESX Host,10.197.73.7,VMWARE,10:00:00:90:fa:55:85:5d,"ed800n-HBA-1"
-linux,test dummy host,10.10.10.10,Linux,10:10:10:10:10:10:10:10,"ed801h-HBA-1"
-windows,test dummy host,10.10.10.20,Win,10:10:10:10:10:10:10:20,"host-HBA-1"
-vmware,test dummy host,10.10.10.30,VMWARE,10:10:10:10:10:10:10:30
nvme-linux,test dummy nvme host,192.0.2.10,LINUX, 10:10:10:10:10:10:20:10,”nvme-linux-hba-1”,,,,,nqn.test-01
nvme-vmware,test dummy nvme host,192.0.2.20,VMWARE, 10:10:10:10:10:10:20:20,,,,,,nqn.test-02
nvme-vmware-ex,test dummy nvme host,192.0.2.30,VMWARE_EX,,,,,,,nqn.test-03

Click the plus sign (+) in the table to add a row and enter the required information for Fibre Channel, FC-NVMe, or iSCSI. You can add more servers by clicking the plus sign again.
(Optional) You can use the WWN List or iSCSI List to add/edit a server.
(Optional) You can add comma-separated user-defined names for WWNs or iSCSI names in the order they are specified.

Click Submit to add the servers.

Create volumes and attach them to the server.