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 multiple servers (one in each row).
The CSV file must have the following headings:
- For Fibre:
  - Name, OSType, WWNs (comma-separated list of WWNs)
  - (Optional) Description, IPAddress and WWNsUserDefinedNames (comma-separated list of user-defined names for WWNs).
- For FC-NVMe:
  - Name, OSType, Host NQN
  - (Optional) Description, IPAddress, WWNs (comma-separated list of WWNs), and WWNsUserDefinedNames (comma-separated list of user-defined names for WWNs).
- For iSCSI:
  - Name, OSType, IscsiName (comma-separated list of names)
  - (Optional) Description, IPAddress, ChapUser, ChapSecret and IscsiNamesUserDefinedNames (comma-separated list of user-defined names for iSCSI Names).

Valid OSType values are as follows:

AIX
HP_UX
LINUX
NETWARE
OVMS
SOLARIS
TRU64
VMWARE
VMWARE_EX
WIN
WIN_EX

Note: See the storage system documentation for the OS Type and Host Mode of the host groups associated with the storage system.

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.