User's Manual

Command line 57
Item Description
ProfileName (required)
The name of an existing profile to which the new connection is being added
Properties
Network (optional)
The name of an existing network to associate with the connection. If the network
name is not specified or is unassigned, it can be assigned later.
AddressType (optional)
The source of MAC address assignments to be used during the creation of the
new connection. If not specified, the default is the domain default. If
"User-Defined" is specified, the iSCSI MAC address must be specified. Valid
values include "Factory-Default", "User-Defined", or "Pool-Specified".
IMPORTANT: "User-Defined" addresses within the domain address pool range
are permanently depleted from the pool and can only be re-used as
"User-Defined". Deleting the profile does not return the address to the pool.
Deleting the domain is the only way to return "User-Defined" addresses to the
pool.
To use the "Pool-Specified" option, the domain MAC pool must be defined as
VC-defined or user-defined, and the listed addresses must be available in the
current pool.
iScsiMAC (required if
AddressType is
User-Defined or
Pool-Specified)
The user-defined iSCSI MAC address to use for the connection
SpeedType (optional)
The requested operational speed for the server port. Valid values include
"Auto", "Preferred", "Custom", and "Disabled". The default value is
"Preferred".
If the speed type is "Auto", the maximum port speed is allocated but is
constrained by the maximum configured speed for the network.
If the speed type is "Preferred", the speed of the network is the same as the
preferred speed of the network to which the connection is associated. If no
preferred speed is configured for a network, the speed type defaults to "Auto".
If the speed type is "Custom", you can configure a speed (using the Speed
property) from 100Mb to the MAX configured speed for the network in 100Mb
increments.
If the speed type is "Disabled", bandwidth is not allocated, and the server port
status is "Administratively Disabled".
Speed (required if the
SpeedType is Custom)
The user-defined speed for the server port. Valid values include from 100Mb to
the MAX configured speed for the network in 100Mb increments.
Examples
->add iscsi-connection MyNewProfile Network=SomeNetwork
Adds a new iSCSI connection to the profile
->add iscsi-connection MyNewProfile
Adds a new iSCSI connection and leaves it unassigned
->add iscsi-connection MyNewProfile
AddressType=Factory-Default
Adds a new iSCSI network connection and uses factory-default addresses
->add iscsi-connection MyNewProfile
AddressType=User-Defined iScsiMAC=00-17-A4-77-00-00
Adds a new iSCSI network connection and provides a user-defined MAC
address
->add iscsi-connection MyNewProfile
AddressType=Pool-Specified iScsiMAC=00-17-A4-77-00-00
Adds a new iSCSI network connection and provides a MAC address from the
VC-defined or user-defined pool