Navisphere Command Line Interface (CLI) Reference - VMware Communities

Access Logix (Storage Group) CommandsShared storage setup and management overviewStorage groups are meaningful only in shared environments wheremultiple hosts will have exclusive or shared access to LUNs in astorage system. Specify host-storage group access using the uniqueID (also called the world wide name, WWN) of each HBA and LUN.Generally, you may find it easier to use Navisphere Manager than theCLI to create and manipulate storage groups. However, the followingis a sequence of tasks you can perform using only the CLI.1. Plan the LUNs that each host will use: RAID group type, capacity,SP owner, storage group, and so on.2. Create the RAID groups, bind the LUNs, and assign the LUNs toRAID groups using manager or the CLI. See the unshared storageoverview in Chapter 3 for example use of the CLI.Note: If you are running VMware ESX Server, you can bind LUNs fromESX Server or a virtual machine (VM).3. Create the storage groups you want using manager or the CLIcommand storagegroup -create.4. Connect the hosts to storage groups using manager or the CLI.Use the CLI command storagegroup -connecthost to assign astorage group to all HBAs in a host, or the commandstoragegroup -setpath to assign a storage group to a specific HBAin a host.Note: If you are running VMware ESX Server, assign ESX Server to thestorage group.5. Assign LUNs to the storage groups using manager or the CLIstoragegroup -addhlu command.You can assign more than oneLUN to a storage group and let more than one host access astorage group.290 EMC Navisphere Command Line Interface (CLI) Reference