How to add a host in Pure Flash Array storage using CLI

 Pure Flash Array storage uses the "host" option/attribute to define server-storage relation. A host can be configured in Pure Flash array by using GUI as well as CLI.  In this article, we will be exploring the CLI option to configure/add a host in Pure Flash Array storage. To create a host entry in Pure Flash Array Storage, we use the "purehost create" command. 

The common arguments are,

  --personality PERSONALITY

             personality (aix, esxi, hitachi-vsp, hpux, oracle-vm-server, solaris, vms or "")

  --wwnlist WWNLIST     

            comma-separated list of worldwide names (nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn or nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn) 

syntax : purehost create [--personality PERSONALITY] [--wwnlist WWNLIST] HOST

if you are using an iSCSI connection, use --iqnlist argument instead of WWNs.

Eg: 

pureuser@x90pureFA> purehost create --wwnlist 10000000C9D8C316,10000000C9D8C317 PRODESX1 --personality esxi

Name                 WWN                   IQN  NQN        Personality

PRODESX1   10:00:00:00:C9:D8:C3:16      -        -            esxi

           10:00:00:00:C9:D8:C3:17