Cisco MDS 9000 Series Command Reference

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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference
OL-8413-07, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
Chapter 11 I Commands
iscsi save-initiator
iscsi save-initiator
To permanently save the automatically-assigned nWWN/pWWN mapping, use the iscsi save-initiator
command.
iscsi save-initiator [ip-address ip-address | name name]
Syntax Description
Defaults If initiator name or IP address is not specified, the nWWN/pWWN mapping for all initiators becomes
permanent.
Command Modes Configuration mode.
Command History
Usage Guidelines After executing the iscsi save-initiator command, issue the copy running-config startup-config to save
the nWWN/pWWN mapping across switch reboots.
After a dynamic iSCSI initiator has logged in, you may decide to permanently save the automatically
assigned nWWN/pWWN mapping so this initiator uses the same mapping the next time it logs in.
You can convert a dynamic iSCSI initiator to static iSCSI initiator and make its WWNs persistent.
Note You cannot convert a dynamic iSCSI initiator to a static iSLB initiator or a dynamic iSLB initiator to a
static iSCSI initiator.
Note This command is not supported on the Cisco MDS 9124 switch, the Cisco Fabric Switch for HP c-Class
BladeSystem, and the Cisco Fabric Switch for IBM BladeCenter.
Examples The following example shows how to save the nWWN/pWWN mapping for all the initiators.
switch(config)# iscsi save-initiator
The following example shows how to save the nWWN/pWWN mapping for an initiator named
iqn.1987-02.com.cisco.initiator.
switch(config)# iscsi save-initiator name iqn.1987-02.com.cisco.initiator
ip-address ip-address Specifies the initiator IP address.
name name Specifies the initiator name to be used from 1 to 255 characters. The
minimum length is 16 characters.
Release Modification
1.3(1) This command was introduced.

Cisco MDS 9000 Series Specifications

General

Category	Switch
Operating System	Cisco NX-OS
Ports	Varies by model
Protocols	Fibre Channel (FC), Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP), iSCSI
Redundancy	Redundant supervisors, power supplies, and fans
Management	Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM), CLI, SNMP
Virtualization Support	VSANs (Virtual SANs)
Security Features	Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP)
Hot Swappable Components	power supplies, fans
Power Supply Options	AC and DC options available