Add Initiator Group

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The Add Initiator Group window enables you to perform the following task:

Adding initiator groups:

1. In the Group Name field, enter a group name for the initiator group you are adding.
   
   The group name is case-sensitive and can contain up to 96 alphanumeric characters. The first character must be a letter. The following special characters are NOT allowed in the group name:

• Ampersand ( & )

• Pound or hash ( # )

• Period ( . )

• Single quote ( ' )

• Double quotes ( " )

• Space

• Tab

2. From the Type list, select the type of initiator group you are adding.
   
   By default, FCP is selected.

Notes: 

• Select FCP if the initiators in this group are using Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP).

• Select iSCSI if the initiators in this group are using the iSCSI protocol. 

3. From the Operating System list, select the operating system for the initiator group.
   
   By default, default is selected. The value default indicates that the initiator group can contain initiators with different types of operating systems. However, Network Appliance recommends including initiators of one type of operating system in a group. 

4. In the Initiators field, enter the node names for the iSCSI initiators and World Wide Port Names (WWPNs) for the FCP initiators.

Notes: 

• Separate the node names or WWPNs with a comma, space, or newline.

• The WWPNs for FCP initiators must be in the format xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx 

For example: 

10:00:00:00:c9:2b:7c:0f

• The node names for iSCSI initiators must be in one of the following two formats:

• iqn.YYYY-MM.com.netapp.diskarrays

• eui.HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, where H is any hexadecimal digit

5. Click Add.