Connect-VMSan

Connect-VMSan

Associates a host bus adapter with a virtual storage area network (SAN).

Syntax

Parameter Set: HbaObject
Connect-VMSan [-Name] <String> -HostBusAdapter <CimInstance[]> [-Passthru] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [ <CommonParameters>]

Parameter Set: StringWwn
Connect-VMSan [-Name] <String> -WorldWideNodeName <String[]> -WorldWidePortName <String[]> [-ComputerName <String[]> ] [-Passthru] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [ <CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

The Connect-VMSan cmdlet associates a host bus adapter with a virtual storage area network (SAN).

Parameters

-ComputerName<String[]>

Specifies one or more Hyper-V hosts where the host bus adapter is to be associated with the virtual storage area network (SAN). NetBIOS names, IP addresses, and fully-qualified domain names are allowable. The default is the local computer — use “localhost” or a dot (“.”) to specify the local computer explicitly.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

.

Accept Pipeline Input?

true (ByPropertyName)

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-HostBusAdapter<CimInstance[]>

Specifies the host bus adapter to be associated with the virtual storage area network (SAN).

Aliases

none

Required?

true

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

true (ByValue)

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-Name<String>

Specifies the name of the virtual storage area network (SAN) with which the host bus adapter is to be associated.

Aliases

none

Required?

true

Position?

1

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

true (ByPropertyName)

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-Passthru

Specifies that a Microsoft.Virtualization.Powershell.SAN object is to be passed through to the pipeline representing the virtual storage area network (SAN) to be associated with the host bus adapter.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-WorldWideNodeName<String[]>

Specifies the world wide node name of the host bus adapter to be associated with the virtual storage area network (SAN).

Aliases

none

Required?

true

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-WorldWidePortName<String[]>

The port world wide name of the host bus adapter to be associated with the virtual storage area network (SAN).

Aliases

none

Required?

true

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

false

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

false

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see    about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216).

Inputs

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.

Outputs

The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

  • None by default; Microsoft.Virtualization.Powershell.SAN if –PassThru is specified.

Examples

Example 1

Associates the virtual storage area network (SAN) named Production with the host bus adapter having the specified world wide node name and world wide port name.

PS C:\> Connect-VMSan –Name Production -WorldWideNodeName C003FF0000FFFF00 –WorldWidePortName C003FF5778E50002