Reference Guide

Responses
HTTP
Code
Description Schema
200 Success
import_host_initia
tor_instance
404 Not Found error_response
import_host_system
Use these resource types to manage import host systems. Import host enables communication with
multipathing software on the host system to perform import operations. While configuring the
import_host_system if the host is not present a new Host will be created. If Host is already present,
the same Host will be updated with the import_host_system details. Also, import_host_system
supports FC and ISCSI connections between Host and source arrays. So for a single
import_host_system which supports both FC and ISCSI; there would be two Hosts entries for
representing the FC and iSCSI connections.
GET /import_host_system
Description
Query import host systems that are attached to volumes.
Responses
HTTP
Code
Description Schema
200 Success
<
import_host_syste
m_instance >
array
206 Partial content of import host system instance objects
<
import_host_syste
m_instance >
array
POST /import_host_system
Description
Add an import host system so that it can be mapped to a volume. Before mapping an import host
system, ensure that a host agent is installed. Host agents can be installed on Linux, Windows, and
ESXi host systems only. While adding import_host_system if Host is not present a new Host shall be
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