vSphere Storage - ESXi 5.1 - Documentation - VMware

Procedure
1 To add a claim rule for a specific SATP, run the
esxcli --server=server_name storage nmp satp rule add command. The command takes the following
options.
Option Description
-b|--boot This is a system default rule added at boot time. Do not modify esx.conf or
add to host profile.
-c|--claim-option=string Set the claim option string when adding a SATP claim rule.
-e|--description=string Set the claim rule description when adding a SATP claim rule.
-d|--device=string Set the device when adding SATP claim rules. Device rules are mutually
exclusive with vendor/model and driver rules.
-D|--driver=string Set the driver string when adding a SATP claim rule. Driver rules are
mutually exclusive with vendor/model rules.
-f|--force Force claim rules to ignore validity checks and install the rule anyway.
-h|--help Show the help message.
-M|--model=string Set the model string when adding SATP a claim rule. Vendor/Model rules
are mutually exclusive with driver rules.
-o|--option=string Set the option string when adding a SATP claim rule.
-P|--psp=string Set the default PSP for the SATP claim rule.
-O|--psp-option=string Set the PSP options for the SATP claim rule.
-s|--satp=string The SATP for which a new rule will be added.
-R|--transport=string Set the claim transport type string when adding a SATP claim rule.
-t|--type=string Set the claim type when adding a SATP claim rule.
-V|--vendor=string Set the vendor string when adding SATP claim rules. Vendor/Model rules
are mutually exclusive with driver rules.
NOTE When searching the SATP rules to locate a SATP for a given device, the NMP searches the driver
rules first. If there is no match, the vendor/model rules are searched, and finally the transport rules. If
there is still no match, NMP selects a default SATP for the device.
2 Reboot your host.
Example: Defining an NMP SATP Rule
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The following sample command assigns the VMW_SATP_INV plug-in to manage storage arrays with vendor
string NewVend and model string NewMod.
# esxcli --server=server_name storage nmp satp rule add -V NewVend -M NewMod -s VMW_SATP_INV
If you run the esxcli --server=server_name storage nmp satp list -s VMW_SATP_INV command, you can see
the new rule added to the list of VMW_SATP_INV rules.
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