Well I wont say this is the most polished script, and you will need to modify a few of the specific variables to your environment, but it's quick, dirty, and works.
in my environment, i only have a single initiator group for all hosts. Wrote this script to add additional esxi hosts via iscsi to the nimble.
need vmware powerCLI installed, and the nimble power shell toolkit as well.
script;
gets vmware hosts.
creates a standard vswitch with specified vmnics (set vmnics specific to your environment)
creates two vmkernel adapters. bound to each vmnic (active / disabled)
enables software iscsi initiator
bounds vmkernal adapters to the iscsi initiator
registeres the iqn on the nimble initiator group
adds the target ip's to the iscsi initiator
rescans
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# Network config for Standard Edition Hosts - Control Cluster.
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# Also can be modified to add iscsi to existing hosts.
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import-module NimblePowerShellToolKit
Connect-VIServer yourVcenterServer
# VARIABLES
$vmhost = get-vmhost | where-object { $_.Name -like "filter*"}
$targets = "1.2.3.4","1.2.4.4" #iScsi targets to add to hosts (if not already there)
$ip1 = "10.1.1." # base IP address for iScsi vlan 1
$ip2 = "10.1.2." # base IP address for iScsi vlan 2
#Array of last octect IP addresses for corresponding host names
$ipHost = @{"host1" = "101";
"host2" = "102";
"host3" = "103"
}
$nimbleCreds = Get-Credential -Message "Enter Credentials for Nimble Array" -UserName "admin"
Connect-NSGroup -Group 1.2.3.4 -credential $nimbleCreds
# grab initiatorGroup from Nimble.
$nimbIGroup = Get-NSInitiatorGroup -name initiatorGroup
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foreach ($esx in $vmhost) {
$oct = $IPHost.get_Item($esx.Name.Split(".")[0])
#vmStorage Switch - this can be a standard switch for all hosts.
#Create/Get Virtual Switch
if (-not($vSwitch = Get-VirtualSwitch -VMHost $esx -Name vmStorage 2>null))
{ $vSwitch = New-VirtualSwitch -VMHost $esx -Name "vmStorage" -Nic vmnic4,vmnic5 }
#$vSwitch = Get-VirtualSwitch -VMHost $esx -Name vmStorage
#1 Portgroup and nic policy
if (-not ( $pg = Get-VirtualPortGroup -VirtualSwitch $vSwitch -Name "iSCSI 1" 2>null ))
{ $pg = New-VirtualPortGroup -VirtualSwitch $vSwitch -Name "iSCSI 1" -VLanID 1 }
$pg | Get-NicTeamingPolicy | Set-NicTeamingPolicy -MakeNicActive vmnic4 -MakeNicUnused vmnic5
New-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMHost $esx -PortGroup $pg -virtualSwitch $vSwitch -IP "$ip1$oct" -SubnetMask 255.255.255.0
#store the vmkx name for this adapter
$vmk0 = $(Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMHost $esx -PortGroup $pg -virtualSwitch $vSwitch ).Name
#2 Portgroup and nic policy
if (-not ( $pg = Get-VirtualPortGroup -VirtualSwitch $vSwitch -Name "iSCSI 2" 2>null ))
{ $pg = New-VirtualPortGroup -VirtualSwitch $vSwitch -Name "iSCSI 2" -VLanID 2 }
$pg | Get-NicTeamingPolicy | Set-NicTeamingPolicy -MakeNicActive vmnic5 -MakeNicUnused vmnic4
New-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMHost $esx -PortGroup $pg -virtualSwitch $vSwitch -IP "$ip2$oct" -SubnetMask 255.255.255.0
#store the vmkx name for this adapter
$vmk1 = $(Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMHost $esx -PortGroup $pg -virtualSwitch $vSwitch ).Name
#iSCSI setup
#Create Software iSCSI Adapter
get-vmhoststorage $esx | set-vmhoststorage -softwareiscsienabled $True
#Get Software iSCSI adapter HBA number and put it into an array
$HBA = Get-VMHostHba -VMHost $esx -Type iScsi | Where-Object {$_.Model -eq "iSCSI Software Adapter"}
#add the vmkernel adapters to the software iscsi adapter.
$Esxcli = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $esx
$Esxcli.iscsi.networkportal.add($HBA, $Null, $vmk0)
$Esxcli.iscsi.networkportal.add($HBA, $Null, $vmk1)
#add the iniator to the Nimble initiator
if (-not(Get-NSInitiator | where-object { $_.iqn -eq $HBA.IScsiName } ))
#create the initiator if it doesn't exist
{ New-NSInitiator -initiator_group_id $nimbIGroup.id -access_protocol iscsi -label $esx.name -iqn $HBA.IScsiName }
# add the targets to the software iscsi initiator
foreach ($target in $targets){
if (Get-IScsiHbaTarget -IScsiHba $HBA -Type Send | Where {$_.Address -cmatch $target}) {
Write-Host "The target $target does exist on $esx" -ForegroundColor Green
} else {
Write-Host "The target $target doesn't exist on $esx" -ForegroundColor Red
Write-Host "Creating $target on $esx ..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
New-IScsiHbaTarget -IScsiHba $hba -Address $target
}
}
$esx | Get-VMHostStorage -RescanAllHba
}
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