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Fibre Channel boot-target pattern attributes

The following attributes provide information about a Fibre Channel boot-target category pattern.

These attributes can be included in the request body for the POST /patterns method and the response body for the GET /patterns/{id}/includeSettings method.

For more information about Fibre Channel boot-target patterns, see Defining Fibre Channel boot-target settings.

AttributesTypeDescription
template_typeStringType of category pattern. This value is always FibreChannel.
templateArrayInformation about the system-information category pattern
 checkvalueBooleanIdentifies whether only a primary boot target is defined. This can be one of the following values.
  • true. Only a primary boot target is defined.
  • false. A secondary boot target is enabled.
 descriptionStringCategory-pattern description
 lunbuttonvalueBooleanIndicates whether different LUN IDs are defined for each boot target when a secondary boot target is enabled. This can be one of the following values.
  • true. Different LUN IDs are defined for each boot target.
  • false. The same LUN ID is used for both primary and secondary boot targets, or only a primary target is defined.
 nameStringCategory-pattern name
 primaryStringWWPN address and LUN identifier to use as primary boot targets
Tip
If you specify 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 for the WWPN, Lenovo XClarity Administrator attempts to boot from the first discovered target.
 secondaryStringWWPN address and LUN identifier that is used as the secondary boot target
 typeStringType of category pattern. This value is always FibreChannel.
 userDefinedStringIdentifies whether the category pattern is user define or learned. This can be one of the following values.
  • true. The pattern is defined by the user.
  • false. The pattern is predefined by Lenovo.
 uriStringURI identifier for the exported pattern

Example

{
"template_type" : "FibreChannel",
"template" : {
"description" : "",
"checkvalue" : false,
"lunbuttonvalue" : false,
"name" : "Example FC Boot",
"primary" : "{\"items\":[{\"order\":\"0\",\"wwpn\":\"1A:55:56:43:22:21:00:01\",
\"lun\":\"0\",\"drag\":false,\"add\":true,\"remove\":false}]}",
"type" : "FibreChannel",
"userDefined" : true,
"uri" : "\/config\/template\/74"
}
}