text: **8.5.4 Host cluster operations**
  
  This section describes the following host cluster operations that can be performed by using 
  the CLI: 
  
  (cid:2) Creating a host cluster (mkhostcluster) 
  (cid:2) Adding a member to the host cluster (addhostclustermember) 
  (cid:2) Listing a host cluster (lshostcluster) 
  (cid:2) Listing a host cluster member (lshostclustermember) 
  (cid:2) Assigning a volume to the host cluster (mkvolumehostclustermap) 
  (cid:2) Listing a host cluster for mapped volumes (lshostclustervolumemap) 
  (cid:2) Unmapping a volume from the host cluster (rmvolumehostclustermap) 
  (cid:2) Removing a host cluster member (rmhostclustermember) 
  (cid:2) Removing the host cluster (rmhostcluster) 
  
  **Creating a host cluster**
  To create a host cluster, the command**mkhostcluster**can be used, as shown in 
  Example 8-39. 
  
  Example 8-39 Creating a host cluster by using mkhostcluster 
  
  IBM_Storwize:ITSO-V7000:superuser>**mkhostcluster -name ITSO-ESX-Cluster-01**
  Host cluster, id [0], successfully created. 
  IBM_Storwize:ITSO-V7000:superuser> 