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SAN Switch cheat sheet

M-Series M-Series (Mcdata) switches uses both web and CLI, the table below displays some but not all the CLI commands. commadelim Toggle comma-demlimited display mode config configure settings login login into CLI with different access rights maint maintenance settings perf Performance statistics reserved reserved for future development show display attributes features configure feature settings ip

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EMC Symmetrix SAN Storage Provisioning – Allocating, Unallocating and Zoning

Basically, if you are working on EMC Symmetrix DMX series, you have to understand the 17 rules of the FA (Front Adapter), understand the load balance on how much you had currently utilized on the Storage FA assignment. Adding Storage 1.     Lists all the external locks held in Symmetrix array 1234.      # symcfg -sid

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HP-UX: Importing SAN VG from a failed server

Assign the same EMC LUNs to the new server. Recognize all the LUNs in newserver from ioscan. #ioscan -fnKC disk Create a script with the following contents to get the VG info. Here created the script in filename /usr/bin/vgid.# vi /usr/bin/vgidecho ” Disk Name CPU ID PV ID CPU ID VG ID”echo ” ———————————————————“for i

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How do I migrate existings LUNs from one HP-UX host to another?

In order to successfully move LUNs to a new host, these general steps must be taken.All physical volumes (which relate to a physical LUN) within a volume group must be moved as a group.First backup your /etc/lvmtab and the /etc/fstab files. Under HP-UX on the server where the LUNs currently reside, run the following:      1.

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HP-UX host attached to CLARiiON array reports zero when running diskinfo command and in sam

Question: Why does diskinfo on HP-UX return 0 on logical paths connected to a CLARiiON array? Environment: Product: CLARiiON CX-Series Environment: OS: HP-UX Environment: Host Level Protection: PVlinks Problem: ioscan -fnC disk shows both primary and secondary logical paths to the CLARiiON array. Problem: diskinfo reports a value of 0 on the secondary logical paths. Problem:

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Clariion: Commands for Navisphere CLI

Physical Container-Front End Ports Speeds naviseccli –h 10.1.50.131 port –list -sfpstatenaviseccli –h 10.1.50.131 –set sp a –portid 0 2naviseccli –h 10.1.50.131 backendbus –get –speeds 0 SP Reboot and Shutdown GUInaviseccli –h 10.1.50.131 rebootspnaviseccli –h 10.1.50.131 resetandhold Disk Summarynaviseccli –h 10.1.50.131 getdisknaviseccli –h 10.1.50.131 getdisk 0_0_9 (Bus_Enclosure_Disk – specific disk) Storage System Properties- Cache Tabnaviseccli –h

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HP-UX : How To Create Swap – Command Line

To create swap, we need a contiguous space on a disk / LUN. Create vg01: pvcreate /dev/rdsk/c12t0d0pvcreate /dev/rdsk/c12t2d0vgcreate -s 8 -p 128 /dev/vg01 /dev/dsk/c12t0d0 /dev/dsk/c12t2d0vgchange -a y /dev/vg01 lvcreate -C y -L 16384 -n lvswap /dev/vg01 /usr/sbin/swapon -f -p 3  /dev/vg01/lvswap add to /etc/fstab: /dev/vg01/lvswap … swap pri=3 0 0 Original post blogged on b2evolution.

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How do I extend the terminal width or set term variables with ksh? / Not Getting the full command info from ps in Unix terminal ?

To identify processes to kill we need to view the FULL output from the ps command (we use the comm field). But by default we are not able to view full command.  So here is the solution.. Solaris : /usr/ucb/ps -awux You may need two “w” options. From ps(1b): -w Uses a wide output format

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