lslss

Use the lslss command to list the logical subsystems (LSSes) for the specified DS or ESS storage system. You can use this output with the mkpath command.

Syntax

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramlslss-help-h-?-s-l-fmtdefaultxmldelim-delimcharstanza-ponoff-hdronoff-rnumber-voffon-devdevice_id

Parameters

-help | -h | -?
Lists help for the command. If you specify additional parameters and arguments, those parameters and arguments are ignored.
-l | -s
Displays detailed information for each storage system, including:
Column label Details
Device Storage system of the LSSs
LSS ID LSS identifier
-fmt { default | xml | delim | stanza }
Specifies the format of the output. You can specify one of these values:
default
Specifies that the output is displayed in tabular format using spaces as delimiters between columns. This is the default value.
xml
Specifies that the output is displayed in XML format.
delim
Specifies that output is displayed in a tabular format using commas as delimiters between columns.
To use a character other than a comma as the delimiter, specify -fmt delim -delim char , where char represents the character that you want to use as the delimiter. For example, if you want to use a colon (:) as the delimiter, use the following -fmt parameter:
-fmt delim -delim :
If you use a shell metacharacter as the delimiting character, enclose the character in quotation marks or single quotation marks. A blank space is not a valid character.
stanza
Specifies that the output is displayed as one keyword-value pair per line.
-p { on | off }
Specifies whether to display one page of text at a time or all text at once.
on
Displays one page of text at a time. Pressing any key displays the next page. This is the default value when the command is run in interactive mode.
off
Displays all text at once. This is the default value when the command is run in single-shot mode.
-hdr { on | off }
Specifies whether to display the table header. You can specify one of these values:
on
Displays the table header. This is the default value.
off
Hides the table header.
-r number
Specifies the number of rows per page to display when the -p parameter is specified. You can specify a value of 1 - 100. The default value is 22.
-v { on | off }
Specifies whether to enable verbose mode. You can specify one of these values:
on
Enables verbose mode.
off
Disables verbose mode. This is the default value.
-dev device_id
Lists information for the specified DS or ESS storage system.

Example: Listing LSS for a storage system

The following command lists all available LSSs associated with the storage system DS8000:BOX:2107.04131.

csmcli> lslss -dev DS8000:BOX:2107.04131 

The following output is returned:

Device                LSS
==============================================
DS8000:BOX:2107.04131 DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:00
DS8000:BOX:2107.04131 DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:01
DS8000:BOX:2107.04131 DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:02
DS8000:BOX:2107.04131 DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:03
DS8000:BOX:2107.04131 DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:04
DS8000:BOX:2107.04131 DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:05
DS8000:BOX:2107.04131 DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:06
DS8000:BOX:2107.04131 DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:07
DS8000:BOX:2107.04131 DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:08
DS8000:BOX:2107.04131 DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:09
DS8000:BOX:2107.04131 DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:0A
DS8000:BOX:2107.04131 DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:0B
DS8000:BOX:2107.04131 DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:0C
DS8000:BOX:2107.04131 DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:0D
DS8000:BOX:2107.04131 DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:0E
DS8000:BOX:2107.04131 DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:0F
DS8000:BOX:2107.04131 DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:10
DS8000:BOX:2107.04131 DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:11
DS8000:BOX:2107.04131 DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:12
DS8000:BOX:2107.04131 DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:14