lsmc

Use the lsmc command to display a summary of management consoles and settings.

Syntax

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Parameters

-help | -h | -?
Lists help for the command. If you specify additional parameters and arguments, those parameters and arguments are ignored.
-s
Displays default information for each management console, including the ID and local server connection.
-l
Displays detailed information for each management console, including:
Column label Details
Management console ID The ID of the management console.
Management console IP The cluster 0 IP address or domain.
Local Server Connection The connection status of the management console to the local server.
Location The associated location of the management console or None.
-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.
-devtype ds | ds8000
Displays information for the specified device type. You can specify one of these values:
  • ds - any DS device
  • ds8000 - only DS8000® devices
id... | -
Displays only the threshold settings for one or more specified management console IDs. The management console ID is in the element ID format (for example, HMC:9.11.222.333). Separate multiple IDs with a blank space.

Alternatively, use the dash (-) to specify that input for this parameter comes from an input stream (stdin). The dash is supported only in single-shot mode.

Example: Listing management consoles

The following command lists the management consoles and settings for all DS storage systems.

csmcli> lsmc -devtype ds -l

The following output is returned:

MC ID                     HMC:2002:90B:E006:222:9:11:223:2
MC IP address             2002:90b:e006:222:9:11:223:2
Local Server Connection   Connected
Location                  tucson