lspath
Use the lspath command to display paths between ESS and DS devices. You can then use this information for a remote copy.
Syntax
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 path, including the source and target LSS, path type, status, and whether the path was auto-generated.
- -l
- Displays detailed information for each path, including:
Column label Details Source Origin of the path. For ESS, this is an LSS. For the format of this field, see the mkpath command. Target Target of the path. For ESS this is an LSS. For the format of this field, see the mkpath command. Type ESCON (ESS or DS only) or Fibre Channel. Status Whether the path is currently established or not. Auto-Generated Yes, if the path was generated by the copy services management server. No, if you specified the path. - -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.
- 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.
- -src source_lss
- Specifies the source LSS. This must be specified in the format type.serial.lss(hex).port(hex) (for example, ESS:2105.FCA18:LSS:10.00FF).
- -tgt target_lss
- Specifies the target LSS. This must be specified in the format type.serial.lss(hex).port(hex) (for example, ESS:2105.FCA18:LSS:10.00FF).
Example: Listing all paths with the same source LSS
The following command lists all paths that use source LSS DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:15.
csmcli> lspath -src DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:15
The following output is returned:
Source Target Type ============================================================================= DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:15.0x0330 DS8000:2107.NF111:LSS:15.0x0030 Fibre Channel DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:15.0x0110 ESS:2105.FCA57:LSS:15.0x000C Fibre Channel DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:15.0x0110 DS8000:2107.NK791:LSS:15.0x0032 Fibre Channel Status Auto-Generated ========================== Established Yes Established Yes Established Yes
Example: Listing information about a specific path
The following command lists information about the path with source LSS DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:15.
csmcli> lspath -src DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:15 -tgt ESS:2105.FCA57:LSS:15
The following output is returned:
Source Target Type ========================================================================== DS8000:2107.04131:LSS:15.0x0110 ESS:2105.FCA57:LSS:15.0x000C Fibre Channel Status Auto-Generated ========================== Established Yes