lsdevice

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 storage system, including the device ID, connection type, device type, and local server connection status.

-l

Displays the following detailed information for each storage system.

Column Label	Details
Device ID	The name, nickname, or model-serial-manufacturer of the storage system.
Connection Type	The connection type. The values are: Direct, HMC, or ZOS Connection.
Device Type	The storage system type. For FlashSystem devices, the model of the FlashSystem will be displayed if known.
Device IP Address	The IP address or host name for the nodes or clusters that are used by the storage system. If there are multiple nodes or clusters, the values in this column are delimited by a semicolon. For example, ip_address;ip_address.
Local Server Connection	The state of the direct connections to the local management server. If there are multiple servers, the values in this column are delimited by a semicolon. For example, cluster0_status;cluster1_status.
Remote Server Connection	The state of the direct connections to the remote management server. If there are multiple servers, the values in this column are delimited by a semicolon. For example, cluster0_status;cluster1_status.
Connection ID	The ID for the Hardware Management Console (HMC) or IBM z/OS host system that is used to connect the storage system.
Location	The location of the storage system.
Manufacturer	The manufacturer of the storage system.
Device Name	The user-defined name of the storage system.

-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 | svc | spectrum virtualize | xiv }

Specifies the type of storage system. The parameter values are:

• ds: IBM DS8000®
• ds8000: IBM DS8000
• svc: IBM SAN Volume Controller
• spectrum-virtualize: Any Storage Virtualize device
• xiv: IBM XIV® Storage System

-mcid mc_id

Specifies storage systems that are connected through a specific management console.

device_id... | -

Specifies one or more storage systems by ID. The storage system ID is in the element ID format (for example, ess:box:2105.fca57). Separate multiple storage system IDs with a 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.