rmdevice

Use the rmdevice command to remove a direct connection to a storage system.

To remove a storage system that is attached through a Hardware Management Console (HMC) connection, use the rmmc command.

To remove a storage system that is attached through an IBM® z/OS® connection, use the rmstorsys command.

Syntax

-help | -h | -?

Lists help for the command. If you specify additional parameters and arguments, those parameters and arguments are ignored.

-quiet

Suppresses the confirmation prompt for this command. This flag answers yes to all confirmation prompts.

-port port_number

Specifies the port number if a nondefault port number was entered when the storage system was added.

-ip ip_address

Specifies the IP address or host name of the node that is used by the following storage systems:

This parameter is ignored for all other storage systems.

id | -: Specifies the ID of the storage system to be removed.
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.

The following command removes the TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server® Model 800 with ID ESS:BOX:2105.18596 without prompting for confirmation.

csmcli> rmdevice -quiet ESS:BOX:2105.18596

The following output is returned:

IWNH1614I The connection at sts596c0:sts596c1 was successfully removed.

The following command removes the SAN Volume Controller with ID SVC:CLUSTER:RMSVC02 and IP address 127.0.0.1 without prompting for confirmation.

csmcli> rmdevice -quiet -ip 127.0.0.1 SVC:CLUSTER:RMSVC02

The following output is returned:

IWNH1614I  The storage device at 127.0.0.1 was successfully removed.

The following command removes the FlashSystem/IBM Spectrum Accelerate with ID XIV:BOX:6000646 without prompting for confirmation.

csmcli> rmdevice -quiet XIV:BOX:6000646

The following output is returned:

IWNH1624I  The storage system XIV:BOX:6000646 was successfully removed.