lshosttype
The lshosttype command displays a list of known hosts, their associated port profiles, address discovery, and logical block size values. Use this command to get the available host types for the mkhostconnect command.
Parameters
- -s
- (Optional) The host types only. You cannot use the -l and -s parameters together.
- -l
- (Optional) The default output for the specified host type. You cannot use the -l and -s parameters together.
- -type volumeGroup_type
- (Required) Only those host types that are associated with the specified volume group type.
- volumeGroup_type
- Only one type can be queried at a time. The following list provides the choices that can be
specified.
- ficonall
- scsiall
- scsimask
- scsimap256
- os400all
- os400mask
Example: Displaying a list of known hosts, their associated port profiles, address discovery, and logical block size values
dscli> lshosttype -l -type scsiall
Output
Note: For DS CLI list commands, the results are shown in table format to provide clarity. The actual
reports do not display as tables.
The following table represents the headers that are displayed on the output report that is associated with the lshosttype command.
| Host Type | Profile | AddrDiscovery | LBS | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pSeries | IBM® pSeries - AIX | reportlun | 512 | IBM pSeries, RS/6000 and RS/6000 SP Servers (AIX) |
| zLinux | IBM zSeries - zLinux | lunpolling | 512 | IBM zSeries Servers (Linux) |
Report column definitions
- Host Type*
- The name of the specific host type.
- Profile
- The name of the host connection behavior profile. The port profile specifies a host or operating system type.
- AddrDiscovery
- The address discovery method. One of the following values is displayed:
- LUN Polling
- Host system LUN access is limited to a maximum of 256 LUNs.
- Report LUN
- Host system LUN access is limited to a maximum of 64 K LUNs.
- LBS
- The logical block size. One of the following values is displayed:
- 512 - This value is displayed for all hosts except OS400.
- 520 - This value is displayed for an OS400 host.
- Description
- More host type details.
Key:
- *
- Displayed when the -s parameter is specified.
- +
- Displayed only when the -l parameter is specified.