lsportprof

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The lsportprof command displays a list of port profiles that are supported on a storage system and their recommended address discovery and logical block size values.

You can use this command to view known values for the block size (lbs) and address discovery (addrdiscovery) parameters in the mkhostconnect command.

Note: Use this command to get the recommended values for the mkhostconnect command.
Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagram lsportprof  storage_image_ID  " - "

Parameters

storage_image_ID | -
(Required) Displays list of port profiles for the specified storage image IDs. A storage image ID consists of manufacturer, type, and serial number.
If you use the dash (-), the specified value is read from standard input. You cannot use the dash (-) while you are in the DS CLI interactive command mode.
For example: IBM.2107-75FA120.

Example: Displaying a list of port profiles that are supported on a storage system 

dscli> lsportprof IBM.2107-75FA120

Output

Name AddrDiscovery LBS
IBM® pSeries - AIX ReportLUN 512
IBM pSeries - pLinux LUNPolling 512

Output definitions

Name
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 64000 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.