Command-line reference

The following information describes how to use theIBM® XIV® command-line interface (XCLI).

Overview of the command-line interface (CLI)
The command-line interface (CLI) provides a mechanism for issuing commands to manage and maintain the storage system. CLI commands are entered on the IBM XCLI utility.
Host and cluster management commands
This section describes the command-line interface (CLI) for host and cluster management.
Volume management commands
This section describes the command-line interface (CLI) for volume management.
Volume snapshot management commands
This section describes the command-line interface (CLI) for snapshot management.
Consistency group management commands
This section describes the command-line interface (CLI) for consistency group management.
Grouped pool management commands
Snapshot set management commands
This section describes the command-line interface (CLI) for snapshot set management.
Storage pool management commands
This section describes the command-line interface (CLI) for storage pool management.
System management commands
This section describes the command-line interface (CLI) for system management.
Remote target connectivity commands
This section describes the command-line interface (CLI) for defining remote target connectivity.
Remote mirroring commands
This section describes the command-line interface (CLI) for remote mirroring.
Data migration commands
This section describes the command-line interface (CLI) for data migration.
IBM Hyper-Scale Mobility commands
This section describes the command-line interface (CLI) for IBM Hyper-Scale Mobility.
Event handling commands
This section describes the command-line interface (CLI) for event handling, including listing events, filtering and sending notifications.
IP configuration commands
This section describes the command-line interface (CLI) for IP configuration.
PKI configuration commands
This section describes the command-line interface (CLI) for PKI configuration.
Compression commands
InfiniBand commands
This section describes the command-line interface (CLI) for InfiniBand fabric management.
Access control commands
This section describes the command-line interface (CLI) for user access control.
Fibre channel and iSCSI configuration and status commands
This section describes the command-line interface (CLI) for fibre channel port configuration.
Hardware maintenance commands
This section describes the command-line interface (CLI) for maintaining hardware components.
Statistics commands
This section describes the command-line interface (CLI) for getting system statistics.
Metadata commands
This section describes the command-line interface (CLI) for handling metadata.
Metadata-service commands
This section describes the command-line interface (CLI) for handling the metadata service.
Encryption enablement and support commands
This section describes the command-line interface (CLI) for encryption configuration.
xmirror commands
This section describes the command-line interface (CLI) for xmirror creation and management.
Security configuration commands
Events
This section contains detailed information on CLI events, including their severity and descriptions.
Return codes
This section contains descriptions of CLI return codes.

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