HP Storage Essentials V5.00.01 CLI guide (T4283-96015, January 2006)

Storage Essentials 5.00.01 CLI Guide 11
3 CLI Commands
IMPORTANT: Before you can use the CLI, you must make a connection to the management server.
See the topic, ”Before Using the CLI” on page 2 for more information.
It is recommended you use the CLI prompt to enter your commands instead of typing the “appiq”
prefix in the CLI commands. You can avoid typing the “appiq” prefix in the CLI commands by
entering cli at the command prompt.
Each time you use the “appiq” prefix in a command at the command prompt, the CLI client must
re-establish a connection with the management server. In comparison, when you use the CLI
command prompt, a connection with the management server is established only once, not each
time you enter a command. Because the CLI command prompt only establishes a connection once,
it uses less resources and runs faster than entering commands at the command prompt. Using the
CLI command prompt to enter commands is sometimes referred to as interactive mode.
To access the CLI prompt and enter a command:
1. Enter the following:
cli
2. Enter the following:
cli> list -event -all
Notice the “appiq” prefix has been removed.
This chapter provides information about CLI Commands for the following:
• ”CLI Version” on page 12
• ”Applications” on page 12
• ”Backups” on page 13
• ”Discovery” on page 18
• ”Domains” on page 19
• ”Events” on page 19
• ”Fabrics” on page 31
• ”Hosts” on page 40
• ”Host Security Groups” on page 44
• ”Security” on page 51
• ”Storage Pools” on page 53
• ”Sorting the Information Displayed” on page 55
• ”Storage Systems” on page 57
• ”Switches” on page 62
• ”Tape Libraries” on page 65
• ”Volumes” on page 67