HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 family of Disk Arrays 4.01.00 installation and reference guide (AA-RW7SP-TE, September 2010)

4 Managing storage arrays using the HP
MPIO EVA DSM with the CLI utility
The command line interface utility (CLI) of HP MPIO EVA DSM enables you to monitor and manage
multipathing devices. This chapter describes the following CLI commands:
• hpdsm devices
• hpdsm devices all
• hpdsm paths device
• hpdsm set device policy
• hpdsm set device subset path
• hpdsm set device alb
• hpdsm set device path
• hpdsm cleanup device
• hpdsm notify
• hpdsm help
• Commands to manage the HP EVA DSM parameters
hpdsm devices
Syntax: hpdsm devices
The hpdsm devices command displays information about the HP MPIO devices as shown in the
following example. If there are no devices present, the following message is displayed: No devices
found.
NOTE:
See hpdsm set device policy for a definition of the policies. The P.B.T.L. column shows the device port,
bus, target, and LUN.
Example:
hpdsm devices
ALBP.B.T.LDisk#Policy
Active
Paths
Serial No.Device NameDevice#
Y4.0.1.1Disk 1SQST9600508B400101F6A000070001D950000HP HSV2101
N4.0.1.2Disk 2
SQST—
Subset
9600508B400101F6A000070001D9B0000HP HSV2102
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