11.0 HP StoreVirtual LeftHand OS Command Line Interface User Guide (AX696-96291, September 2013)

1 Overview

The LeftHand OS command-line interface (CLI, also referred to as CLIQ,) is built upon the API

released with version 8.x. You can develop your own automation, scripting and management

using the CLI.

For instructions about using the CLI, see the Syntax section.

The Global parameters section describes functionality that applies to the entire CLI and includes

commands to customize global operations.

System Requirements

• Windows Server 2003 SP1

• Windows Server 2003 R2

• Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1, and SP2

• Windows XP SP2

• Windows Vista

• Windows 7

• Windows 8

• Windows Server 2012

• Windows Server 2012 R2

• 10 MB available space

Installing the CLI

Install the CLI from the Management Software DVD. The installation wizard automatically installs

the CLI software to the following default location in Windows and sets the environment variable:

C:\Program Files\HP\StoreVirtual\CLI

Accessing the CLI

The CLI is installed on each StoreVirtual storage system and can be accessed by SSH. To log in,

enter the storage system IP address and the designated port of 16022, as shown in the following

example:

ssh –p 16022 -l <user> <storage system IP>

Concurrent CLI commands

No more than five concurrent commands from distinct users should be sent to a single storage

system. Users can experience timeouts and performance declines with the sixth concurrent command.

For example, CLI commands from users Sue, Bob, Jim, Alan, and Les can be received and serviced

by a single storage system simultaneously. However, adding a sixth simultaneous command from

Steve could result in a timeout or performance decline for any of the users.

More than five simultaneous commands can be achieved by distributing CLI sessions across each

storage system in a management group. For example, in a three-node management group, six

unique users can simultaneously send commands by distributing them as follows:

• Sue and Bob send commands to StorageSystem–1

• Jim and Alan send commands to StorageSystem–2

• Les and Steve send commands to StorageSystem–3