HP Storage Essentials V5.1 CLI Guide First Edition (T4283-96029, August 2006)

CLI Commands32
• <element id> - is the identifier for an element.
• <yyyy-mm-dd|today> - is the date or today can be entered, for example 2005-05-23.
• <hh:mm|now> - is the time (24-hour clock) or now can be entered, for example 10:45.
• <severity> - is the severity of the event. See Table 3 on page 20 for more information. All
severities are included if you do not include the severity flag.
Export to Visio
Use the following commands to export the topology to an XML file that can be viewed in Microsoft
Visio:
appiqexport –topologylayout –path <c:/xmls> –system
Description: Exports the SAN topology as an XML file.
appiqexport –topologylayout –path <c:/xmls> –backup
Description: Exports the backup topology as an XML file.
Fabrics
Use the following types of CLI commands to obtain information about fabrics:
• appiqlist - Lists fabrics or elements, such as applications, hosts, switches, storage systems, zone
sets, zones, paths, within the fabrics or a specified fabric.
• appiqshow - Provides detailed information about fabrics or elements within a fabric.
To obtain information about the command, type -help at the end of the command, as shown in
the following example:
appiqlist -fabric -all - help
appiqlist -fabric -all
Description: Lists fabrics.
appiqlist -fabric -all -device
Description: Lists the devices in all discovered fabrics, such as hosts, switches and storage
systems.
appiqlist -fabric -all -application
Description: Lists the applications in fabrics.
Example:
C:\cli>appiqlist -fabric -all -application
Fabric:1080:100008008840242B
Fabric:1089:1000080088A0D07E
Fabric:1096:1000006069500b84