6.0 HP StorageWorks X9000 File Serving Software CLI Reference (TA768-96040, October 2011)

ibrix_hba
Discovers HBAs, identifies standby pairings of HBA ports, monitors HBA ports for failure, deletes
HBAs from the configuration database, and lists information about HBAs.
Description
ibrix_hba sets up HBA monitoring. When a monitored HBA port fails, the management console
fails the host over to its standby if a standby has been declared and if automated failover is turned
on.
The -b option identifies two multipath HBAs that have been set to operate as a failover pair. Built-in
standby switching is vendor-supplied and is not present in all HBA models. If the operating HBA
fails, the standby HBA is activated. If both HBAs fail and HBA monitoring is enabled, the
management console fails over the host.
In some of these HBA commands, worldwide names (WWN) are assigned as parameter values.
These are either worldwide node names (WWNN) or worldwide port names (WWPN). The WWPN
is the name an HBA presents when logging into a SAN fabric. Worldwide names consist of 16
hexadecimal digits grouped in pairs. In X9000 Software, these are written as dot-separated pairs
such as 21.00.00.e0.8b.05.05.04.
Synopsis
Discover HBA ports and add them to the configuration database:
ibrix_hba -a [-h HOSTLIST]
Use the -h HOSTLIST option to limit the command to specific file serving nodes.
Enable HBA port monitoring on a file serving node:
ibrix_hba -m -h HOSTNAME -p <PORT>
Disable HBA port monitoring on a file serving node:
ibrix_hba -m -U -h HOSTNAME -p PORT
Add an HBA standby pair:
ibrix_hba -b -P WWPN1:WWPN2 -h HOSTNAME
The command identifies WWPN1 and WWPN2 as a standby pair on file serving node HOSTNAME.
Delete an HBA standby pair:
ibrix_hba -b -U -P WWPN1:WWPN2 -h HOSTNAME
The command deletes the standby pairing of ports WWPN1 and WWPN2 on file serving node
HOSTNAME from the configuration database.
Delete the HBA entries in WWNNLIST from the configuration database for a file serving node:
ibrix_hba -d -h HOSTNAME -w WWNNLIST
List information about HBA ports:
ibrix_hba -l [-h HOSTLIST]
Use the -h HOSTLIST option to limit the command to specific file serving nodes.
Options
DescriptionOption
An HBA’s worldwide port name, specified as 16 hex digits grouped into eight pairs
separated by dots (for example, 20.00.12.34.56.78.9a.bc).
-P WWPN
Stops HBA monitoring or deletes a standby pairing from the configuration database.-U
Adds an HBA port definition.-a
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