EMC® Solutions Enabler Symmetrix® Array Management CLI Version 6.5 Product Guide P/N 300-002-939 REV A05 EMC Corporation Corporate Headquarters: Hopkinton, MA 01748-9103 1-508-435-1000 www.EMC.com Copyright © 2005 - 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Published March, 2008 EMC believes the information in this publication is accurate as of its publication date. The information is subject to change without notice. THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS." EMC CORPORATION MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION, AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Use, copying, and distribution of any EMC software described in this publication requires an applicable software license. For the most up-to-date listing of EMC product names, see EMC Corporation Trademarks on EMC.com. All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners. 2 EMC Solutions Enabler Symmetrix Array Management CLI Version 6.5 Product Guide Contents Preface............................................................................................................................................................... 13 PART 1 Concepts and Procedures Chapter 1 Introduction SYMCLI introduction ........................................................................................................ 18 Symmetrix component overview..................................................................................... 19 Directors in the Enginuity environment................................................................... 19 Cache.............................................................................................................................. 20 Storage devices............................................................................................................. 20 SYMCLI usage tips............................................................................................................. 21 Obtaining SYMCLI help.............................................................................................. 21 Referencing devices and objects ................................................................................ 22 Altering the command line response ........................................................................ 23 Presetting the names and IDs..................................................................................... 23 Time-saving command input tips ............................................................................. 23 Truncated output ......................................................................................................... 24 Chapter 2 Discovery Discovering configuration and status data .................................................................... 26 Performing discovery.................................................................................................. 26 CLARiiON assisted discovery ................................................................................... 27 Is the database file synchronized?............................................................................. 28 Scanning for new devices ........................................................................................... 28 Connectivity authorization......................................................................................... 29 Synchronizing configuration updates with the database............................................. 30 Sync operations ............................................................................................................ 30 SYMAPI configuration database file ............................................................................... 31 Database file location................................................................................................... 31 Changing the current database file ........................................................................... 31 Access modes................................................................................................................ 32 Command modes: Online and offline....................................................................... 32 Database configuration information ......................................................................... 33 Chapter 3 Configuration Data Configuration data: Layer by layer ................................................................................. 36 SCSI inquiries...................................................................................................................... 37 1 Example: SCSI device information ............................................................................ 37 Example: Devices listed by array ID ......................................................................... 37 Example: Devices without capacity .......................................................................... 38 Example: Devices with WWN.................................................................................... 38 Example: Colon formatted WWN ............................................................................. 39 Example: Pdevfile format ........................................................................................... 39 HBA information.......................................................................................................... 39 Storage array data .............................................................................................................. 41 List arrays...................................................................................................................... 41 Symmetrix configuration data ................................................................................... 42 Viewing application registrations with Symmetrix access .................................... 43 Hosts connections to Symmetrix arrays ................................................................... 45 Viewing storage capacities to hosts........................................................................... 46 Director configuration data ........................................................................................ 46 Taking RA directors offline ........................................................................................ 50 Taking front-end director ports offline..................................................................... 50 Symmetrix external locks............................................................................................ 50 SYMAPI semaphores................................................................................................... 52 LRU cache management group.................................................................................. 53 Viewing network services........................................................................................... 53 Viewing memory board information........................................................................ 54 Mainframe CU image .................................................................................................. 54 Environmental data ..................................................................................................... 54 Device Pools.................................................................................................................. 56 Data devices and SAVE devices ................................................................................ 59 Thin device information.............................................................................................. 61 Showing pool details ................................................................................................... 62 RDF group information............................................................................................... 64 Symmetrix devices ............................................................................................................. 65 Device emulation ......................................................................................................... 65 Device type overview.................................................................................................. 66 List of devices ............................................................................................................... 67 Device service states .................................................................................................... 71 Device emulation type................................................................................................. 72 Filtering device data with sympd.............................................................................. 72 Filtering Symmetrix device data................................................................................ 73 Using the -all option .................................................................................................... 73 Detailed device configuration data ........................................................................... 75 Releasing device external locks.................................................................................. 76 CLARiiON devices............................................................................................................. 77 Example: CLARiiON devices..................................................................................... 77 Disk-level data