User guide
Table Of Contents
- MSA1000 User Guide
- Contents
- About this Guide
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Operating System Specific Information
- Chapter 3: MSA1000 Setup and Sample Configurations
- Chapter 4: Operation and Management
- Chapter 5: Array Configuration Utility (ACU)
- Installing the ACU on the Server
- Accessing the ACU
- Description of Screen Regions
- Configuring a New Controller
- Modifying an Existing Controller
- Probability of Logical Drive Failure
- Chapter 6: Command Line Interface (CLI)
- CLI Overview
- CLI Setup
- Help Commands
- Display Commands
- Array Controller Configuration Commands
- LUN Management Commands
- Server Connection Commands
- Selective Storage Presentation/Access Control List Commands
- Appendix A: Regulatory Compliance Notices
- Appendix B: Electrostatic Discharge
- Appendix C: Specifications
- Appendix D: Hard Drive Arrays
- Appendix E: Recovering from Hard Drive Failure
- Appendix F: Controller Display Messages
- Appendix G: Recovery ROM and ROM Cloning
- Appendix H: SCSI ID Assignments
- Index

Command Line Interface (CLI)
157Modular SAN Array 1000 User Guide
Viewing the Connection Names
Use the SHOW CONNECTIONS command to display the connection name
associated with each Host Bus Adapter (HBA) attached to the MSA1000.
The connection names are used when entering ACL information.
See “Viewing Existing Connections and the HBA World Wide Name” for details
about this command.
Viewing the ACL
To display the current ACL:
Basic Command
SHOW ACL
Command Options
There are no available options for this command.
Example CLI Response
ACL is enabled:
Connection WWPN Units
ABC 11111111-22222222 0,1,2
XYZ 33333333-44444444 2,3,4
Inaccessible Units: 5,6
Adding to the ACL
To indicate the allowable LUNs for each server:
Basic Command
ADD ACL
Command Options
CONNECTION=xxx—the name of the connection to grant access, where xxx
represents the connection name.
UNIT=xxx—which LUN to assign to the indicated server.
Options include:
An individual LUN can be assigned by entering one LUN ID (UNIT=0)
A group of LUN can be assigned by entering a range of LUN (UNIT=1-3)
Access to all units can be granted by entering UNIT=ALL.
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