Installation and Reference Guide HP StorageWorks Secure Path 3.0F Service Pack 4 for HP-UX 11i v1.0 and 11i v2.0 (5697-8001, March 2009)

Command: spmgr notify
Current Log Options
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Path management
Secure Path for Active-Passive 3.0F SP4 supports up to 32 paths to an HSG or HSV unit on a storage
system. Given the very large number of paths that can be configured for a single system, the spmgr
utility is available to manage and monitor those paths.
The path management tasks include:
• Selecting paths
• Quiescing and restarting objects and paths
select command
A path is a combination of all the components from server to the unit on the storage system. When
you describe the entire path you must identify the HBA and the controller port.
Selecting paths means to identify a path to be used for I/O. Path information, including selected
paths, can be viewed with one or more options of the spmgr display command.
If the paths are selected for the duration of the server’s current processing time, they are referred to
as selected paths and are not preserved during a reboot or power cycle of the server.
Syntax:
spmgr select -c controller_serial_number -d device
-p path_instance
You can use the following options with the select command:
• # spmgr select -c controller_serial_number
• # spmgr select -c controller_serial_number –d device
• # spmgr select -p path_instance
# spmgr select -c controller_serial_number
This command selects the path with the specified controller serial number and makes that path active.
For example, if there are three HBAs with paths through one controller, the Secure Path for
Active-Passive device marks one path for each device from one HBA, not necessarily the same HBA.
The result is to have identified selected paths for multiple units with this command.
Example:
# spmgr select –c ZG10505167
Result: The Secure Path for Active-Passive device marks each path through the controller ZG10505167,
to each unit as the selected path for I/O.
# spmgr select -c controller_serial_number –d device
This command selects the path with the specified controller and device and makes that path active.
This command selects one controller. Therefore, the driver is able to mark one path for each device
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