6.2 HP IBRIX 9000 Storage CLI Reference Guide (TA768-96070, December 2012)

ibrix_client
Performs management and control procedures for IBRIX 9000 clients.
Description
ibrix_client enables the following IBRIX 9000 client procedures:
• Registers a Linux 9000 client with a Fusion Manager. Clients that are to communicate with
multiple management consoles must be registered on each console. (To register a Windows
9000 client, use the Windows 9000 client GUI.)
• Sets a preferred user interface for a 9000 client. To prefer a user interface for a host group,
use ibrix_hostgroup.
• Unprefers a user interface for a 9000 client. To unprefer an interface for a host group, use
ibrix_hostgroup.
• Lists client information.
• Deletes IBRIX 9000 clients from the configuration database.
The IBRIX 9000 clients use the cluster interface by default. It is not necessary to prefer a user
interface for NFS or SMB clients because they use client-side information to select a user interface
when they mount a file system.
The network interface preference for a 9000 client is stored in the Fusion Manager. When IBRIX
software services start on the client, the client queries the Fusion Manager for its preferred network
interface and then starts using it. If IBRIX software services are already running on a client, you
can force the client to query the Fusion Manager. To do this, run ibrix_client or
ibrix_lwhost --a, or reboot the client.
Synopsis
Register an IBRIX Linux client at an IP address:
ibrix_client -a -h CLIENT -e IPADDRESS
Execute this command on every Fusion Manager with which the client will communicate.
Delete IBRIX 9000 clients from the configuration database:
ibrix_client -d -h CLIENTLIST
Display operational and configuration information for IBRIX 9000 clients:
ibrix_client -i [-h CLIENTLIST]
To see all clients, omit the -h option.
List 9000 client host names, IP addresses, and IDs:
ibrix_client -l [-h CLIENTLIST] [-v]
To see all clients, omit the -h option. To also list IAD, kernel, and filesystem version information,
include the -v option.
Set a preferred network interface for a 9000 client:
ibrix_client -n -h SRCCLIENT -A DESTSERVER/IFNAME
The command sets interface IFNAME for traffic from source client SRCCLIENT to destination server
DESTSERVER. To prefer a network interface for a host group, use ibrix_hostgroup.
Delete the established network interface preference for a 9000 client:
ibrix_client -n -h SRCHOST -D DESTSERVER
When the command has completed, the default cluster interface will be used to communicate from
the client to the DESTSERVER.
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