Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software Users Guide for AIX (7.x) (HIT5208-96027, August 2012)

Table 2-5 Correspondence Between Path Statuses Displayed by the OS and
by HDLM
Path status displayed by an AIX
command
Path status displayed by the HDLM
Can be used Either Online or Online(E)
Cannot be used Offline(C)
Error Offline(E)
Status transitions of a path
The following figure shows the status transitions of a path.
Figure 2-9 Path status transitions
Legend:
Online operation: Online operation performed by executing the dlnkmgr
command's online
operation.
Offline operation: Offline operation performed by executing the dlnkmgr
command's offline operation.
#1
When no Online
or Offline(E) paths exist among the paths that access
the same LU.
HDLM Functions
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