installation and reference guide HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for EVA3000/5000 VCS 4.xxx Disk Arrays 3.02.00 (AA-RW8SH-TE, March 2009)

5 Managing storage arrays using the HP

MPIO EVA DSM with the CLI utility

The command line interface utility (CLI) of HP MPIO EVA DSM enables you to monitor and manage

multipathing devices. This chapter describes the following CLI commands:

• hpdsm devices

• hpdsm devices all

• hpdsm paths device

• hpdsm set device policy

• hpdsm set device subset path

• hpdsm set device alb

• hpdsm set device path

• hpdsm cleanup device

• hpdsm notify

• hpdsm help

hpdsm devices

Syntax: hpdsm devices

The hpdsm devices command displays information about the HP MPIO devices as shown in the

following example. If there are no devices present, the following message is displayed: No devices

found.

NOTE:

See hpdsm set device policy for a definition of the policies. The P.B.T.L. column shows the device port,

bus, target, and LUN.

Example:

hpdsm devices

ALBP.B.T.LDisk#Policy

Act-

ive

Paths

Serial No.Device NameDevice#

Y3.0.61Disk 1SQST8600508B4000149B500028000001D0000

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