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IBM TotalStorage Storage Switch

2006 Model L10 CLI Reference Guide

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Page 5: ...fig sys speed 11 Setting the system switching mode root config sys mode 12 Configuring the OS Error Threshold root config sys oserr 12 Configuring the CRC Error Threshold root config sys crcerr 13 Set...

Page 6: ...fig trunk 37 Adding port members to trunk groups root config trunk addprt 37 Deleting ports members from trunk groups root config trunk delprt 38 Displaying port members on a trunk group root config t...

Page 7: ...or counters root show prtctrs 56 Clearing counters root show clrctr 56 Displaying system information root show sysinfo 57 Displaying zone information root show zninfo 58 Displaying Load Balancing info...

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Page 9: ...nds 20 14 Port configuration information 21 15 Port information 22 16 Smart Settings 24 17 Smart Setting attributes 27 18 Load Balancing configuration menu 33 19 Port utilization information 35 20 Aut...

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Page 11: ...ge Storage Switch 2006 Model L10 CLI Reference Guide GC26 7652 00 this document IBM TotalStorage Storage Switch 2006 Model L10 Quick Reference Card GC26 7653 00 IBM TotalStorage Storage Switch 2006 Mo...

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Page 13: ...correct for the network configuration The switch ships with the following default IP settings IP Address 192 168 1 129 Netmask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 168 1 1 If these settings need to be adjusted...

Page 14: ...o log in to the CLI 1 Type li and press ENTER The password prompt appears 2 Type the password at the prompt and press ENTER The default password is password To log out of the CLI Type lo and press ENT...

Page 15: ...first few letters of the sub menu a space and then the first few letters of the command For example to view system information under the Show sub menu Type sh sys and press ENTER To return to the prev...

Page 16: ...e Network Configuration menu root config network type ip and press ENTER 2 Type the new IP address and press ENTER To change the network mask setting 1 From the Network Configuration menu root config...

Page 17: ...om the System Configuration menu root config sys type time and press ENTER 2 Type the new date and time MM DD YYYY HR MN SC and press ENTER To reset the switch 1 From the Root menu type reset and pres...

Page 18: ...6 load 1 show 2 lbclr 3 delprt 4 addprt 5 delalpa 6 addalpa 7 ialpa 8 util 9 pu1 10 pu2 11 12 7 trunk 1 addprt 2 delprt 3 showmem 4 clr 5 6 8 network 1 reset 2 show 3 ip 4 mask 5 gateway 6 7 9 zone 1...

Page 19: ...ommand To display help for specific command Type command and press ENTER Enter the command using one of the following methods Type the actual command text For example under the Show menu to view help...

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Page 21: ...s command returns the switch to the factory default settings however the network configuration and port type settings are retained To restore the factory default configuration 1 From the Configuration...

Page 22: ...between 6 and 25 characters in length and is case sensitive A message prompt appears asking for the new password to be entered again 4 Type the new password and press ENTER The new password is saved a...

Page 23: ...ation AL_PA See page 13 6 clkd Configures the Clock Delta Threshold See page 14 7 time Configures the switch time See page 14 8 lipen Configures the Stealth Intelligent Change Manager See page 14 9 na...

Page 24: ...type mode setting and press ENTER To view the current switch mode From the Root menu type show sysinfo and press ENTER Configuring the OS Error Threshold root config sys oserr The Ordered Set Error T...

Page 25: ...ress ENTER Setting the Blocking Arbitration AL_PA root config sys blkarb When two ports start a communication session the Blocking ARB is sent to all other ports trying to communicate with those ports...

Page 26: ...time settings are not retained To change the date and time 1 From the System Configuration menu root config sys type time and press ENTER The current time and date appear in brackets before the comma...

Page 27: ...itch location 1 From the System Configuration menu root config sys type location and press ENTER The current location appears in brackets before the command prompt 2 Type the new location and press EN...

Page 28: ...The port is usually set to 514 The default value is 514 3 Name The name under which to log reports on the system log server The default value is IBM 4 Enable Enables the switch to send reports to the...

Page 29: ...etting is 6 info The severity levels include 0 emergency 1 alert 2 critical 3 error 4 warning 5 notify 6 info 7 debug 7 Exit Setup Exits the setup menu Table 10 System log server messages and severiti...

Page 30: ...ll only record events that are equal to or higher than the specified severity level The default setting is 7 Each event has a particular severity level ranging between emergency and info Users can des...

Page 31: ...in brackets before the command prompt 2 Type the desired selection 1 7 and press ENTER Clearing the event log root config sys evclr This command deletes all event log messages currently recorded in th...

Page 32: ...secutive ports can be specified by using a dash For example to beacon ports 3 4 and 5 type beacon 3 5 1 To stop beaconing a port From the Port Configuration menu root config port type beacon port numb...

Page 33: ...ches are serially cascaded When the destination port is a string and an OPN is received an ARB is transmitted throughout the total string cascade to alert all devices to enforce fairness rules Therefo...

Page 34: ...onnecting hubs or switches together In some instances it is possible to connect two zones together without the zones realizing that multiple AL_PAs exist with the same values When this policy is enabl...

Page 35: ...ermines what the switch looks for prior to allowing a port to insert into a zone When the policy is enabled an external device is sent an F7 Initialization notification by the switch until an F7 Initi...

Page 36: ...acing the defective component cycling power to the device on the port removing and reinserting the bypassed port or cycling power to the switch Note The threshold can be adjusted Clk Delta The switch...

Page 37: ...ot sent from the initiator to other devices but change notifications are received by the initiator This Smart Setting is appropriate for embedded storage controllers and external Host Bus Adaptors HBA...

Page 38: ...tor This Smart Setting is a custom setting defined by IBM that has the Port Test Before Insert PTBI policy disabled IBM Linux Stealth Initiator This Smart Setting is a custom setting defined by IBM th...

Page 39: ...hout the total string cascade to alert all devices to enforce fairness rules Therefore if two devices try to ARB at the same time the higher Priority AL_PA will win the cascade first the lower priorit...

Page 40: ...Policy This policy is similar to the Change Notification on Insertion policy except for the change notification being sent when a device is removed rather than inserted When this policy is enabled th...

Page 41: ...n internal diagnostic setting and should remain disabled Smart Insertion Policy This policy is the default operating mode for all ports and determines what the switch looks for prior to allowing a por...

Page 42: ...the number of ordered set errors identified in 10 seconds Note This threshold setting can be adjusted Bypass on CRC Error Policy Cyclic Redundancy Check CRC errors are detected and counted for each i...

Page 43: ...Smart Setting and its attributes Editing custom Smart Setting attributes root config port edit This command modifies an existing custom Smart Setting s attributes To edit the attributes of a custom Sm...

Page 44: ...etting To view the Smart Settings currently assigned to the ports From the Port Configuration menu root config port type type and press ENTER To assign a Smart Setting to a port From the Port Configur...

Page 45: ...the Load Balancing configuration menu root config load type show and press ENTER To display the trunk group members for a specific port From the Load Balancing configuration menu root config load typ...

Page 46: ...ig load delprt This command removes a specific port member from a trunk group When a member is removed from a specific trunk group the member will return to the primary trunk To delete a port member f...

Page 47: ...aces or commas between port members Displaying initiator AL_PAs root config load ialpa This command displays the AL_PAs that have been detected as initiators This information is useful when configurin...

Page 48: ...ad type pu1 port number 1 20 interval in seconds 5 3600 and press ENTER 2 Adjust the interval for consecutive ports by separating the ports with a dash For example to set the interval for ports 5 thro...

Page 49: ...33 The Automatic Trunking configuration menu enables you to configure trunking by defining trunk groups and assigning ports to those groups Menu commands Adding port members to trunk groups root conf...

Page 50: ...onfig trunk showmem This command displays the port members within a specific trunk group To display the port members in a specific trunk group From the Trunking configuration menu root config trunk ty...

Page 51: ...gs root config network show This command displays the current and saved network settings for the switch including the IP address gateway and netmask The Current settings are the settings used by the s...

Page 52: ...xample 255 255 255 0 To change the network mask setting 1 From the Network configuration menu root config network type mask and press ENTER The switch s current network mask setting appears in bracket...

Page 53: ...tion 1 bzht Configures the Bad Zone Reset Hold Time setting See page 42 2 bzdt Configures the Bad Zone Delay Time setting See page 42 3 addprt Adds one or more port members to a zone See page 42 4 del...

Page 54: ...he time interval 1 From the Zoning configuration menu root config zone type bzdt and press ENTER The current time interval appears in brackets before the command prompt 2 Type the new time interval an...

Page 55: ...zone showmem This command displays the port members for a specified zone or for all zones Zone 0 is the default zone and is managed by the switch Zone 0 shows the current active configuration in the...

Page 56: ...all zones From the Zoning configuration menu root config zone type zclr 0 and press ENTER Adding an AL_PA blocking member to a group root config zone addblk This command adds an AL_PA member to an AL_...

Page 57: ...zoning root config zone act on page 43 For example There are two HBAs and a target connected to a switch and you want to isolate the HBAs so that they do not see one another HBA1 Port 1 AL_PA 02 HBA2...

Page 58: ...g configuration for all route blocking groups To view the AL_PA blocking groups From the Zoning configuration menu root config zone type showblks and press ENTER Configuring the Hard Zone policy root...

Page 59: ...er a device has brought down the zone The switch continuously watches the state of each zone and detects when a failed zone has not recovered on its own The switch then bypasses and re inserts every p...

Page 60: ...ys the AL_PAs for a specific zone or for all zones To view the AL_PAs for all zones From the Zoning configuration menu root config zone type alpas and press ENTER To view the AL_PAs for a specific zon...

Page 61: ...for all zones From the Diagnostics menu root diag type glim and press ENTER Table 25 Diagnostic menu commands Command Description Additional Information 1 galpa Displays the port AL_PAs See page 49 2...

Page 62: ...of Frame EOF delimiter has been detected frames are present An EOF immediately follows the CRC of a frame and signals the frame s end SOF Start of Frame A Start of Frame SOF delimiter has been detecte...

Page 63: ...n switching port has detected a failure on its receive input is notifying other ports and is determining whether the network is still operational Some events that could cause the port to detect networ...

Page 64: ...ific port From the Diagnostics menu root diag type prtctrs port number and press ENTER Clearing counters root diag clrctr This command clears the port counters To clear the error counters for all port...

Page 65: ...ific port From the Diagnostics menu root diag type con port number and press ENTER Displaying change notification information root diag who Displays the port number from which the last change notifica...

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Page 67: ...type Displays the attributes for a Smart Setting See page 56 3 portinfo Displays port configuration information See page 56 4 prtctrs Displays the error counters for one or more ports See page 56 5 cl...

Page 68: ...ss ENTER A list of port configuration information appears for each port 2 Press ENTER again to view the policy settings assigned to each port The policy settings for each port appear To quit viewing t...

Page 69: ...a port is bypassed Setting this value to 0 uses the factory default setting CRC Error Threshold The maximum number of CRC errors allowed in a 10 second interval before a port is bypassed Setting this...

Page 70: ...t Status The current status of the switch InSpeed SOC Status The current status of the InSpeed SOC chipset Current Time The switch s current date and time System Up Time The duration of time that the...

Page 71: ...alancing and route blocking To view the AL_PAs for all ports From the Show menu root show type galpa and press ENTER To view the AL_PAs for a specific port From the Show menu root show type galpa port...

Page 72: ...menu root show type sync and press ENTER To view the synchronization status for a specific port From the Show menu root show type sync port number and press ENTER Displaying switch settings root show...

Page 73: ...e to view the settings Displaying SFP serial ID information root show sid This command displays information if available about an inserted SFP transmitter for a specific port To view the SF serial dat...

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Page 75: ...dress put filename bin m and press ENTER Within a few seconds the Transfer successful message appears in the window If this message does not appear verify that the file location and name were properly...

Page 76: ...rate should be set to 115200 for Xmodem transfers To configure the baud setting click File Properties Under the Settings tab click Configure and set the bits per second to 115200 If a connection to th...

Page 77: ...s command displays information for the current active alternate and boot firmware images To view the current firmware information From the Firmware menu root fw type show and press ENTER Hardware rese...

Page 78: ...0 Storage Switch 66 2 To save changes and reset the switch type y and press ENTER To reset the switch without saving changes type n and press ENTER To cancel the request to reset the switch type c and...

Page 79: ...f integrity 4 ERR Condition failed action required 5 WRN Failed event occurred no action required 6 NOTIFY Configuration error or abnormal event occurred no action required 7 INFO Event occurred no ac...

Page 80: ...nation info CRIT 135 CLI level 1 password changed NOTIFY 136 CLI level password changed to default setting NOTIFY 150 Web level 1 password changed NOTIFY 151 Web password level changed to default sett...

Page 81: ...led disabled disabled disabled disabled enabled disabled disabled LIP F8 Recover Policy disabled enabled disabled disabled disabled disabled disabled disabled disabled disabled disabled disabled SEOC...

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Page 85: ...abling at distances of up to 10 kilometers It is unique in its support of multiple interoperable topologies including point to point arbitrated loop and switching and it offers several qualities of se...

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Page 87: ...ng event log 19 port counters 52 56 trunk group members 34 trunk groups 38 zones 44 clearing the Fault LED 19 Clock Delta port 51 threshold 14 commands config 10 config 10 config default 9 config help...

Page 88: ...ation port information 21 Configuration menu Automatic Trunking Configuration menu 37 default command 9 help command 10 Load Balancing Configuration menu 33 Network Configuration menu 39 One Step Zoni...

Page 89: ...attributes 26 Smart Settings 24 56 switch settings 60 system information 57 trunk group members 33 zone AL_PAs 48 61 zone information 58 zone state 44 downloading firmware using TFTP 63 using Xmodem...

Page 90: ...message reporting to a log server 16 messages event 18 N name setting 15 network configuring gateway setting 40 configuring IP address 40 configuring network mask setting 40 displaying settings 39 Net...

Page 91: ...0 52 clearing counters 52 clearing error counters 56 configuration information 21 displaying configuration information 56 displaying state 51 error counters 52 56 primary 52 speed setting 11 product a...

Page 92: ...mand 18 fault command 19 lipen command 14 location command 15 name command 15 sev command 18 speed command 11 syslog command 16 time command 14 system log server 16 T technical support x terms see glo...

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