Appendix C. Cli - IBM DS3000 Introduction And Implementation Manual

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Appendix C.
This part explains the basics of the Command Line Interface (CLI) that can be used to
manage an IBM System Storage DS3000. Unlike the DS3000 Storage Manager GUI, the CLI
can manage a DS4000 as well. To manage DS3000 and DS4000 together with a single
Storage Manager GUI use the DS4000 Storage Manager 9.23 or later.
The CLI is installed together with the DS3000 Storage Manager Client. It can be found in the
client subdirectory of the location where the Storage Manager was installed. In Microsoft
Windows that is usually C:\Program Files\IBM_DS3000\client and in Linux
/opt/IBM_DS3000/client/. The CLI program is called SMcli in Windows and Linux. Commands
that can be used on the CLI to administer a DS3000 or DS4000 storage subsystem are
identical to the commands used in the Script Editor. Not all commands apply to each model of
the storage subsystem.
The CLI gives access to to all the functions provided in the Storage Manager GUI, as well as
some additional management functions. For example it is only possible to modify the
blocksize of a logical drive using the CLI. Similarly, the CLI is required to save the
configuration file.
This part is organized in the following sections:
"Running the CLI" on page 540
"General SMcli syntax" on page 541
"Add a storage subsystem to the Storage Manager configuration" on page 545
"Show defined subsystems in the Storage Manager configuration" on page 546
"Configure alerting" on page 547
"Issue commands to storage subsystem" on page 550
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