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Show volume

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The show volume summary command returns information about a volume.

Supported Arrays

This command applies to any individual storage array, including the E4000, E2700, E5600, E2800, E5700, EF600 and EF300 arrays, as long as all SMcli packages are installed.

Roles

To execute this command on an E4000, E2800, E5700, EF600, or EF300 storage array, you must have the Storage Admin or Storage Monitor role.

Context

For the volumes in a storage array, this command returns the following information:

  • The number of volumes

  • The name

  • The status

  • The capacity

  • The RAID level

  • The volume group where the volume is located

  • Details:

    • The volume ID

    • The subsystem ID

    • The drive type (SAS)

    • Tray loss protection

    • The preferred owner

    • The current owner

    • The segment size

    • The modification priority

    • The read cache status (enabled or disabled)

    • The write cache status (enabled or disabled)

    • The write cache without batteries status (enabled or disabled)

    • The write cache with mirror status (enabled or disabled)

    • The flush write cache after time

    • The cache read prefetch setting (TRUE or FALSE)

    • The enable background media scan status (enabled or disabled)

    • The media scan with redundancy check status (enabled or disabled)

  • The mirror repository volumes

Syntax

show (allVolumes | volume [volumeName] |
volumes [volumeName1 ... volumeNameN]) summary

Parameters

Parameter Description

allVolumes

This parameter returns performance statistics about all of the volumes in the storage array.

volume

The name of a volume for which you want to retrieve information. Enclose the volume name in square brackets ([ ]). If the volume name has special characters or numbers, you must enclose the name in double quotation marks (" ") inside square brackets.

volumes

The names of several volumes for which you want to retrieve information. Enter the names of the volumes using these rules:

  • Enclose all of the names in square brackets ([ ]).

  • Separate each of the names with a space.

If the volume names have special characters or numbers, enter the names using these rules:

  • Enclose all of the names in square brackets ([ ]).

  • Enclose each of the names in double quotation marks (" ").

  • Separate each of the names with a space.

summary

The setting to return a concise list of information about the volumes.