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Display information about SAN-attached storage arrays.

Availability: This command is available to cluster administrators at the admin privilege level.

Description

The storage array show command displays information about arrays visible to the cluster. If no parameters are specified, the command displays the following information about all storage arrays:

  • Prefix

  • Name

  • Vendor

  • Model

  • Options

    To display detailed information about a single array, use the `-name` parameter. The detailed view  adds the following  information:

  • Serial Number

  • Optimization Policy

  • Affinity

  • Errors

  • Path Failover Time

  • Extend All Path Failure Event

Parameters

{ [-fields <fieldname>,…​]

If you specify the -fields <fieldname>, …​ parameter, the command output also includes the specified field or fields. You can use '-fields ?' to display the fields to specify.

| [-instance ] }

If you specify the -instance parameter, the command displays detailed information about all fields.

[-name <text>] - Name

Selects the arrays that match this parameter value.

[-prefix <text>] - Prefix

Abbreviation for the named array.

[-vendor <text>] - Vendor

Array manufacturer.

[-model <text>] - Model

Array model number.

[-options <text>] - options

Vendor specific array settings.

[-serial-number <text>] - Serial Number

Array product identifier.

[-max-queue-depth <integer>] - Target Port Queue Depth (privilege: advanced)

Selects the arrays that match this parameter value.

[-lun-queue-depth <integer>] - LUN Queue Depth (privilege: advanced)

Selects the arrays that match this parameter value.

[-optimization-policy {iALUA|eALUA|symmetric|proprietary|mixed|unknown}] - Optimization Policy

Selects the arrays that match this parameter value.

[-affinity {none|aaa|ap|mixed|unknown}] - Affinity

Selects the arrays that match this parameter value.

[-error-text <text>,…​] - Error Text

Selects the arrays that match this parameter value.

[-is-upgrade-pending {true|false}] - Upgrade Pending (privilege: advanced)

Selects the arrays that match this parameter value.

[-path-failover-time <integer>] - Path Failover Time (sec)

Use this parameter to list arrays that have path failover time set to the value you specify.

[-all-path-fail-delay <integer>] - Extend All Path Failure Event (secs)

Use this parameter to list arrays that have the all path failure event delay set to the value you specify.

Examples

The following example displays information about all arrays.

cluster1::> storage array show
Prefix                         Name   Vendor            Model Options
------ ---------------------------- -------- ---------------- ----------
                   HITACHI_DF600F_1  HITACHI           DF600F
                         IBM_1722_1      IBM             1722
2 entries were displayed.

The following example displays detailed information about a specific array:

cluster1::> storage array show -name HITACHI_DF600F_1
Name: HITACHI_DF600F_1
                                 Prefix: abc
                                 Vendor: HITACHI
                                  Model: DF600F
                                options:
                          Serial Number: 4291000000000000
                    Optimization Policy: iALUA
                               Affinity: aaa
                             Error Text:
            Path Failover Timeout (sec): 30
   Extend All Path Failure Event (secs): 50