In part 2 in a series of posts on random informational commands you can type into the SVC, here’s a few more commands you may find helpful.

First one is lsiogrp. The lsiogrp command returns a concise list or a detailed view of I/O groups visible to the cluster. More information can be found here.

IBM_2145:dc1-0001svccl:admin>svcinfo lsiogrp -delim ,
id,name,node_count,vdisk_count,host_count
0,io_grp0,2,408,244
1,io_grp1,0,0,240
2,io_grp2,0,0,240
3,io_grp3,0,0,240
4,recovery_io_grp,0,0,0

Another useful command is lshost. The lshost command generates a list with concise information about all the hosts visible to the cluster and detailed information about a single host. More information can be found here.

IBM_2145:dc1-0001svccl:admin>svcinfo lshost
id               name              port_count     iogrp_count
0                dc1-0031esx      2              4
1                dc1-0032esx      2              4
2                dc1-0024d        2              4
3                dc1-0025d        2              4
4                dc1-0026d        2              4
5                dc1-0027dq       2              4
6                dc1-0028d        2              4
7                dc1-0029d        2              4
8                dc1-0001esx      2              4
9                dc1-0002esx      2              4
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239              dc1-0071esx      2              4
240              dc1-0072esx      2              4
241              dc1-0073esx      2              4
242              dc1-0048iwsuat   2              1
243              dc1-0047iwsuat   2              1

Want to find out some more information on a particular host? Use lshost again, but specify the hostname.

IBM_2145:dc1-0001svccl:admin>svcinfo lshost dc1-0001esx
id 148
name dc1-0001esx
port_count 2
type generic
mask 1111
iogrp_count 4
WWPN 2101001B32BF64F1
node_logged_in_count 2
state active
WWPN 2100001B329F64F1
node_logged_in_count 2
state active

Need to know what I/O Groups a given host is a member of? The lshostiogrp command displays a list of all the I/O groups that are associated with a specified host. More information can be found here.

IBM_2145:dc1-0001svccl:admin>svcinfo lshostiogrp dc1-0001esx
id               name
0                io_grp0
1                io_grp1
2                io_grp2
3                io_grp3
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