Topics: EMC, SAN, Storage

Display the status of EMC SAN devices

An easy way to see the status of your SAN devices is by using the following command:

# powermt display
Symmetrix logical device count=6
CLARiiON logical device count=0
Hitachi logical device count=0
Invista logical device count=0
HP xp logical device count=0
Ess logical device count=0
HP HSx logical device count=0
==============================================================
- Host Bus Adapters -  --- I/O Paths ----  ------ Stats ------
### HW Path            Summary Total Dead  IO/Sec Q-IOs Errors
==============================================================
  0 fscsi0             optimal     6    0       -     0      0
  1 fscsi1             optimal     6    0       -     0      0
To get more information on the disks, use:
# powermt display dev=all




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