SVC v7000 Host Operations

Host Listing Operations

1. List all hosts
   1. svcinfo lshost
2. List a host by name
   1. svcinfo lshost <host_name>

      ex: svcinfo lshost HOSTNAME

3. List a host using wildcards
   1. svcinfo lshost -filtervalue host_name="<expression>*"

      ex: svcinfo lshost -filtervalue host_name="HOST*"

4. List vdisks mapped to host
   1. svcinfo lshostvdiskmap <host_name>

      ex: svcinfo lshostvdiskmap HOSTNAME

Host Creation and Mapping Operations

1. Create a FC host
   1. svctask mkhost -name <host_name> -fcwwpn <wwpn_list>

      ex: svctask mkhost -name HOSTNAME -fcwwpn 210100E08B251EE6

      ex: svctask mkhost -name HOSTNAME -fcwwpn 210100E08B251EE6:210100F08C262EE7

2. Map a vdisk to a host
   1. svctask mkvdiskhostmap -force -host <host_name> <vdisk_name>

      ex: svctask mkvdiskhostmap -force -host HOSTNAME VDISKNAME_DB_01

3. Add FC WWPN to a host
   1. svctask addhostport -fcwwpn <wwpn_list> <host_name>

      ex: svctask addhostport -fcwwpn 210100E08B251EE6 HOSTNAME

      ex: svctask addhostport -fcwwpn 210100E08B251EE6:210100F08C262EE7 HOSTNAME

4. Remove FC WWPN from a host
   1. svctask rmhostport <-force> -fcwwpn <wwpn_list> <host_name>

      ex: svctask rmhostport -fcwwpn 210100E08B251EE6 HOSTNAME

      ex: svctask rmhostport -fcwwpn 210100E08B251EE6:210100F08C262EE7 HOSTNAME

Further Reading

1. IBM Knowledge Center - SAN Volume Controller (2145 and 2147)
2. IBM Knowledge Center - IBM Storwize v7000