VIO commands
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| Command | Common Arguments & Description | Command Description |
|---|---|---|
| cfgdev | (Configure new devices) | Configure new devices |
| cfgdev | -dev scsi0 (Configure new devices attached to the scsi0 adapter) | Configure new devices |
| echo | "lscfg | grep -i scsi" | oem_setup_env (Displays the SCSI device location codes by piping an AIX command into oem_setup_env) | Display SCSI device location codes |
| errlog | -ls (Displays detailed information about errors in the error log) | Display or clear the error log |
| lsdev | (Displays information about all physical and virtual devices) | Display Virtual I/O Server devices |
| lsdev | -slots (Displays slot information for built-in adapters that are not hot-pluggable but can have DLPAR operations performed on them) | Display Virtual I/O Server devices |
| lsdev | -type adapter (Displays information about physical and virtual adapters) | Display Virtual I/O Server devices |
| lsdev | -type disk (Displays information about physical and virtual disks) | Display Virtual I/O Server devices |
| lsdev | -virtual (Displays information about virtual devices) | Display Virtual I/O Server devices |
| lsmap | -all (Displays information about all virtual SCSI devices) | Display the mapping between physical, logical and virtual devices |
| lssp | (Displays all the defined storage pools on the VIO server, including total size, free space, number of backing devices and type of pool) | Display the storage pools available on the VIO server |
| lssp | -bd -sp appvg (Displays information about the backing devices (-bd) for the storage pool (-sp) appvg, including the SVSA (SCSI Virtual Service Adapters) and VTD (Virtual Target Devices) | Display the storage pools available on the VIO server |
| oem_setup_env | (Places the padmin user in a non-restricted root shell. Non-supported VIO admin method.) | Initiate the OEM install and setup environment |