VIO commands

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CommandCommon Arguments & DescriptionCommand 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