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CCI command reference for provisioning operations

You can use Device Manager - Storage Navigator and Command Control Interface to perform provisioning operations on your storage system.

Provisioning tasks and CCI commands

The following table lists the provisioning tasks that can be performed using Hitachi Device Manager - Storage Navigator (HDvM - SN) and provides the corresponding CCI command for each task.

Item

Task name in HDvM - SN

CCI command

Logical Device

Create LDEVs

raidcom add ldev

Delete LDEVs

raidcom delete ldev

Edit LDEVs

raidcom modify ldev

Format LDEVs

raidcom initialize ldev

Block LDEVs

raidcom modify ldev

Restore LDEVs

raidcom modify ldev

Assign MP Unit

raidcom modify ldev

Add LUN Paths

raidcom add lun

Delete LUN Paths

raidcom delete lun

Expand V-VOLs

raidcom extend ldev

Reclaim Zero Pages

raidcom modify ldev

Shredding

raidcom initialize ldev

Port/Host Group/iSCSI Target (Fibre Channel)

Create Host Groups

raidcom add host_grp

Delete Host Groups

raidcom delete host_grp

Edit Host Groups

raidcom modify host_grp

Add Hosts

raidcom add hba_wwn

Add to Host Groups

raidcom add hba_wwn

Remove Hosts

raidcom delete hba_wwn

Edit Host

raidcom add hba_wwn

Create Alternate LUN Paths

raidcom add lun

Edit Ports

raidcom modify port

Pool

Create Pools

raidcom add dp_pool

Expand Pool

raidcom add dp_pool

Shrink pools

raidcom delete pool

Delete Pools

raidcom delete pool

Edit Pools

raidcom modify pool

Monitor Pools

raidcom monitor pool

Stop Monitoring Pools

raidcom monitor pool

Start Tier Relocation

raidcom reallocate pool

Stop Tier Relocation

raidcom reallocate pool

Restore Pools

raidcom modify pool

View Tier Properties

raidcom get dp_pool

External Storage

Disconnect External Volumes

raidcom disconnect external_grp

Reconnect External Volumes

raidcom check_ext_storage

Port/Host Group/iSCSI (iSCSI)

Create iSCSI Targets

raidcom add host_grp

Delete iSCSI Targets

raidcom delete host_grp

Edit iSCSI Targets

raidcom modify host_grp

Add Hosts

raidcom add hba_iscsi

Remove Hosts

raidcom delete hba_iscsi

Edit Host

raidcom set hba_iscsi

Add CHAP Users

raidcom add chap_user

Remove CHAP Users

raidcom delete chap_user

Edit CHAP User

raidcom set chap_user

Create Alternate LUN Paths

raidcom add lun

Edit Ports

raidcom modify port

The following table lists the parameters that can be set to the CCI commands. For details, see the Command Control Interface Command Reference.

ParameterValue which can be set
Serial number0 to 999999
LDEV ID

VSP G350 and VSP F350: 0 to 16383

VSP G370 and VSP F370: 0 to 32767

VSP G700 and VSP F700: 0 to 49151

VSP G900 and VSP F900: 0 to 65279

Pool ID

VSP G350 and VSP F350: 0 to 63

VSP G370 and VSP F370: 0 to 63

VSP G700 and VSP F700: 0 to 63

VSP G900 and VSP F900: 0 to 127

Port numberCL1-A to CL7-R
LU number0 to 2047
Resource group ID0 to 1023
Parity group ID

gno: 1 to 52

sgno: 1 to 32

Drive location0-0 to 47-24
iSCSI virtual port ID1 to 15
SSID0000 to FFFE
Tiering policy ID0 to 31
Loop ID for port0x01 to 0xEF
VLAN ID1 to 4094
CU #

VSP G350 and VSP F350: 0 to 3F

VSP G370 and VSP F370: 0 to 7F

VSP G700 and VSP F700: 0 to BF

VSP G900 and VSP F900: 0 to FE

DB number0 to 47
LDEV ID used in a virtual storage machineSee the parameter of LDEV ID in this table.
Virtual port numberSee the parameter of Port number in this table.
Host group ID or iSCSI target ID0 to 254
SSID for LDEV in a virtual storage machineSee the parameter of SSID in this table.