The lsportprof command displays a list of port profiles that are supported on a storage unit and their recommended address discovery and logical block size values. You can use this command to view known values for the block size (lbs) and address discovery (addrdiscovery) parameters in the mkhostconnect command.
Note: Use this command to get the recommended values for the mkhostconnect command.
>>-lsportprof--+-storage_image_ID-+---------------------------->< '-" - "------------'
Parameters
- storage_image_ID | -
- (Required) Displays a list of port profiles for the specified storage image IDs. A storage image ID consists of manufacturer, type, and serial number.
Example
For this command and all other DS CLI list commands, the results are shown in table format to provide clarity. The actual reports do not display as tables.
The following table represents the headers that are displayed on the output report that is associated with the lsportprof command. A separate example is not shown for the 1750 because the information is the same for both the 2107 and 1750.
Invoking the lsportprof command
dscli>lsportprof IBM.2107-75FA120
The
resulting output
Sun Aug 11 02:23:49 PST 2004 IBM DS CLI Version: 5.0.0.0 DS: IBM.2107-75FA120
| Name | AddrDiscovery | LBS |
|---|---|---|
| IBM pSeries – AIX | ReportLUN | 512 |
| IBM pSeries – pLinux | LUNPolling | 512 |
Report column definitions
- Name
- Specifies the name of the host connection behavior profile. The port profile specifies a given host or operating system type.
- AddrDiscovery
- Specifies the address discovery method. One of the following values is
displayed:
- LUN Polling
- Specifies that host system LUN access is limited to a maximum of 256 LUNs.
- Report LUN
- Specifies that host system LUN access is limited to a maximum of 64000 LUNs
- LBS
- Specifies the logical block size. One of the following values is displayed:
- 512 - This value is displayed for all hosts except OS400.
- 520 - This value is displayed for an OS400 host.