Completing DS CLI postinstallation
Complete these tasks to set up the DS CLI application so that you
can use the DS CLI to configure your DS6000™.
You must install the DS CLI before you complete these postinstallation
tasks.
After you install the DS CLI application, how do you log into
the application? After the initial login, what are some of the first tasks
that you must accomplish before you can get the full benefit of the DS CLI
application? The instructions in this section answer these questions, as well
as, describe how to configure your volumes and how to
manage potential problems.
Before you can use the DS CLI
application with the i5/OS (particularly if you are using external load source),
you must set up the initial configuration of your DS6000 models.
After the initial configuration, you can do a D-mode IPL and begin using the
DS CLI application directly from the i5/OS. In the meantime, you can follow
the list below as a guide for your initial configuration.
- Initiate the DS CLI to begin using it in either single-shot, script,
or interactive command mode.
- Set up your required user accounts and passwords.
- Set your DS CLI default configuration settings.
- Activate your licensed functions. This includes obtaining your
feature activation codes and applying the feature activation codes to your
storage unit.
- Enable the remote support and call home functions. You must provide customer contact and network information to enable
these functions.
- Register for the My Support service.
- Configure new fixed block storage. Use the DS CLI to
create and modify fixed block extent pools, arrays, ranks, volumes, and volume
groups. You can also configure host ports and connections.
- Using the DS CLI application
You must ensure that you have installed the DS Storage Manager using the full-management console installation and that you have configured your domain. Without this domain configuration (which is a one-time process), you cannot use the DS CLI. After you install the DS CLI, three command modes are available to you.
- DS CLI command help
You can obtain online help for each CLI command. To obtain the help, type the word help and the command name at the dscli command prompt. There are additional parameters that you can use with the help command that designate the type of help information that you can receive.
- Obtaining and interpreting DS CLI exit codes
Complete this task to obtain and interpret DS CLI exit codes.
- Activating your machine and feature licenses using the DS CLI
Use the steps described in this task to activate your license activation codes. These codes must be activated before any configuration can be applied to your DS6000 network.
- Enabling remote support using the command-line interface
Remote support enables IBM support personnel to quickly assist you with problem determination and, with your consent, remotely perform certain maintenance procedures.
- Setting up user accounts using the DS CLI
This scenario describes how to set up a user account. You must have administrator authority to enable this function.
- Creating a default configuration setup with a profile file
You can create default settings for the command-line interface by defining one or more profiles on the system. For example, you can specify the storage management console (SMC) for the session, the output format for list commands, the number of rows per page in the command-line output, and the banner that is included with the command-line output.
- Registering for the My Support function
Complete this task to register for the My Support function.