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Using the IO Configurator Help Facility [ System Startup, Configuration, and Shutdown Reference Manual ] MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation


System Startup, Configuration, and Shutdown Reference Manual

Using the IO Configurator Help Facility 

The help facility enables you to identify quickly the function and syntax
of those IO configurator commands and options required to perform the
multiple operations that define or change device-dependent information.

To obtain a list of the commands available for use in the IO
configurator, enter HELP at the IO configurator prompt as shown in the
following example:
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|                                                                      |
|                                                                      |
|      io>HELP                                                         |
|                                                                      |
|          ** IO configurator commands **                              |
|                                                                      |
|          aclass (ac)      adev (ad)       apath (ap)      avol (av)  |
|          dclass (dc)      ddev (dd)       dpath (dp)      dvol (dv)  |
|          lclass (lc)      ldev (ld)       lpath (lp)      lvol (lv)  |
|          maddress(ma)     mclass (mc)     mdev (md)       mpath (mp) |
|          mvol (mv)                                                   |
|                                                                      |
|          clear (cl)(c)    exit (ex)(e)    help (he)(h)    hold (ho)  |
|          oclose (oc)      redo                                       |
|      io>                                                             |
|                                                                      |
|                                                                      |
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          Example 5-2.  IO Configurator HELP Command Output 

To display the syntax for each available command at the current level,
enter HELP ALL as shown in the following example:
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|                                                                        |
|                                                                        |
|      io>HELP ALL                                                       |
|                                                                        |
|         command (abb)   parameter=value                                |
|         -------------   ---------------                                |
|                                                                        |
|         aclass (ac)     class      = name                              |
|                         ldev       = #/#,#,...                         |
|                         [mode      = IN|OUT|CIO|NCIO|RANDOM|           |
|                                      DEFAULT]                          |
|                                                                        |
|         adev (ad)       ldev       = #/#,#,...                         |
|                         [path       = devicepath]                      |
|                         id         = productid                         |
|                         [rsize     = recordsize]                       |
|                         [outdev    = outputdevice]                     |
|                         [mode      = JOB|DATA|INTERACTIVE|DUPLICATIVE| |
|                                      INPUT|OUTPUT|AUTOREPLY|NLIO|NONE] |
|                         [class     = classname,...|NONE]               |
|                         [cmode     = IN|OUT|CIO|NCIO|RANDOM|           |
|                                      DEFAULT]                          |
|                         [pmgr      = physicalmanagername]              |
|                         [lmgr      = logicalmanagername]               |
|                         [pmgrpri   = physicalmanagerpriority]          |
|                         [mpetype   = compmodetype]                     |
|                         [mpesubtype= compmodesubtype]                  |
|                         [devname   = devicename]                       |
|                                    .                                   |
|                                    .                                   |
|                                                                        |
|         mpath (mp)      path       = devicepath                        |
|                         [id        = productid]                        |
|                         [pmgr      = managername]                      |
|                         [lmgr      = managername]                      |
|                         [pmgrpri   = managerpriority]                  |
|                         [maxios    = maxconcurrentchannelI/Os]         |
|                                                                        |
|         mvol (mv)       vname      = volumename                        |
|                         [newname   = newvolumename]                    |
|                         [ldev      = logicaldevice#]                   |
|                         [transient = %ofdiscfortransientobjects]       |
|                         [permanent = %ofdiscforpermanentobjects]       |
|                         [vclass    = volumeclass]                      |
|                                                                        |
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          Example 5-3.  IO Configurator HELP ALL Command Output 

To receive a listing of the syntax for an IO configurator command, enter
HELP commandname at the IO configurator prompt as shown in the following
example:
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|                                                                         |
|                                                                         |
|      io>HELP ADEV                                                       |
|                                                                         |
|         adev (ad)       ldev       = #/#,#,...                          |
|                         path       = devicepath                         |
|                         id         = productid                          |
|                         [rsize     = recordsize]                        |
|                         [outdev    = outputdevice]                      |
|                         [mode      = JOB|DATA|INTERACTIVE| DUPLICATIVE| |
|                                      INPUT|OUTPUT|AUTOREPLY|NLIO|NONE]  |
|                         [class     = classname,...|NONE]                |
|                         [cmode     = IN|OUT|CIO|NCIO|RANDOM|            |
|                                      DEFAULT]                           |
|                         [pmgr      = physicalmanagername]               |
|                         [lmgr      = logicalmanagername]                |
|                         [pmgrpri   = physicalmanager priority]          |
|                         [mpetype   = compmodetype]                      |
|                         [mpesubtype= compmodesubtype]                   |
|                         [devname   = devicename]                        |
|      io>                                                                |
|                                                                         |
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          Example 5-4.  IO Configurator Command HELP Output 



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