Using the CLI Client, Syntax Rules

Using the HBAnyware Utility Command-Line Interface

The Command Line Interface (CLI) Client component of the HBAnyware utility provides access to the capabilities of the Remote Management library from a console command prompt. This component is intended for use in scripted operations from within shell scripts or batch files. The CLI Client is a console application named hbacmd. Each time you run this application from the command line, a single operation is performed.

The first parameter of this command is the requested operation. When the specified operation is completed, the command prompt is displayed. Most operations retrieve information about an entity on the SAN and display that information on the console.

Most of the CLI Client commands require one or more additional parameters that specify the nature of the command. A parameter used by many hbacmd commands specifies the World Wide Port Name (WWPN) of the HBA that is the target of the command.

For example, run the following command from the directory in which HBAnyware is installed to display the port attributes for the HBA with the specified WWPN:

hbacmd portattrib 10:00:00:00:c9:20:20:20

hbacmd can be run in TCP/IP mode by making the first argument h=<host>. For example:

hbacmd h=cp-hp5670 listhbas hbacmd h=138.239.91.121 listhbas

Note: For the VMware ESX Server, the firewall on the ESX Server must be opened to management systems remotely. To enable TCP port #23333, run the following commands:

esxcfg-firewall --openPort 23333,tcp,in,hbanyware esxcfg-firewall --openPort 23333,tcp,out,hbanyware

To verify that the port is open, run the following command:

esxcfg-firewall -q

See the VMware Server Configuration Guide for more details on how to configure the

ESX firewall.