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storage tape show-tape-drive

Display information about tape drives

Availability: This command is available to cluster administrators at the admin privilege level.

Description

This storage tape show-tape-drive command displays information about tape drives attached to the cluster. By default, this command displays the following information about all tape drives:

  • Device ID of tape drive
  • Description of tape drive
  • World Wide Node Name of tape drive
  • World Wide Port Name of tape drive
  • Serial Number of tape drive
  • Tape drive errors
  • Node to which the tape drive is attached
  • Initiator port which hosts the tape drive
  • Alias name of tape drive
  • Operational state of tape drive
  • Functional status of tape drive

Parameters

{ [-fields <fieldname>, ...]
If you specify the -fields <fieldname>, ... parameter, the command output also includes the specified field or fields. You can use '-fields ?' to display the fields to specify.
| [-instance ]}
If you specify the -instance parameter, the command displays detailed information about all fields.
[-device-id <text>] - Device ID
Selects the tape drive with the specified device ID.
[-node {<nodename>|local}] - Node
Displays detailed information about tape drives on the specified node.
[-description <text>] - Description
Selects the tape drives with the specified description.
[-alias-name <text>] - Alias Name
Selects the tape drive with the specified alias name.
[-wwnn <text>] - World Wide Node Name
Selects the tape drives with the specified World Wide Node Name.
[-wwpn <text>] - World Wide Port Name
Selects the tape drive with the specified World Wide Port Name.
[-serial-number <text>] - Serial Number
Selects the tape drive with the specified serial number.
[-device-if-type {unknown|fibre-channel|SAS|pSCSI}] - Device If Type
Selects the tape drives with the specified interface type.
[-device-state {unknown|available|ready-write-enabled|ready-write-protected|offline|in-use|error|reserved-by-another-host|normal}] - Operational State of Device
Selects the tape drives with the specified operational state.
[-error <text>] - Tape Drive Error Description
Selects the tape drives with the specified error string.
[-initiator <text>] - Initiator Port
Selects the tape drives with the specified initiator port.
[-resv-type {off|persistent|scsi}] - Reservation type for device
Selects the tape drives with the specified type.

Examples

The following example displays information about all tape drives attached to the cluster:

cluster1::> storage tape show-tape-drive

Tape Drive: sw4:11.126
Description: StorageTek T10000C
WWNN: 5:001:04f000:b39ec8
WWPN: 5:001:04f000:b39ec9
Serial Number: 576004000041

Errors: -

Paths:
Node Initiator Alias Device State Status
------------------------ --------- ------- ------------------------ --------
cluster1-01 2a st0 ready-write-enabled normal


Tape Drive: sw4:12.4
Description: HP LTO-3
WWNN: 2:001:000e11:10b919
WWPN: 2:002:000e11:10b919
Serial Number: 1068000371

Errors: -

Paths:
Node Initiator Alias Device State Status
------------------------ --------- ------- ------------------------ --------
cluster1-01 0b st1 ready-write-enabled normal