6.3 HP StoreAll Storage Command Line Reference Guide (TA768-96091, June 2013)

ibrix_client
Performs management and control procedures for StoreAll clients.
Description
ibrix_client enables the following StoreAll client procedures:
• Registers a StoreAll Linux client with a Fusion Manager. Clients that are to communicate with
multiple management consoles must be registered on each console. (To register a Windows
StoreAll client, use the Windows StoreAll client GUI.)
• Sets a preferred user interface for a StoreAll client. To prefer a user interface for a host group,
use ibrix_hostgroup.
• Unprefers a user interface for a StoreAll client. To unprefer an interface for a host group, use
ibrix_hostgroup.
• Lists client information.
• Deletes StoreAll clients from the configuration database.
The StoreAll clients use the cluster interface by default. It is not necessary to prefer a user interface
for NFS or SMB clients because they use client-side information to select a user interface when
they mount a file system.
The network interface preference for a StoreAll client is stored in the Fusion Manager. When
StoreAll software services start on the client, the client queries the Fusion Manager for its preferred
network interface and then starts using it. If StoreAll software services are already running on a
client, you can force the client to query the Fusion Manager. To do this, run ibrix_client or
ibrix_lwhost --a, or reboot the client.
Synopsis
Register a StoreAll Linux client at an IP address:
ibrix_client -a -h CLIENT -e IPADDRESS
Execute this command on every Fusion Manager with which the client will communicate.
Delete StoreAll clients from the configuration database:
ibrix_client -d -h CLIENTLIST
NOTE: This command only removes the client from the configuration database; it does not unmount
the file system locally. To unmount the file system, use the ibrix_lwumount command. HP
recommends that you unmount the file system first and then delete the client from the database.
Display operational and configuration information for StoreAll clients:
ibrix_client -i [-h CLIENTLIST]
To see all clients, omit the -h option.
List StoreAll client host names, IP addresses, and IDs:
ibrix_client -l [-h CLIENTLIST] [-v]
To see all clients, omit the -h option. To also list IAD, kernel, and filesystem version information,
include the -v option.
Set a preferred network interface for a StoreAll client:
ibrix_client -n -h SRCCLIENT -A DESTSERVER/IFNAME
The command sets interface IFNAME for traffic from source client SRCCLIENT to destination server
DESTSERVER. To prefer a network interface for a host group, use ibrix_hostgroup.
Delete the established network interface preference for a StoreAll client:
ibrix_client -n -h SRCHOST -D DESTSERVER
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