AIX 6 Gather System Information
This is another dump of useful AIX commands for system information gathering. I’m working from a console window, so my ability to paste command output is null.
The below commands are run from the VIO as user padmin:
1. List the virtual SCSI disk mapping.
$lsmap -all
$lspv
2. List the virtual Ethernet and shared Ethernet adapter configuration.
$lsmap -all -net
3. List the ctl_chan and ha_mode attributes of SEA.
$lsdev -dev ent3 -attr
4. Check the priority and status of SEA.
$entstat -all ent3 | grep -i priority
The below commands are run from the AIX lpar:
1. List the virtual Ethernet adapter(veth).
{sys084_partition1} / # lsdev -c adapter
ent0 Available Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan)
vsa0 Available LPAR Virtual Serial Adapter
vscsi0 Available Virtual SCSI Client Adapter
2. Find out the veth adapter slot.
{sys084_partition1} / # lscfg -pl ent0
ent0 U8204.E8A.65BF831-V21-C11-T1 Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan)
PLATFORM SPECIFIC
Name: l-lan
Node: l-lan@3000000b
Device Type: network
Physical Location: U8204.E8A.65BF831-V21-C11-T1
3. Determine the operating system and maintenance levels.
{sys084_partition1} / # oslevel -s
6100-02-02-0849
4. Verify that hdisk$ has multiple paths. In my case I don’t.
{sys084_partition1} / # lspath -l hdisk0
Enabled hdisk0 vscsi0
The below commands is run on the HMC:
1. Determine HMC’s version.
hscroot@sys11hmc:~> lshmc -V
