Navisphere Command Line Interface (CLI) Reference - VMware Communities

Basic CommandsgetagentDescriptionGets device names and configurationsThe naviseccli or navicli getagent command returns the names ofdevices that the destination Navisphere agent controls. Thecommand also displays descriptions of each device with which theNavisphere agent is configured to communicate. If you type thegetagent command without switches, the CLI displays all values.With switches, the CLI displays only the values.Each SP is a host (-h switch) to which you address the command. Thecommand displays information for the agent running in the SP (theSP agent). Values for irrelevant display fields appear as NA.Note: If you are running VMware ESX Server and issuing this command to avirtual machine (VM), it cannot target the host agent because the NavisphereHost Agent is supported only on ESX Server.SyntaxPrerequisitesOptionsgetagent is used with naviseccli (described on page 37) or navicli(described on page 45) as follows:getagent [-cabinet] [-desc] [-mem] [-model] [ -name] [ -node] [-os][-peersig] [-prom ] [-rev] [-scsiid] [-serial] [-sig] [-spid] [-type] [-ver]For naviseccli, you must have a user account on the storage systemon which you want to execute the command.For navicli, you must be able to log in to the host runningNavisphere CLI.-cabinetReturns a description of the cabinet type.-descReturns an ASCII description of the device (taken from theNavisphere agent configuration file).-memReturns, in MB, the size of the SP’s memory. Each SP in thestorage system must have the same amount of memory to makefull use of the memory. Total memory can be 8, 16, 32, or 64 MB.120 EMC Navisphere Command Line Interface (CLI) Reference