ONTAP 9.13.1 commands

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
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