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vxdmpinq(1M)															      vxdmpinq(1M)

NAME

       vxdmpinq - display SCSI inquiry data

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/vx/diag.d/vxdmpinq [-cdh] [-e evpd_value] [-p page_code] device_name

DESCRIPTION

       The  vxdmpinq  utility  returns	SCSI  inquiry  data  for  the  specified  raw  disk  device  specified	by its full pathname (for example,
       /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0 or /dev/vx/rdmp/c0t0d0).  The returned vendor and product identification values can be used with the  vxdiskadm,  vxdmpadm
       and vxinstall commands.

OPTIONS

       -c	 Summarizes inquiry data as a colon-separated list on a single line.

       -d	 Returns detailed inquiry data.

       -e evpd_value
		 Specifies  the  value of the enable vital product data (EVPD) bit to be used with the SCSI inquiry command (possible values are 0
		 or 1, default value is 0).

       -h	 Prints a help message on the usage of the command.

       -p page_code
		 Specifies the page code to be used with the SCSI inquiry command (default value is 0). The page code field specifies  which  page
		 of  vial  product  data  should  be  returned if evpd_value is set to 1.  The value of page_code must be set to 0 if the value of
		 evpd_value is set to 0.

SEE ALSO

       vxdiskadm(1M), vxdmpadm(1M), vxinstall(1M)

VxVM 5.0.31.1							    24 Mar 2008 						      vxdmpinq(1M)