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It's hard to answer this without having seen how the phrase was used, but I'll try. API = application programming interface, which is basicly a set of routines that programmers use to do stuff. The kernel system calls are an API. The programmer can use open(), read(), write(), close(), etc to write code. And this as low level as you can get in ordinary programming. The stdio routines, fopen(), get(), put(), printf(), etc, are a somewhat higher level api. But the term, high level api, generally means something quite a bit higher. Imagine a routine like get_file_via_ftp(). That would be a high level api.
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mp_disablepath
MP_DisablePath(3MPAPI) Common Multipath Management Library Functions MP_DisablePath(3MPAPI)
NAME
MP_DisablePath - disable a path
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lMPAPI [ library... ]
#include <mpapi.h>
MP_STATUS MP_DisablePath(MP_OID oid);
PARAMETERS
oid The object ID of the path.
DESCRIPTION
The MP_DisablePath() function disables a path. This API might cause failover in a logical unit with asymmetric access.
This API sets the disabled field of structure MP_PATH_LOGICAL_UNIT_PROPERTIES to true.
RETURN VALUES
MP_STATUS_INVALID_OBJECT_TYPE
The oid parameter does not specify any valid object type. This is most likely to happen if an uninitialized object ID is passed to the
API.
MP_STATUS_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND
The oid parameter owner ID or object sequence number is invalid.
MP_STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER
The oid parameter does not have a type subfield of MP_OBJECT_TYPE_PATH_LU.
MP_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED
The API is not supported.
MP_STATUS_TRY_AGAIN
The path cannot be disabled at this time.
MP_STATUS_NOT_PERMITTED
Disabling this path causes the logical unit to become unavailable. The plugin that administers the path might return this value or
allow the last path to be disabled.
MP_STATUS_SUCCESS
The operation is successful.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Standard: ANSI INCITS 412 |
| |Multipath Management API |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |Safe |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
libMPAPI(3LIB), MP_EnablePath(3MPAPI), attributes(5)
Multipath Management API Version 1.0
SunOS 5.11 15 Feb 2006 MP_DisablePath(3MPAPI)