So what is INQ?
Inquiry utility (INQ) is a command-line troubleshooting utility that displays information on storage devices, typically Symmetrix. By default, INQ returns the device name, Symmetrix ID, Symmetrix LUN, and capacity. This utility will operate independently of any other EMC software.Use the INQ Utility to collect system information to provide to EMC Global Services for problem troubleshooting.
But we generally use EMC grab report for that?
Yes ,even INQ is also one of several tools bundled and run as part of the host grab utilities (EMC Grab and EMCReports).
Can we analyze INQ output?
Luckily we can analyze INQ output. below is the process. Generally we see two types of INQ output. It is Enginuity level dependent.
for older versions INQ output will be in below format
When running inq or syminq, you’ll see a column titled Ser Num. This column has quite a bit of information hiding in it.
Device Product Device
—————- ————————- ——————————–
Name Type Vendor ID Rev Ser Num Cap(KB)
—————- —– ——- ——— ——- ——— ——–
/dev/dsk/c1t0d0 EMC SYMMETRIX 5265 73009150 459840
/dev/dsk/c1t4d0 BCV EMC SYMMETRIX 5265 73010150 459840
/dev/dsk/c1t5d0 GK EMC SYMMETRIX 5265 73019150 2880
/dev/dsk/c2t6d0 GK EMC SYMMETRIX 5265 7301A281 2880
Using the first and last serial numbers as examples, the serial number is broken out as follows:
73 Last two digits of the Symmetrix serial number
009 Symmetrix device number
15 Symmetrix director number. If <= 16, using the A processor
0 Port number on the director
If Device Serial Number = “71018000” Legend = SSVVVDDP
SS = Last 2 Digits of System S/N V = Volume Number (000 – FFF) DD = Director Number (01 – 16 is A director, 17 – 32 is B
director) P = Port (0 – 3)
In new INQ outputs generally we can directly find columns for array SN and device id and device WWN(i don’t have inq output from newe version so not posting it here)
what if I don’t have INQ utility and can get only multipathing output?
Yes. if mutlipathing output is from powerpath then we can directly get most of details
#powermt display dev=all ====> Display All Attached LUNs
Mostly we used to run this command powermt, which will display all the attached logical devices to the server.
Pseudo name=disk915
Symmetrix ID=000290103691
Logical device ID=06B8
state=alive; policy=SymmOpt; priority=0; queued-IOs=0;
==============================================================================
————— Host ————— – Stor – — I/O Path — — Stats —
### HW Path I/O Paths Interf. Mode State Q-IOs Errors
==============================================================================
3 0/4/0/0/0/1.0x5006048c52a862e7.0x40a6000000000000 c14t4d6 FA 8cB active alive 0 2
3 0/4/0/0/0/1.0x5006048c52a862f7.0x40a6000000000000 c15t4d6 FA 8dB active alive 0 2
5 0/5/0/0/0/1.0x5006048c52a862e8.0x40a6000000000000 c16t4d6 FA 9cB active alive 0 2
5 0/5/0/0/0/1.0x5006048c52a862f8.0x40a6000000000000 c17t4d6 FA 9dB active alive 0 2
If I have only native multipathing?
So now we have to use a bit of technique to decode device WWN which is part of CTD addressing
General EMC device WWN: 600009700001926055542533030363338
you can break above wwn this way 60000970000 192605542 5330 30363338
192605542-serial nuumber of array in decimal
last 8 digits-30363338 are the symm device in ASCII
ASCII to Hexa
30=0
36=6
33=3
38=8
so device is 0638
so now we can say device is 0638 from array 5542
where exactly I can use this INQ or multipathing output ?
These outputs will be helpful for us in knowing what storage devices server able to see from san side. this can help us in resolving device missing or path down tickets.
where do I get INQ utility?
Below is the FTP link
what else?
Yup, I am done :). If you have more info or any corrections please feel free to mail me..
SSKANTH 