Network Related commands in AIX

AIX Network Related commands

host 193.9.200.1  Resolves ip to host name (from /etc/hosts file)

host ibm                 Resolve ibm to ip address (from /etc/hosts file)

hostname ibm      To change the host name to ibm

entstat en0         To the status of ethernet device en0

entstat -d en0     To list the detailed status of device en0

no -a                  To list all net configurable attributes and their values

no -d thewall      To change thewall parameter to its default value

no -o ipforwarding=1   To make the machine as router in tcpip networks

traceroute ibm            To trace the route to ibm

ping ibm                     To tcp ping to the machine ibm

ifconfig -a                  To show the status of all network interfaces

ifconfig en0                To show the status of en0

ifconfig en0 up           Turns on network card en0

ifconfig en0 down       Turns off network card en0

ifconfig en0 detach     Removes en0 card from the network interface list

ifconfig en0 inet 194.35.52.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up     configure en0 and starts immediately

mktcpip -h ibm -a 10.0.2.40 -m 255.255.255.0 -i en0  assign hostname as ibm, IP as 10.0.2.40 subnetmask 255.255.255.0 to en0 interface

ifconfig en0 alias 195.60.60.1   Create alias ip address for en0

route add 0 192.100.13.7          To make 192.100.13.7 as default gateway for entire network

route add 192.100.12.0 192.100.13.7   To make 13.7 as gateway for 12.0 network

route -f                To clear the gateway table

chdev -l inet0 -a hostname=ibm    To change the host name to ibm permanently

netstat -a                To show the state of all sockets

netstat -c                 To show the network buffers cache

netstat -D                To show the net drops of packets

netstat -i               To display interface statistics

netstat -r               To show the routing table

netstat -rn             To show routing table (ip will be given instead of host names)

netstat -s                 To show the statistics of the protocols

netstat -s -p <>      To show the statistics of respective protocols

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Installation specific commands in AIX

AIX Installation Specific commands

lslpp -l                              To see the details of installed file sets

lslpp -ha bos.net.*             To list the installation history of all file set in bos.net packages

lslpp -f bos.rte                   To list the files in the bos.rte package

lslpp -w /etc/hosts            To list the file set which contain /etc/hosts file (parent fileset)

lslpp -p bos.net.nfs.server  To list the pre requisites for bos.net.nfs.server file set 

lslpp -d                To show dependancies of fileset

         

installp -L -d /dev/rmt0.1  To list the installable products on the device rmt0

installp -aX -d /dev/rmt0.1 bos.net   To install all filesets within bos.net and expands file system if it requires

installp -u bos.net       To remove bos.net

installp -r                      To reject the applied software

installp -c -f                  To commit the applied fileset

installp -C                     To cleanup an incomplete installation

lppchk -c                      To check the fileset items and verifies that the checksum and filesize are consistent with SWVPD

lppchk -v                      verify that all filesets have required requisites and are completely installed

instfix -k IX9999 -d /dev/rmt0.1 To install the file set associated with fix IX9999 from rmt0

instfix -ik IX9999         To verify fix IX9999 installed

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Console Emulation commands in AIX

AIX Console emulation commands

lscons                  To list the current console

lscons -b              To list the console at next boot

chcons /dev/tty3 To change the console to tty3

chcons -a login=enable /dev/tty3  Redirect console to tty3 and provide login prompt

swcons /dev/tty3     To change system console to tty3 temporarily

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Device Related Commands in AIX

AIX Device Related commands


cfgmgr                 To configure devices and installs device software in system

cfgmgr -l vscsi0     To configure the components connected to the vscsi0 interface

lscfg                          To display config, diagnostics and vital product definition info

lscfg -l mem0         Display info about device mem0

lscfg -l ent*            Display info about all Ethernet cards

lscfg -v                   Display vpd

lscfg -v -l hdisk0       Display vpd of hdisk0

mkdev -l rmt0         To change device rmt0 from defined state to available state

lsdev -P                  To lists all supported devices

lsdev -P -c disk        To list all supported disks

lsdev -P -r class        To display supported class

lsdev -P -r subclass  To display all sub class

lsdev -C                  To lists all configured devices

lsdev -C -l mem0     To display the properties of mem0

chdev -l sys0 -a maxproc=100   To change default maxproc value to 100/user

chdev -l rmt0 -a blocksize=512  To change the block size to 512

chdev -l rmt0 -a ret=no            To avoid tape retension

rmdev -l rmt0                           To remove the device rmt0

rmdev -dl rmt0                         To remove the device totally from database

rmdev -l rmt0 -S                           To change the state of the device stopped

lsparent -C -k rs232                 To display possible parent devices which accept rs232 devices

lsparent -C -l hdisk0                 To display parent devices which accept child device hdisk0

lsattr -Dl rmt0                         To see the default values of the device rmt0

lsattr -El rmt0                         To see the current values of the device rmt0

lsattr -El tty0 -a login -R           To see all possible values of the login attribute of tty0

lsconn -p scsi0                        To list all possible connection scsi0 can accept

lvlstmajor                               To list the available major numbers

mknod /dev/null c 2 2              Create null device with major (2) and minor (2) nos. (c - char device)

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System Dump commands in AIX

AIX System Dump commands

sysdumpdev -l           To list the current dump destination

sysdumpdev -L          List the details of the previous dump

sysdumpstart -p        Starts dump in the primary dump device

sysdumpstart -s        Starts dump in the secondary dump device

sysdumpdev -p /dev/lv00       To make lv00 as primary dump device tempararly

sysdumpdev -P -p /dev/lv00   To make lv00 as primary dump device permanently

sysdumpdev -s /dev/rmt0      To make rmt0 as secondary dump device

sysdumpdev -z                      To determine a new system dump occurred

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