Products and versions:
VTL6000 V100R003
VTL6900 V100R005
On the command-line interface (CLI), run the sms -v command to query the SIR cluster status. Any change to the status (bold text) in the command output can trigger a failover.
[root@SIRServer-51 ~]# sms -v
Last Update by SM: Wed Dec 23 10:16:23 2009
Last Access by RPC: Thu Jan 1 08:00:00 1970
FailOverStatus: 1(UP)
Status of IPStor Server (Transport) : OK
Status of IPStor Server (Application) : OK
Status of IPStor Authentication Module : OK
Status of IPStor Logger Module : OK
Status of IPStor Communication Module : OK
Status of IPStor Self-Monitor Module : OK
Status of IPStor NAS Modules: OK(0)
Status of IPStor Fsnupd Module: OK
Status of IPStor ISCSI Module: OK
Status of FC Link Down : OK
Status of IPStor ISTOR Module: OK
Status of Remote Link :OK
Status of Raid :OK
Broadcast Arp : NO
reservation conflict : 0
Quorumrepository Status : OK
Number of reported failed devices : 0
Status of Network Connection: OK
NAS health check : NO
XML Files Modified : NO
IPStor Failover Debug Level : 0
IPStor Self-Monitor Debug Level : 0
Do We Need To Reboot Machine(SM): NO
Do We Need To Reboot Machine(FM): NO
FM loading resource 0
SM loading resource 0
vdevs status : OK
communication module hung : NO(0)
istor status: OK
remote link status: UP
quorum disabled status: NO
fc configuration information: OK(0)
Please use sms -u to get usage