--- cci/usr/src/man/man1/iostat.1 2019/07/28 12:24:19 1.1 +++ cci/usr/src/man/man1/iostat.1 2019/07/28 12:26:37 1.1.1.2 @@ -4,28 +4,59 @@ iostat \- report I/O statistics .SH SYNOPSIS .B iostat -[ interval [ count ] ] +[ [-01r] interval [ count ] ] .SH DESCRIPTION .I Iostat -iteratively reports the number of characters read and written to terminals, -and, for each disk, the number of seeks transfers per second, kilobytes -transfered per second, -and the milliseconds per average seek. +iteratively reports the number of +characters read and written to terminals, +and, for each disk, the number of +seeks per second, transfers per second, +kilobytes transferred per second, +and the milliseconds per average +transfer which include the seek time. It also gives the percentage of time the system has -spent in user mode, in user mode running low priority (niced) processes, +spent in user mode, in user mode running +low priority (niced) processes, in system mode, and idling. .PP -To compute this information, for each disk, seeks and data transfer completions +To compute this information, +for each disk, seeks and data transfer completions and number of words transferred are counted; for terminals collectively, the number of input and output characters are counted. Also, each sixtieth of a second, the state of each disk is examined and a tally is made if the disk is active. -From these numbers and given the transfer rates -of the devices it is possible to determine +From these numbers, and given the transfer rates +of the devices, it is possible to determine average seek times for each device. .PP +The POWER 6/32 can support up to 32 disk drives. +.I Iostat +can only display 16 drives at one time. +The +.B \-0 +argument will display the first 16 mounted disk drives, +and the +.B \-1 +argument will display the second 16 mounted disk drives. +These options take effect only if the system has more +than 16 mounted drives. +The +.B \-0 +argument is the default. +Any time during the display, you can type in +a 0, 1 or r to change the display. +.PP +The +.B \-r +argument, switches between displaying the +first and second 16 disk drives, i.e., it switches +back and forth between the 0 and 1 options. +This option takes effect only if the system has more +than 16 mounted drives. +The duration for each set of drives will be [interval]/2 . +.PP The optional .I interval argument causes