HP MSA 1040 HP MSA 1040 CLI Reference Guide (762782-001, March 2014) - Page 19

XML API optimization The following are two ways to optimize XML API performance: • Use embedded objects. This allows one object to contain not only properties but also other objects. In general, parsing a structure such as this is easier as the association between objects is simpler. This is an alternative to using COMP elements. • Use brief mode. In brief mode, which is disabled by default, returns a subset of attributes of object properties. The name and type attributes are always returned. Other properties can be obtained by using the meta command with the basetype of the object. This optimization reduces the number of bytes transmitted for each request and allows caching of CLI metadata. Brief mode can be enabled or disabled by using the set cli-parameters command. In the following example, which uses brief mode, embedded objects contain media-specific detail for ports: # show ports hostport_A1 A 1 A1 FC 6 FC(-) target-ID Disconnected 6 255 Auto 3 N/A 4 There is no host connection to this host port. - No action is required. Loop 0 hostport_A2 ... Success 0 Command completed successfully. 0 2012-01-27 12:11:10 1281442270 Using the XML API 19