CLI Commands

Table 15 lists the conventions used in the command statement syntax to manage the storage subsystem.

Command Name Syntax Conventions

Convention Definition
a | b Alternative (“a” or “b”)

italicized-words

A terminal that needs user input to fulfill a parameter (a response to a variable)
[ ... ] (square brackets) Zero or one occurrence (square brackets are also used as a delimiter for some command parameters)
{ ... } (curly braces) Zero or more occurrences
(a | b | c) Choose only one of the alternatives
bold A terminal that needs a command parameter entered to start an action

SMcli host-name-or-IP-address [host-name-or-IP-address] [-ccommand; {command2};”] [-n storage-system-name | -w wwID] [-o outputfile] [-p password] [-e] [-S] [-quick]

SMcli host-name-or-IP-address [hostname-or-IP-address] [-f scriptfile] [-n storage-system-name | -w wwID] [-o outputfile] [-p password] [-e] [-S] [-quick]

SMcli (-n storage-system-name | -w wwID) [-ccommand; {command2};”] [-o outputfile] [-p password] [-e] [-S] [-quick]

SMcli (-n storage-system-name -w wwID) [-f scriptfile] [-o outputfile] [-p password] [-e] [-S] [-quick]

SMcli -a email: email-address [host-name-or-IP-address1 [host-name-or-IP-address2]] [-n storage-system-name | -w wwID | -h host-name | -r (host_sa | direct_sa)] [-I information-to-include] [-q frequency] [-S]

SMcli -x email: email-address [host-name-or-IP-address1 [host-name-or-IP-address2]] [-n storage-system-name | -w wwID | -h host-name | -r (host_sa | direct_sa)] [-S]

SMcli (-a | -x) trap: community, host-name-or-IP-address [host-name-or-IP-address1 [host-name-or-IP-address2]] [-n storage-system-name | -w wwID | -h host-name | -r (host_sa | direct_sa)] [-S]

SMcli -d [-w] [-i] [-s] [-v] [-S]

SMcli -m host-name-or-IP-address -F email-address [-g contactInfoFile] [-S]

SMcli -A [host-name-or-IP-address [host-name-or-IP-address]] [-S]

SMcli -X (-n storage-system-name | -w wwID | -h host-name)

SMcli -?