CLI Guide

Table 13. Details of connect (continued)

Examples • Connect to I/O Module 1 serial console

racadm connect -m switch-1

• Connect to server 1 serial console

racadm connect -m server-1

deploy

Table 14. Details of deploy

Description Deploys blade server or IOM by specifying the required properties.

To use this subcommand, you must have the Server Administrator privilege.

NOTE: You can also use setniccfg to configure static IP address, subnet mask,

gateway, DHCP, speed, and duplex properties.

Synopsis

• racadm deploy -m <module> -u root -p <password> -s <ipaddress>

• racadm deploy -m <module> -u root -p <password> -s -6 <ipv6Address>

where <prefixlen> is a number between 0 and 128.

• racadm deploy -m <module> -u root -p <password> -d [-6]

• racadm deploy -a -u root -p <password>

Input

• -b < device > — Specifies the first boot device; must be used with -o.

• Use with -m <module> to specify for an individual server, or with -a for all servers

Legal values: device=None, PXE, HDD, CD-DVD, vFDD, vCD-DVD, SD, FDD, RFS

• -o < no|yes > — Indicates if the server should boot from the device once; must be used with -

Use with -m <module> to specify for an individual server, or with -a for all servers.

• -a — server/switch. Applies options to all modules present in the chassis of the given module

type. Specify the value as server or switch. Default value is server. Switches must support

Ethernet Management.

• -u root — Indicates that the < password > is supplied for the root user on the server. root is a

constant parameter, the only value that is valid with the ‑u option. Required Username when

you are setting IOA values.

• -m < module > — Specifies the server you want to configure.

Legal value must be one of the following values:

○ server-n where n=1–4

○ switch-n where n=1–2.

• -p < password > — Specifies the password for the root user on the server or switch.

Legal values: For switches, valid passwords are 6 - 32 ASCII characters in length, ranging in

value 32–125 (decimal). For servers, valid passwords are 1 – 20 ASCII characters in length,

ranging in value 32 – 126 (decimal).

• -s <ipaddress subnet gateway> — Sets the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway for the

specified server, separated by single spaces.

○ ipaddress — A string representing a valid IP address. For example, 192.168.0.20.

○ subnet — A string representing a valid subnet mask. For example, 255.255.255.0.

○ gateway — A string representing a valid gateway address. For example, 192.168.0.1.

• -d — Enables DHCP for the specified server.

The -s and -d options cannot be used together in the same command.

RACADM Subcommand Details