Reference Guide

connect

Description Connects to the switch or blade server serial console.

NOTE: This subcommand is only supported on the firmware interface(s).

Synopsis

• racadm connect [-b] —m <module>

Input

-b — Connects to the switch or console using the binary mode. -b is an optional; a

server or a switch must be present.

NOTE: If you use the -b option, reset the CMC to end the connect operation.

-m <module> — Must be one of the following values:

• server –<n> — where n=1–16

• server –<nx> — where n=1–8; x = a, b, c, d (lower case)

• switch –<n> — where n = 1 to 6 or <a1 | a2 | b1 | b2 | c1 | c2>

Example

• 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

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

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

NOTE: Use setniccfg to configure static IP address, subnet mask, and gateway, and

DHCP, speed and duplex properties.

Synopsis

• racadm deploy -m server-<n> -u root -p <password> -s

<ipaddress> <subnet> <gateway> -b <device> -o no | yes

• racadm deploy -m server-<n> -u root -p <password>-s -6

<ipv6Address> <prefixlen> <gateway> -b <device> -o no | yes

where <prefixlen> must be a number between 0 and 128.

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

• racadm deploy -m switch-<n> -u root -p <password>

• racadm deploy -m switch-<n> -v SNMPv2 <snmpCommunityString> ro

• racadm deploy -a [server/switch] -u root -p <password>

• racadm deploy -q [-n <numofblades>]

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 an -a for all servers.

Legal values are: None, PXE, HDD, CD-DVD, vFDD, vCD-DVD, iSCSI, SD, FDD, RFS.

• -o no/yes — Indicates if the server must start from the device once. Use this

option with -b option.