CLI Guide

NOTE:
• The special characters “ (double quotation mark), ‘ (backward quotation mark), & (ampersand), ,
(comma), \ (backward slash), ; (semicolon), ' (single quote), < (open angular bracket), and > (close
angular bracket) are not supported for this subcommand.
• The OMSA server agent must be present and running on the server to use the Display Hostname feature.
If the agent is not running, the setting is ignored. For more information, see the Dell OpenManage Server
Administrator User's Guide at support.dell.com/manuals.
Synopsis
• racadm setslotname -i<Slot_Number><Slot_Name_To_Be_Set>
• racadm setslotname -h <value>
Input
• —i <Slot_Number> — Displays the ID of the slot.
Legal values: 1–16
• <Slot_Name_To_Be_Set> — The new name assigned to the slot. The character limit for
<Slot_Name_To_Be_Set> is 15.
• —h <values> — Displays the Hostname, Slotname, or iDRAC DNS name. The legal values are:
– 0 — Displays the Slotname
– 1 — Displays the Hostname
– 2 — Displays the iDRAC DNS name
Example
• Set slot name for slot 3 to server3:
racadm setslotname -i 3 server3
The slot name was set successfully.
• Enable System to Display Hostnames (1 = Active):
racadm setslotname -h 1
setsysinfo
Table 115. Details of setsysinfo attribute
Description Sets the name or location of the chassis.
To run this subcommand, you must have the Administrator privilege.
NOTE: The special characters “ (double quotation mark), ‘ (backward quotation mark), & (ampersand), >
(greater than), < (less than), and \ (backward slash) are not supported for this subcommand.
Synopsis
racadm setsysinfo -c chassisname|chassislocation <string>
Input
• <string> — Indicates a maximum of 64 nonextended ASCII chassis name or location.
• -c — Sets the chassis name or location.
Example
• racadm setsysinfo -c chassisname "Dell Rack System"
The chassis name was set successfully
• racadm setsysinfo -c chassislocation chassislocation2
Sets Chassis location.
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