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Using the DRAC 5 SM-CLP Command Line Interface 219
Using the DRAC 5 SM-CLP
Command Line Interface
This section provides information about the Server Management Workgroup
(SMWG) Server Management-Command Line Protocol (SM-CLP) that is
incorporated in the DRAC 5.
NOTE: This section assumes that you are familiar with the Systems Management
Architecture for Server Hardware (SMASH) Initiative and the SMWG SM-CLP
specifications. For more information on these specifications, see the Distributed
Management Task Force (DMTF) website at www.dmtf.org.
The DRAC 5 SM-CLP is a protocol driven by the DMTF and SMWG to
provide standards for systems management CLI implementations. The
SMWG SM-CLP is a subcomponent of the overall SMASH efforts overseen
by DMTF.
DRAC 5 SM-CLP Support
DRAC 5 is the first RAC product that provides support for the SM-CLP
standard-based command line protocol. The SM-CLP is hosted from the
DRAC 5 controller firmware and supports telnet, SSH, and serial-based
interfaces. The DRAC 5 SM-CLP interface is based on the SM-CLP
Specification Version 1.0 provided by the DMTF organization.
The following sections provide an overview of the SM-CLP feature that is
hosted from the DRAC 5.
SM-CLP Features
The SM-CLP promotes the concept of verbs and targets to provide system
management capabilities through the CLI. The verb indicates the operation
to perform, and the target determines the entity (or object) that runs the
operation.
Below is an example of the SM-CLP command line syntax.
<verb> [<options>] [<target>] [<properties>]