CLI Guide

Table Of Contents

storage-views

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storage-elements

extents

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Using CLI commands

The commands that make up the CLI fall into two groups:

● Global commands that can be used in any context. For example: cd, date, ls, exit, and user.

● Context-specific commands that can be used only in specific contexts. For example, to use the copy command, the context

must be /distributed-storage/rule-sets.

Use the help command to display a list of all commands (including the global commands) available from the current context.

Use the help -G command to display a list of available commands in the current context excluding the global commands:

VPlexcli:/notifications> help -G

Commands specific to this context and below:

call-home snmp-trap

Some contexts “inherit” commands from their parent context. These commands can be used in both the current context and

the context immediately above in the tree:

VPlexcli:/distributed-storage/bindings> help -G

Commands inherited from parent contexts:

dd rule rule-set summary

Some commands are loosely grouped by function. For example, the commands to create and manage performance monitors

start with the word “monitor”.

Use the <Tab> key display the commands within a command group. For example, to display the commands that start with the

word “monitor”, type “monitor” followed by the <Tab> key:

VPlexcli:/> monitor <Tab>

add-console-sink add-file-sink collect create destroy

remove-sink

stat-list

Page output

For large configurations, output from some commands can reach hundreds of lines.

Paging displays long output generated by the ll and ls commands one page at a time:

To enable paging, add -p at the end of any command:

VPlexcli:/clusters/cluster-1/storage-elements> ls storage-volumes -p

One page of output is displayed. The following message is at the bottom of the first page:

-- more --(TOP )- [h]elp

Press the spacebar to display the next page.

The message now indicates what percentage of the output has been displayed:

-- more --( 24%)- [h]elp

h - Displays instructions on how to move and search the output.

Using the VPlexcli