CLI Guide

connect
Connects to a director.
Contexts
All contexts.
Syntax
connect
[-o|--host] [host-name|IP address]
--logport port number
--secondary-host [host name|IP address]
--secondary-logport secondary port number
[-n|--name] name
[-t|--type] system type
[-p|--password] password
[-c|--connection-file] filename
[-s|--save-authentication]
--no-prompt
Arguments
Optional arguments
Description
[-o|--host] {host-name|IP
address}
* Host name or IP address of the director to which to connect.
Default: localhost.
--logport port-number For use by Dell EMC personnel only. A firmware log event port. Applicable only to test
versions of the firmware.
--secondary-host {host-
name|IP address}
Host name or IP address of the redundant interface on director to which to connect.
--secondary-logport
secondary-port-number
For use by Dell EMC personnel only. A firmware log event port. Applicable only to test
versions of the firmware.
--name name * Name to assign to the director after the connection.
Default: Host name or IP address.
[-t|--type] type For use by Dell EMC personnel only. Metro node can communicate with its firmware
through two styles of interfaces. Tools such as the metro node simulator use the 'legacy'
type interface.
[-p|--password] password Set the password for the connection.
[-c|--connection-file]
filename
Load a list of connections from file named connections at:
service@ManagementServer:/var/log/VPlex/cli on the metro node management server.
[-s|--save-
authentication]
Save the authentication information used to connect to the metro node without asking for
confirmation.
--no-prompt
Do not prompt for a password when authentication to the metro node is required.
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