Quick Reference Guide

Command Syntax Overview 19
Command Syntax Overview
Syntax refers to the way a command and its parameters are entered. Dell™ OpenManage™
Deployment Toolkit (DTK) Command Line Interface (CLI) commands can be arranged in any
order in a command line instance as long as they conform to the basic command line syntax.
Command Line Syntax
The general usage models of the DTK utilities are as follows:
•SYSCFG
syscfg option1 [arg1] ... option X [arg X ]
OR
syscfg bmcoption1 bmcsuboption1 [arg1]...bmcsuboption
X [arg X ]
•RAIDCFG
raidcfg [mandatory options] <optional arguments>
•RACADM
racadm < options > < subcommand > < subcommand_options >
•UPINIT
For WinPE:upinit --disk=0 --size=32 --file=t:\upimage.bin
For Linux:upinit --disk=/dev/sda --size=32 --file=
/tmp/upimage.bin
The DTK command line switches, configuration file formatting, and error reporting follow similar
style and behavior. However, individual DTK utilities can sometimes differ from one another in
significant ways. You should familiarize yourself with the command line syntax and utility-specific
options and arguments for each utility before using DTK.
NOTE: Some of the command line options in DTK are followed by an asterisk. Such options are used for
reporting purposes only.
Table 2-1 lists the generic command line characters and arguments present in the command line
options with a short description of these characters.