Quick Reference Guide

Command Syntax Overview 15
Case Sensitivity
• Command line options, pre-defined and user-defined arguments, and
filenames given as arguments are all case-sensitive on PowerEdge systems
prior to PowerEdge
yx2x .
• Unless specified otherwise, enter all commands, options, arguments,
and command line switches in lowercase letters.
Command Line Option Delimiters
Table 2-2 lists some examples of valid and invalid DTK command lines.
... Indicates that the previous argument can be repeated several times in
a command. Enter only the information within the ellipses and
exclude the ellipses.
| Separates two mutually exclusive choices in a syntax line. For
example:
usb: Turns the usb controller on or off.
Argument: enable | disable | legacy
Enter only one choice: --usb=enable, --usb=
disable, or --usb=legacy.
Table 2-2. DTK Command Line Examples
Valid/
Invalid
DTK Command Line Example
valid syscfg --option1 --option2 syscfg --asset --floppy
invalid syscfg --option1=argument
--option2 --option3
syscfg --asset=R910
--floppy --bootseq
valid syscfg -o=filename
--option1 --option2
syscfg -o=/tmp/myfile.txt
--floppy --bootseq
valid syscfg -l=filename
--option1 --option2
syscfg -l=/tmp/myfile.txt
--floppy --bootseq
valid syscfg -i=filename
--option1 --option2
syscfg -i=/tmp/myfile.txt
--floppy --bootseq
Table 2-1. Command Line Syntax
(continued)
Element Description