Deployment Guide

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 as long as they conform to the basic command line syntax.

DTK Utilities General Usage

The following table lists the general usage models of the DTK utilities:

Table 2. DTK Utilities

Utilities Usage

SYSCFG

syscfg --option1=[arg1] ... --optionX=[argX]

syscfg bmcoption1 --bmcsuboption1=[arg1]...--

bmcsuboptionX=argX]

RAIDCFG

raidcfg [mandatory options] <optional arguments>

RACADM

racadm <options> <subcommand> <subcommand_options>

NOTE: The Command Line Reference Guide for iDRAC6 and CMC available

on dell.com/support/manuals provides information about the RACADM

subcommands, supported interfaces, property database groups and object

definitions for iDRAC6 and CMC.

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 must 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.

Command Line Syntax

The following table lists the generic command line characters and arguments present in the command line options with a short

description of these characters.

Table 3. Command Line Options

Element Description

Prefix single character options.