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Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description
Example:
A:>syscfg --nmibutton=enable
nmibutton=enable
passwordaction
Table 312. passwordaction
Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description
passwordaction
Congures and tests the password for the
specied User ID. This option cannot be replicated.
All three sub-options, action, userid, and
password must be included in the command line.
NOTE: This option does not support 20
byte passwords.
--userid
2–16, if your system
has a DRAC 5 controller
Species the BMC User ID. This sub-option cannot
be replicated.
--action setpassword,
testpassword
Sets or tests the password for the specied User
ID. This sub-option cannot be replicated.
--password <string>
Sets the password (maximum of 16 printable ASCII
characters) for the specied BMC User ID. This
sub-option cannot be replicated.
Example (to set and test the password for User ID
3):
A:>syscfg passwordaction --
userid=3 --action=setpassword --
password=bmcmaster passwordaction
userid=3 action=setpassword
password=*********
A:>syscfg passwordaction --
userid=3 --action=testpassword --
password=bmcmastor
Password test failed.
pefcfgparams
Table 313. pefcfgparams
Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description
pefcfgparams or
pcp
Congures and displays PEF conguration
parameters. This option can be replicated.
--filter fanfail,
voltfail,
discretevoltfail
, tempwarn,
tempfail,
intrusion,
redundegraded,re
dunlost,
procwarn,
procfail,
powerwarn,
Species a PEF value. This sub-option can be
replicated.
For a complete list of all possible PEF messages
along a description of each event, see BMC
Platform Events Filter Alert Messages
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