CLI Guide

Synopsis
racadm deploy -m server-<n> -u root -p <password> -s <ipaddress>
<subnet> <gateway>
racadm deploy -m switch-<n> -u root -p <password> -d
racadm deploy -a [server|switch] -u root -p <password>
Input
● -m—<module>—must be one of the following values:
○ server
○ switch
● -a—[server|switch]—applies options to all modules present in the chassis of the given module
type; if specified must be one of the following values:
○ server
○ switch
NOTE: If the module type is not specified, the default type is server.
NOTE: Switches must support ethernet management.
● -u—The username for servers and switches must be 'root'.
● -p—Password for the given username. For a server, the password must be 1-20 characters with
ASCII value in the 32-126 range. For a switch, the password must be in the 6-32 characters with ASCII
value in the 32-125 range.
NOTE: FC IOMs (MXG610s) do not support colon, ":", in passwords.
NOTE: The lshell does not support the special characters—'&', '|','`','>','<', '$(', '$\{', 'sudo',
'lsudo', 'lpath', and 'history'.
NOTE: You can configure only the "root" user password for servers, using the deploy command.
● -s— The <ipaddress> <subnet> <gateway> sets static IPV4 network configuration for
server. The <ipAddress>, <netmask>, and <gateway> must be typed as dotted decimal strings.
● -d—Enables DHCP for the specified server.
Example
● Set root password, configure static IPV4 address for server-1
racadm deploy -m server-1 -u root -p <password> -s 192.168.0.20
255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1
● Set root password, configure static IPV6 address for server-1
racadm deploy -m server-1 -u root -p <password> -s -6 2001:DB8::2 64
2001:DB8::1
● Set root password and enable DHCP for server-3
racadm deploy -m server-3 -u root -p <password> -d
● Set password for switch-1
racadm deploy -m switch-1 -u root -p <password>
● Set root password to "calvin" for all servers
racadm deploy -a -u root -p calvin
● Set password for all switches
racadm deploy -a switch -u root -p <password>
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