CLI Guide

The omconfig command writes values that you assign to an object's properties. You can specify values for warning thresholds
on components or prescribe actions that the system must perform when a certain warning or failure event occurs. You can also
use the omconfig command to assign specific values to the system's asset information parameters, such as the purchase
price of the system, the system's asset tag, or the system's location.
The omhelp command displays short-text help for CLI commands. The shorthand equivalent of omhelp is the command
for which you want help followed by -?. For example, to display help for the omreport command, type one of the following
commands:
● omhelp omreport
● omreport -?
The omreport command displays reports of the management information of the system.
NOTE: For an overall summary of the CLI commands, type omhelp.
NOTE: The omupdate commands are no longer supported in Server Administrator and are replaced by Dell Update
Package or the Server Update Utility commands. To update the different components, download the Dell Update Package
and run the <package name> /s [/f command. For more information on the corresponding CLI syntax, see the Dell
Update Packages for Operating Systems User’s Guide or the OpenManage Server Update Utility User’s Guide at dell.com/
support/manuals.
Related Links: Working With CLI Command Results
CLI error checking and error messages
When you type CLI commands, the CLI checks these commands for the correct syntax. If you type a command and the
command is executed successfully, a message is displayed, stating that the command is successful.
Success Messages
When you type a successful omconfig command, data for that component is displayed.
The following omconfig command examples displays valid CLI commands and their success messages:
Table 1. Commands And Messages
Command Message
omconfig chassis temps index=0 warnthresh=
default
Temperature probe warning threshold value(s)
set successfully.
omconfig chassis biossetup attribute=numlock
setting=on
BIOS setup configured successfully. Change
will take effect after the next reboot.
omconfig system assetinfo info=depreciation
duration=6
omconfig system assetinfo info=depreciation
duration=6
Failure Messages
CLI failure messages provide reasons why some commands do not succeed. Some common reasons why commands fail include
syntax errors and components that are not present. Many error messages provide syntax information required to execute the
command successfully.
If you execute a command for a component or feature that is not present in the system configuration, the error message states
that the component is not present.
The following are examples of some failure messages:
Table 2. Failure messages
Command
omconfig chassis volts index=3
minwarnthresh=3.3000
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