CLI Guide

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Help With The Omconfig Command
The following table lists the usage of omconfig commands.
Table 43. Usage Of Omconfig Commands
Command Usage Description
omconfig -? To display the list of the available commands for omconfig.
omconfig <command level
2> -?
To display the help for about, chassis, preferences, and system’s level 2 commands.
omconfig chassis -? To display the help for omconfig chassis command.
omconfig system -? To display the help for omconfig system command.
omconfig preferences -? To display the available commands for omconfig preferences, such as cdvformat, which
is the custom delimiter format (cdv).
omconfig preferences
cdvformat -?
To display the list of delimiter values for the cdv.
omconfig system
<command level 3> -?
To display the list of the parameters you must use to execute a particular omconfig system
command.
omconfig system
alertaction -?
To display the list of valid parameters for omconfig system alertaction.
omconfig system shutdown
-?
To display the list of valid parameters for omconfig system shutdown.
omconfig system
alertaction -? | more
To display the list of valid parameters for omconfig system alertaction and to scroll the
command output one screen at a time. Here, | more allows you to press the spacebar to see
the next screen of the CLI help output.
omconfig system
alertaction -? -outa
alert.txt
To create a file that contains all the help for the omconfig system alertaction -?
command. Here, -outa directs the output of the command to a file called alert.txt .
more alert.txt To read the help for the alertaction command on Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Enterprise
Linux, or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems.
Omconfig About
Use the omconfig about command to learn the product name and version number of the systems management application
installed on the system. The following is an example output of the omconfig about command:
Table 44. Omconfig output
Product
name
: Dell OpenManage Server Administrator
Version : 7.x.x
Copyright : Copyright (C) Dell Inc. xxxx-xxxx. All rights reserved.
Company : Dell Inc.
For more details about the environment for Server Administrator, type:
omconfig about details=true
Server Administrator includes a number of services, each having a version number of its own. The Contains field reports
version numbers for the services and provides other useful details. The output may change depending on the configuration of
the system and the version of Server Administrator.
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Omconfig Managing Components Using The Instrumentation Service