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Command Line Interface
Dell™OpenManage™ServerAdministratorStorageManagementUser'sGuide
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Storage Management has a fully-featured command line interface (CLI) that enables you to perform all of Storage Management's reporting, configuration, and
management functions from an operating system command shell. The Storage Management CLI also enables you to script command sequences.
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TheStorageManagementCLIprovidesexpandedoptionsfortheDellOpenManage™ServerAdministratoromreportandomconfigcommands.Whenusingthe
Storage Management CLI, you should be familiar with the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator CLI options documented in the Dell OpenManage Server
Administrator Command Line Interface User's Guide. This Storage Management chapter only documents the omreport and omconfig options that apply to
Storage Management. The Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Command Line Interface User's Guide provides extensive Server Administrator CLI
information not provided in this Storage Management chapter.
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CLI Command Syntax
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When using the omreport and omconfig commands, you should understand how these commands are constructed. In particular you, you need to understand
the following:
l "omreport and omconfig Command Levels"
l "omconfig name=value Pairs"
l "pdisk=<PDISKID> Parameter"
l "enclosure=<ENCLOSUREID> Parameter"
l "Multiple Targets"
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omreport and omconfig Command Levels
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Like all of the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator commands, the omreport and omconfig command syntax consists of specifying command levels. The first
command level is the command name: omreport or omconfig. Subsequent command levels provide a greater degree of specificity regarding the type of object
on which the command will operate or the information that the command will display.
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For example, the following omconfig command syntax has three levels:
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omconfig storage pdisk
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The following table describes these command levels.
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Table 17-1.ExampleCommandLevels
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CLI Command Syntax
Syntax for Required, Optional, and Variable Command Elements
User Privileges for omreport storage and omconfig storage
omreport Command
omconfig Global Commands
omconfig Controller Commands
omconfig Virtual Disk Commands
omconfig Physical Disk Commands
omconfig Battery Commands
omconfig Connector Commands
omconfig Enclosure Commands
Command level
1
Command level
2
Command level
3
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omconfig
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Specifies the command
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storage
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Indicates the Server Administrator service (in this case, Storage Management) that implements the
command
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pdisk
Specifies the type of object on which the command operates