Reference Guide

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 Dell 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

NOTE: Due to limitations, some commands do not alter the system settings even though the

commands are executed successfully. This is an expected behavior.

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.