Users Guide

support.dell.com PowerVault 51F Commands 4-19

2. Click

Start

and then click

Programs

3. In the program list, click

Dell OpenManage PowerVault Manager

, then click

PowerVault 51F Utilities

, and then click

rshd

The remote shell daemon starts. The

cat.exe

is run from the

rshd.exe

file

4. Start a Telnet session to a switch by typing the following command:

telnet [switch IP address]

5. Log in as admin by typing the following command:

6. Then type:

firmwareDownload ["host name/IP address"], ["user name"],

["filename"]

For example:

=> firmwareDownload "192.111.2.1", "johns", "/tmp/os/v1.6"

NOTE: The host name can be the host IP address and the file name is a path to

the new firmware file.

The RSH server validates the user and delivers the file to the switch where it is

stored in flash memory, as shown in the following example:

writing flash 0 .......................

7. Reboot the switch to initiate the new firmware.

8. After

rshd.exe

completes the download, stop

rshd.exe

by pressing <Ctrl><c>.

To minimize any security exposure, terminate the remote shell daemon.

The

command prints the shell history of the previous 20 commands. The older com-

mands are replaced by new commands. The shell history is similar to the UNIX Korn

shell history facility with an integrated line editor (similar to UNIX VI) that allows previ-

ously typed commands to be edited.

NOTE: The shell history is reset by a reboot.

help

The

help

command displays a list of commands in alphabetical order, with additional

lists of “grouped” commands.