HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 6.3.1 CLI Guide
Table Of Contents
- HP Insight Software Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager
- Contents
- 1 Getting Started
- 2 Using VCEMCLI
- 3 Using VCEM commands
- add profile
- set profile
- assign profile
- export profiles
- unassign profile
- add enet-connection
- set enet-connection
- remove enet-connection
- add fc-connection
- set fc-connection
- remove fc-connection
- add fcoe-connection
- set fcoe-connection
- remove fcoe-connection
- add iscsi-connection
- set iscsi-connection
- remove iscsi-connection
- set iscsi-boot-param
- remove iscsi-boot-param
- add server-port-map
- set server-port-map
- remove server-port-map
- poweroff devicebay
- poweron devicebay
- show power-status
- show job
- show version
- show vcem-status
- startvcdmaint
- cancelvcdmaint
- completevcdmaint
- 4 Error messages
- 5 Troubleshooting VCEMCLI
- VCEMCLI calls result in access denied errors
- VCEMCLI calls result in errors for invalid leading character or invalid characters
- VCEMCLI calls result in 404 errors
- API timeouts
- High CPU usage on the CMS server while running a VCEMCLI client
- Job reports failed status
- Completed with warning job status
- Unable to assign a profile to a Domain Group
- VC Domain reports Configuration Mismatch status
- VC Domain reports Expired License status
- Error on database operation occurs
- Failed to execute VCEM operation because VC firmware not supported
- Creating a server profile fails
- Server profile edit operation fails when target server is powered on
- Server profile job completed with success but changes have not occurred
- After a server profile assignment, some connections defined in the server profile are not functional
- Commands -add profile or -set profile error messages
- Command -add profile error messages
- Additional Troubleshooting Information and tools
- 6 Support and other resources
- Index

3 Using VCEM commands
This chapter describes VCEMCLI commands .
add profile
The -add profile command creates a profile from the supplied server profile description.
Syntax
-add profile <profileName>
-vcdomaingroup <vcDomainGroupName>
[-mactypeoverride <true|false>]
[-wwntypeoverride <true|false>]
[-sntypeoverride <true|false>]
Parameters
Table 3 Parameter descriptions for -add profile
OptionalRequiredDescriptionParameter
xUnique name of a newly
created server profile.
-profilename
xName of the VC Domain
Group to which the profile
is added.
-vcdomaingroup
xUses factory default MAC
addresses instead of
-mactypeoverride
VCEM-provided settings for
Ethernet network connections
when creating the server
profile. Defaults to false.
xUses factory default WWNs
instead of VCEM-provided
-wwntypeoverride
settings for FC SAN
connections when creating
the server profile. Defaults to
false.
xUses factory default serial
numbers instead of
-sntypeoverride
VCEM-provided settings
when creating the server
profile. Defaults to false.
Examples
• Create a new profile and add it to the domain, using default connections and Virtual Connect
default serial numbers:
vcemcli -add profile -profilename MyNewProfile –vcdomaingroup Group1
• Create a new profile and use factory-default MACs for Ethernet connections:
vcemcli -add profile -profilename MyNewProfile2 –mactypeoverride true –vcdomaingroup Group1
Output
The function returns the result of the add operation or a jobid if –nb is specified.
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