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276 IBM Systems Director Management Console: Introduction and Overview
10.1 SDMC command-line interface
In the SDMC CLI there are three types of commands:
򐂰 IBM Systems Director appliance commands
򐂰 IBM Systems Director application commands
򐂰 Power Systems management commands
The IBM Systems Director appliance commands, as the name indicates, are the
commands that allow you to manage and maintain the appliance.
The IBM Systems Director application commands typically allow users to
discover, view, and manage resources in the Director. These commands form
the base Director command line and their extensions.
The Power Systems management commands are basically the HMC commands.
As part of the SDMC, these HMC commands are now integrated with the IBM
Systems Director application commands. It is through this integration that the old
HMC commands along with the Director commands are collectively available to
the SDMC user through the Director command-line (smcli) utility.
There are two ways to get to the SDMC CLI:
򐂰 Local
򐂰 Remote
For local access, right-click the SDMC desktop and select Teminal. For remote
access, can make a Secure Shell (ssh) connection to the SDMC (interactive or
non-interactive). Unlike on the HMC, you do not have to enable Remote
Command Execution or Remote Virtual Terminal anymore for remote access;
they are enabled by default.
10.1.1 IBM Systems Director appliance commands
The IBM Systems Director appliance commands can be used directly on the
command line. These are commands that manages the Director itself.
For nearly all IBM Systems Director appliance commands, there is a man page
that can be accessed by running man command name.