User`s guide

Sending Commands to Specific Devices

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Sending Commands to Speciﬁc Devices

You can use the <command> variable to send a speciﬁc command to particular devices.

(Use the help command to get the list of the many commands that you can enter with

<command>.) The following are some of the commands in which you can use <command>

as a variable:

•<command>

•<ip> : <port> : <l1> <command>

•<rack> . <slot> <command>

•: <port> : <l1> <command>

•<ip> <command>

• rack <rng> slot <rng> <command>

Use these commands as follows:

• Use <command> to send L1 or L2 commands to default destinations.

• Use <ip> : <port> : <l1> <command> to send an L1 command to a speciﬁed L1

controller, to a speciﬁed port identiﬁed by a speciﬁed IP address.

• Use <rack> . <slot> <command> to send a speciﬁed L1 controller command to an L1

controller located in a brick or server located in a speciﬁed slot of a speciﬁed rack.

• Use : <port> : <l1> <command> to send a speciﬁed L1 controller command to a

speciﬁed port on a speciﬁed L1 controller located on the local L2 controller.

• Use <ip><command> to send a speciﬁed L2 controller command to the L2 controller

speciﬁed by the IP address.

• Use rack <rng> slot <rng> <command> to send a speciﬁed L1 or L2 controller

command to selected racks and slots. The <rng> variable speciﬁes the rack

number(s) and slot number(s).

When entering these commands, be aware of the following rules:

• For the <rng> variable, you can enter a single number, two numbers separated by a

hyphen to indicate a range, or numbers separated by commas to indicate separate

items. For <rng>, you can also enter an asterisk or the word “all” to select all the

items available.