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ATTO Technology FibreBridge 4500 Installation and Operation Manual
4.1 Command line use and guidance
The command line interface (CLI) provides access to the ATTO FibreBridge
Services through a set of
ASCII commands. CLI commands may be entered while in CLI mode.
FibreBridge Services provide configuration and
monitoring for the FibreBridge. Other programs and
“power users” use the command line interface (CLI), a
set of ASCII-based commands, to perform these tasks.
CLI commands may be entered while in CLI mode.
➔
CLI commands are context sensitive and
generally follow a standard format:
[Get | Set] Command [Parameter 1 | Parameter 2]
followed by the
return
or
enter
key
➔
CLI commands are case insensitive: you
may type all upper or all lower case or a
mixture. Upper and lower case in this
manual and the
help
screen are for
clarification only.
➔
Commands generally have three types of
operation: get, set and immediate.
➔
The
get
form returns the value of a
parameter or setting and is an
informational command.
Responses to get commands are specified in the
Results
field for each command, followed by
Ready.
➔
The
set
form is an action that changes the
value of a parameter or configuration
setting. It may require a
SaveConfiguration
command and a
restart of the system before it is
implemented. The restart can be
accomplished as part of the
SaveConfiguration
command or by using
a separate
FirmwareRestart
command. A
number of set commands may be issued
before the
SaveConfiguration
command.
Responses to
set
commands are either an error
message or
Ready.
*. The asterisk indicates you
must use a
SaveConfiguration
command to
finalize the
set
command.
SaveConfiguration
will
ask whether you want to restart the system or not.
➔
Set commands which do not require a
SaveConfiguration
command, defined as
immediate commands, are immediately
executed.
Responses to Immediate commands are either an
error message or data results followed by
Ready.
Exhibit 4.1-1
Symbols, typefaces and abbreviations used to indicate functions and elements of the command line
interface used in this manual.
Command conventions
Symbol
Indicates
[ ]
Required entry
< >
Optional entry
|
pick one of
…
Ellipses, repetition of preceding item
\n
end of line
-
a range (6 – 9 = 6, 7, 8, 9)
Boldface words
must be typed as they appear
Italicized words
Arguments which must be replaced by whatever they represent
fl
Fibre Channel LUN number (0 <= fl <= 31)
fp
Fibre Channel port number (0 <= fp <= 2)
sb
SCSI bus number (0<= sb <= 3)
sl
SCSI LUN ID (0 <= sl <= 7)
st
SCSI target ID (0 <= st <= 15)
