Avocent MERGEPOINT 53XX SP MANAGER, Installer/User Manual

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Chapter 7: Using the CLI Utility
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CLI Parameters and Arguments
The CLI configuration options are organized in a hierarchy called a parameter tree. You can use the
get , show and list commands to show parameters. You can also use the get command to show the
values of individual parameters at the end of a branch.
Each branch in the parameter tree in the MergePoint SP manager CLI is made up of one or more
parameters, one nested below the other. For example, the toplevel network parameter may be
followed by the secondlevel interface parameter, which then may be followed by the thirdlevel
mode
parameter. In this branch, the only commands supported would be get and set . All of the
parameters in a branch are entered together on a single CLI command line. For example, to get the
value, then set the mode for failover, you would enter the following command:
cli> get network interface mode
normal
cli>
To set failover, you would enter the following command in interactive mode:
cli> set network interface mode failover
OK
cli>
You can use autocompletion with the set command to find out the accepted values:
cli> set network interface mode <Tab><Tab>
Set interface mode: normal, interface or bridge.
To add a user called mozart, you would enter the following:
cli> add spmanager user mozart
OK
Entering a command in interactive mode
Based on the branch mentioned at the beginning of this section, you could enter the
set
command
with the following parameters in interactive mode to turn on Ethernet failover.
admin@MergePoint:~$ cli
-h Help. Shows a brief summary of command line options.
-q Quiet mode; don’t show the startup greeting.
-V Show CLI version.
Table 7.1: CLI Utility Options (Continued)
Option Description