Table 6. Supported CLI commands (continued)
CLI commands
Description
Windows usage
Linux/VMware usage
event
Get event information from
NVMe controller.
mnvcli event -c 0
mnvcli event -c 20
./mnvcli event -c 0
./mnvcli event -c 20
NOTE:
SMART reports the health status of the M.2 disks. See the SMART status return after the command is run.
NOTE:
There might be inconsistency in the events that are listed in BOSS CLI and other management interfaces that
include Dell Open Manage Storage Services.
Run BOSS-N1 CLI commands on PowerEdge servers
running the Windows operating system
About this task
Follow these procedures to run CLI commands using the Windows operating system:
Steps
1. Download the latest
mnvcli BOSS-N1 utility for Windows
from
.
2. Extract the content of the
BOSS-N1_Windows_CLI_xxxx_Axx.zip
file on the system.
3. Browse the directory where you have extracted the content of the
BOSS-N1_Windows_CLI_xxxx_Axx.zip
file and run
the
mnvcli.exe
file.
The CLI window, within which you can run BOSS-N1 CLI commands, is displayed. Run BOSS-N1 CLI commands from this
window.
Run BOSS-N1 CLI commands on PowerEdge servers
running the Linux operating system
About this task
Follow these procedures to run CLI commands using the Linux operating system:
Steps
1. Download the latest
MNVCLI BOSS-N1 utility for Linux
from
.
2. Extract the content of the
BOSS-N1_Windows_CLI_xxxx_Axx.zip
file on the system.
3. Browse the directory to which you have extracted the content of the
BOSS-N1_Windows_CLI_xxxx_Axx.zip
file and run
the
./mnvcli
files.
The CLI window, within which you can run BOSS-N1 CLI commands appears.
Run BOSS-N1 CLI commands on PowerEdge servers
running the ESXi operating system
About this task
Follow these procedures to run CLI commands using the ESXi operating system:
Steps
1. Install ESXi on a host machine.
2. Use
WinSCP
or
SCP
and copy the attached files into the
/tmp/ directory
.
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