Dell Command Line Interface, User Manual

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Introduction
Using CLI Commands from Windows Command Prompts
If you are running the Windows operating system, use the 32-bit command prompt to issue a Server
Administrator CLI command. You can access the 32-bit command prompt by clicking the
Start button
and pointing to Programs
→
Accessories
→
Command Prompt shortcut, or by clicking the Start button and
selecting Run , then typing
cmd.exe
in the Run dialog box.
Do not type
command
into the Run dialog box to launch a command line window; this activates the
MS-DOS
®
emulator command.com, which has environment variable limitations that can cause subtle
problems with the CLI.
Primary CLI Commands
The commands that carry out the functions of Server Administrator are:
• omconfig
• omhelp
• omreport
The omconfig command writes values that you assign to an object's properties. You can specify values for
warning thresholds on components or prescribe what action your system is to take when a certain
warning or failure event occurs. You can also use the
omconfig command to assign specific values to your
system's asset information parameters, such as the purchase price of the system, the system's asset tag, or
the system's location.
The omhelp command displays short text help for CLI commands. The shorthand equivalent of omhelp
is the command for which you want help followed by -? . For example, to display help for the omreport
command, type one of the following commands:
omhelp omreport
omreport -?
The omreport command produces reports of your system’s management information.
NOTE:
For an overall summary of CLI commands, type omhelp .