HP AlphaServer ES47, Cli Reference Manual

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AlphaServer ES47/ES80/GS1280 Server Management CLI Reference
2.4 Conventions
Convention Meaning
Fixed-
font Examples are shown in a fixed-width font for clarity and to preserve
alignment of output, as they would appear on the console terminal device.
Italic Italic type is used to express emphasis.
Bold Command and option keywords embedded in narrative text sections are
presented in bold type.
<item> In command syntax descriptions, angle brackets indicate a placeholder for an
item that the user must specify.
[item] In command syntax descriptions, square brackets enclose optional
parameters, qualifiers, or values.
{a, b, c} In command syntax descriptions, braces containing items separated by
commas imply mutually exclusive items. "{a, b, c}" indicates that you can
choose from a, b, or c.
{a | b | c} In command syntax descriptions, braces containing items separated by
vertical bars imply combinatorial items. "{a | b | c}" indicates that you can
choose any combination of a, b, and c.
2.5 Command Names and Qualifiers
The server management CLI interface is case insensitive.
Command names consist of a command verb and, in some cases, a keyword. Each command
verb and keyword might have an abbreviation, which is determined by the CLI parser. For
example, the minimum match for
show system is sh sys . If a user continues typing more than
the minimum, the optional characters must match the full name. This means that sh syst will
work, but sh sysa will not. The optional characters are displayed in square brackets ([ ]) under
the command name in the online help.
The character - introduces a qualifier. Qualifiers may be single characters ("flags") or multiple
characters. The exact match has the highest precedence. A multiple character qualifier can be
abbreviated as long as its partial match is unique within the command. For instance,
-c is
sufficient for the qualifier -cabinet if the command has no other qualifiers starting with the letter
“c."
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