Quantum DXi-Series Command Line Interface (CLI) Guide
6-67081-05 Rev B
April 2012
Utility CLI Commands
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In this case, the only way to run a command with all options over Web Services
is to run it via the
runcmd
CLI.
Changing the Password
syscli --change password --name admin|monitor|cliadmin|cliviewer --
oldpassword <old_password> --newpassword <new_password>
This CLI allows the admin user to change the password of the following special
users:
admin
- Web Administrator
monitor
- Web Monitor
cliadmin
- CLI Administrator
cliviewer
- CLI Monitor
CLI command options:
•
--change
- Changes password of special users (admin, monitor, cliadmin,
cliviewer)
•
--name
- Name of special user whose password is to be changed.
•
--oldpassword
- if not specified on command line, the program will prompt
for the old password and will not echo it to screen.
•
--newpassword
- if not specified on command line, the program will
prompt for the new password and will not echo it to screen.
Resetting the Password
syscli --reset password --name cliadmin|cliviewer [--sure]
This CLI allows the admin user to reset the password to factory default for the
following special users:
•
cliadmin
- CLI Administrator
•
cliviewer
- CLI Monitor
CLI command options:
•
--reset
- Resets password of special users to factory default.
•
--name
- Name of special user whose password is to be changed.
•
--sure
- if specified, the command will execute immediately without asking
for confirmation.
Getting the Security
Banner
syscli --get securitybanner [--terse]
This CLI allows the user to get the security banner of the system.
CLI Command Options:
•
--get:
Gets the security banner of the system.
•
--terse:
if specified, only the security banner will be displayed in the output.
