Manage BOSS-N1 using CLI commands
This section provides information about the methods to use the BOSS-N1 Command Line Interface (CLI) for performing a
variety of controller and enclosure specific operations.
The BOSS-N1 CLI utility is supported on the following operating systems:
● Windows
● Linux
● ESXi
Topics:
• BOSS-N1 CLI commands supported on PowerEdge servers
• Run BOSS-N1 CLI commands on PowerEdge servers running the Windows operating system
• Run BOSS-N1 CLI commands on PowerEdge servers running the Linux operating system
• Run BOSS-N1 CLI commands on PowerEdge servers running the ESXi operating system
BOSS-N1 CLI commands supported on PowerEdge
servers
The following table lists the supported BOSS-N1 line interface (CLI) commands. For more information about the commands,
type > help.
NOTE: The BOSS-N1 CLI utility only supports the following commands:
Table 6. Supported CLI commands
CLI commands Description Windows usage Linux/VMware usage
? Get brief help for all
commands.
mnvcli ? ./mnvcli ?
help Get brief help for all
commands or detail help for
one command.
mnvcli help ./mnvcli help
adapter Get NVMe controller selection
options along with supported
CLI commands.
mnvcli adapter -list mnvcli
adapter -i 0
./mnvcli.exe adapter -list
./mnvcli.exe adapter -i 0
version Show API, CLI, and support
firmware version.
mnvcli version ./mnvcli version
smart
Get SMART info of SSD
backend (root complex and
slot).
mnvcli smart -o hba
mnvcli smart -i 0
./mnvcli smart -o hba
./ mnvcli smart -i 0
flash Update flash image.
mnvcli flash -o hba -f raw.bin -c 1
-s 1
mnvcli flash -o pd -i 0-f raw.bin -s
1 -c 1
./mnvcli flash -o hba -f raw.bin
-c 1 -s 0
./mnvcli flash -o pd -i 0-f
raw.bin -s 1 -c 1
info Display information of NVMe
Controllers (HBA), virtual
disks, physical disks or
Namespace (ns)
mnvcli info -o hba
mnvcli info -o vd
mnvcli info -o pd
./mnvcli info -o hba
./mnvcli info -o vd
./mnvcli info -o pd
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