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The following are general forms of the CLI commands, showing the parameters and terminals used in
each command. The table below lists definitions for the parameters shown in the CLI commands.
Table 1. Command Name Conventions
Parameter Definition
a|b
pipe symbol indicating alternative ("a" or "b")
italicized-words terminals
[...] (square brackets) zero or one occurrence
{...} (curly brackets) zero or more occurrences
<...> (angle brackets) occurrence exceeds maximum limit of 30
characters
(a|b|c)
choose only one of the alternatives
bold terminals
SMcli host-name-or-IP-address [host-name-or-IPaddress]
[-c "command; {command2};"]
[-n storage-array-name | -w WWID]
[-o outputfile][-p password][-e][-S]
SMcli host-name-or-IP-address
[host-name-or-IP-address] [-f scriptfile]
[-n storage-array-name | -w WWID]
[-o outputfile] [-p password] [-e] [-S]
SMcli (-n storage-array-name | -w WWID)
[-c "
command; {command2};"]
[-o outputfile][-p password][-e][-S]
SMcli (-n storage-array-name | -w WWID)
[-f scriptfile]
[-o outputfile] [-p password] [-e] [-S]
SMcli (-n storage-array-name | -w WWID)
[-o outputfile][-p password][-e][-S]
SMcli -a email:email-address
[host-name-or-IP-address1
[host-name-or-IP-address2]]
[-n storage-array-name | -w WWID | -h host-name |
-r (host_sa | direct_sa)]
[-I information-to-include][-q frequency][-S]
SMcli -x email:email-address
[host-name-or-IP-address1
[host-name-or-IP-address2]]
[-n storage-array-name | -w WWID | -h host-name |
-r (host_sa | direct_sa)] [-S]
SMcli (-a | -x) trap:community,
host-name-or-IP-address [host-name-or-IP-address1
[host-name-or-IP-address2]]
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