Fujitsu Eternus DX80 S2 - Understanding CLI Command Syntax

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Chapter 1 Overview

1.2 The Command Syntax

ETERNUS CLI User’s Guide

1.2 The Command Syntax

This section explains command syntax.

1.2.1 Command Format

The command format is as follows:

• Basically, a command name consists of a verb section and an object section (Example: "create volume").

However, there are also some commands that consist of one word (Example: "logoff" and "shutdown").

• A parameter consists of a parameter name section and an operand section. A parameter name is

appended with a hyphen (-) before it (Example: "-name").

• An operand is always required after a parameter name (Example: "-name abcdef").

1.2.2 Keywords and Parameters

Command and parameter names are not case-sensitive and can be entered in either or both uppercase and

lowercase. Operands, however, are case-sensitive. Any of the printable ASCII codes 0x20 – 0x7e (hexadecimal

notation) are allowed as input characters. Note that the following additional restrictions apply:

• Question marks (?) cannot be used.

• When spaces ( ) are used as characters, they must be enclosed by double quotation marks (") (Example:

"ABC DEF","ABC DEF,GHIJKL").

• When double quotation marks (") and single quotation marks (') are used as characters, they must be

backslash(\) escaped. Example: "\"

1.2.3 Disk Syntax

The format that can used for disk drive numbers is either "xxyy" or "xyy". "xx" or "x" indicates the enclosure

number. "xx" indicates a 2-digit number for the enclosure number and "x" indicates a one digit number for the

enclosure number. When a 2-digit enclosure number is specified, the format "xxyy" must be used. When a 1-

digit enclosure number is specified, either format can be specified. For example, "1yy" can be specified for a 1-

digit number. However, if the format "xx" is used, 0 must be specified before the enclosure number. For

example, when an enclosure number is 1, "01yy" must be specified. For ETERNUS DX80 S2/DX90 S2, 00 or 0

indicates the controller enclosure. The "yy" is the disk drive number (a 2-digit decimal). For a 3.5" disk drive,

between 00 and 11 (a 2-digit decimal) can be specified for "yy". For a 2.5" disk drive, between 00 and 23 can

be specified for "yy".

Command name Parameter Parameter . . . Parameter

command-name: Verb section + Object section (Ex: create volume)

parameter: Hyphen(-) + Parameter name section + Operand section (Ex: -n 80)

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