baydata command

This command allows a user to set, assign, and display informational data assigned to the blade server bays.

Table 1. baydata command
Function	What it does	Command	Valid targets
Display bay data for all blade servers	Displays blade server bay data for bay number, bay data status, and defined bay data for all bays.	`baydata`	`-T system`
Display blade server bay data for a specific bay	Displays the information assigned to the specified blade bay using the -b option.	`baydata -b` bay_num where bay_num is the number of the specific bay to display. The bay number must be within the scope assigned to the user. This command can only be run by users who have one or more of the following command authorities: Supervisor Blade configuration See Commands and user authority for additional information.	`-T system`
Clear bay data	Clears the blade bay definition strings for all bays.	`baydata -clear` The bay number must be within the scope assigned to the user. This command can only be run by users who have one or more of the following command authorities: Supervisor Blade configuration See Commands and user authority for additional information.	`-T system`
Clear bay data for specific bay	Clears the blade bay definition strings for the specified blade bay.	`baydata -b` bay_num `-clear` where bay_num is the number of the specified bay to clear of data. The bay number must be within the scope of the user. This command can only be run by users who have one or more of the following command authorities: Supervisor Blade configuration See Commands and user authority for additional information.	`-T system`
Set bay data	Sets blade bay data for all blade servers within the user's scope. This information can include: data about drivers or software, the BladeCenter unit shelf number and IP address, and whether the blade server is a master or member in a high-availability system. Note: To apply changes to the BIOS/SMBIOS structure, power-off and power-on the blade server, restart the blade server, or remove and reinstall the blade server.	`baydata -data` "data_definition" where "data definition" is the ASCII string of up to 60 characters enclosed in double quotation marks–"data definition". The quotation marks are not stored. This command can only be run by users who have one or more of the following command authorities: Supervisor Blade configuration See Commands and user authority for additional information.	`-T system`
Set blade bay data definition for specific blade server	Sets blade bay data for the specified blade server using the -b option. Note: To apply changes to the BIOS/SMBIOS structure, power-off and power-on the blade server, restart the blade server, or remove and reinstall the blade server. If the command is issued to a specific bay, data is written to that blade server if it is in the user's scope.	`baydata -b` bay_num `-data` "data_definition" where: bay_num is the blade bay where "data definition" is the quote-delimited ASCII string of up to 60 characters This command can only be run by users who have one or more of the following command authorities: Supervisor Blade configuration See Commands and user authority for additional information.	`-T system`

Example: To view the bay data for all blades, while the management module is set as the persistend command environment, at the system> prompt, type

                  baydata

The following example shows the information that is returned from this command:

               system> baydata
Bay  Status            Definition
1    Unsupported
2    No blade present
3    No blade present
4    No blade present
5    No blade present
6    No blade present
7    No blade present
8    No blade present
9    No blade present
10   No blade present
11   No blade present
12   No blade present
13   No blade present
14   No blade present
system>