Each of the following topics describes a command-line
interface command and its syntax. Each command description also includes an
example of command use.
alarm command (BladeCenter T only)
This command displays alarm information, acknowledges alarms, and
clears alarms for the specified command target.
alertentries command
This command manages the recipients of alerts generated by the
primary management module.
boot command
This command resets blade servers with several different restart
options.
clear command
This command restores the primary management module configuration
or an I/O (switch) module configuration to the default settings.
clearlog command
This command clears the management-module audit event
log, the system event log, or both.
clock command
This command configures and displays the management-module
clock settings.
config command
This command sets and displays the name of the management module or blade server and the location and contact name for the
management module.
console command
This command sets up a serial over LAN connection to the command
console of a blade server.
dhcpinfo command
This command displays the IP configuration that is assigned to
the primary management module by the DHCP server.
displaylog command
This command displays management-module event log entries.
dns command
This command configures and displays the management-module DNS
settings.
env (environment) command
This command sets the persistent environment for commands that
are entered during the remainder of the current session.
exit command
This command exits the command-line interface, terminating the
current session.
fuelg command
This command displays power domain information, listing the power
modules that are installed in the BladeCenter unit and information about how
the power in each domain is used. This command also configures the power domain
policies for oversubscription and quiet mode.
health command
This command displays the current health status of the command
target. It can also be used to display the alerts that are active for the
command target.
help command
This command displays a list of all commands that are available
in the command-line interface with a brief description of each command.
history command
This command displays the last eight commands that were entered,
allowing the user to choose and re-enter one of these commands.
identify (location LED) command
This command controls operation of the location LED in a blade
server or in the BladeCenter unit. It can also be used to display the state
of a location LED.
ifconfig command
This command configures and displays the network interface settings
for the management-module Ethernet interface, I/O-module Ethernet interface,
and the blade server integrated system management processors.
info (configuration information) command
This command displays information about BladeCenter components
and their configuration, and how to reload the component information.
list (system physical configuration) command
This command displays a list of devices present within the command
target. It can be used to determine how many management modules are installed
in the BladeCenter® unit
and which management module is set as primary.
mt (media tray) command
This command sets and displays the blade server that is in control
of the BladeCenter unit shared media tray.
power command
This command turns on and turns off blade servers and I/O modules.
reset command
This command resets blade servers, blade server integrated system
management processors (service processors), I/O modules, or the primary management
module.
shutdown command
This command forces a blade server to shut down.
slp command
This command sets and displays the service location protocol (SLP)
settings for the management module.
smtp command
This command configures and displays the management-module SMTP
settings.
snmp command
This command configures and displays the management-module SNMP
settings.
tcpcmdmode command
This command displays and changes the timeout of the
TCP command-mode sessions that are used by IBM Director software for out-of-band
communication with the management module. This command is also used to enable
or disable the TCP command-mode sessions.
update (update firmware) command
This command updates firmware using a Trivial File Transfer
Protocol (TFTP) server and displays information about firmware installed in
BladeCenter components.
uplink (management module failover) command
This command displays and configures the management-module uplink
failover feature. If the physical external network interface of the primary
management module fails, this feature forces a failover to the standby management
module, if one is installed.
users command
This command displays and configures user accounts, also called
user profiles, of the primary management module.