Dell Chassis Management Controller Version 3.0 for Dell EMC PowerEdge VRTX User's Guide

racadm <subcommand> Transport: ERROR: (RC=-1)

What does this message mean?

Another command must be issued only after CMC completes the reset.

Using the RACADM subcommands sometimes displays one or more of the following errors:

• Local error messages — Problems such as syntax, typographical errors, and incorrect names. For example, ERROR: <message>
  Use the RACADM help subcommand to display correct syntax and usage information. For example, if you have an error in clearing a chassis log, run the following sub-command.

  racadm chassislog help clear

• CMC–related error messages — Problems where the CMC is unable to perform an action. The following error message is displayed:

  racadm command failed.

racadm gettracelog

While using firmware RACADM, the prompt changes to a ">" and the "$" prompt is not displayed again.

If a non-matched double quotation mark (") or a non-matched single quotation (’) is used in the command, the CLI changes to the ">" prompt and queues all commands.

To return to the $ prompt, type <Ctrl>–d:

An error message Not Found is displayed while using the $ logout and $ quit commands.