Skip to main content
Sign Out

Welcome to Dell

My Account
  • Place orders quickly and easily
  • View orders and track your shipping status
  • Enjoy members-only rewards and discounts
  • Create and access a list of your products
  • Manage your Dell EMC sites, products, and product-level contacts using Company Administration.
Sign In Create an Account Premier Sign In Partner Program Sign In
Contact Us

Your Dell.com Carts

Dell EMC OpenManage Command Line Interface Guide Version 9.5

PDF

Command syntax overview

Commands vary in complexity. The simplest command has only command level 1. The omhelp command is a simple command. When you type omhelp, a list of the main CLI commands is displayed.

The next level of complexity includes commands that contain command levels 1 and 2. All of the about commands are examples of command level 2 complexity. The omconfig about and omreport about commands display a very brief summary. The summary shows version information for the systems management software installed on the system; for example, Server Administrator 1.x.

Some commands have command level 1 and command level 2 and one name=value pair. Consider the following example command that instructs Server Administrator for more details about the environment for Server Administrator:
omreport about details=true

In this example, command level 1 is omreport, command level 2 is about, and the name= value pair is details=true.

Many commands use command level 1, command level 2, and command level 3, but do not require any parameters (name=value pairs). Most omreport commands are of this type. For example, the following command displays a list of alert actions that are configured for components on a system.
omreport system alertaction
The most complex commands have all three command levels and can have multiple name=value pairs. The following is an example of two name=value pairs:
omconfig system assetinfo info=depreciation duration=3
The following is an example of nine name=value pairs:
omconfig system assetinfo info=acquisition purchasecost=<n> waybill=<n> installdate=<mmddyy> purchasedate=<mmddyy> ponum=<n> signauth=<text> expensed=<yes>|no> costcenter=<text>

In each chapter of this document, command syntax and other information about the commands are formatted using any of the following fields as appropriate:

Table 1. Command syntaxThis table lists the Command syntax
command level 1 command level 2 command level 3 name=value pair 1 name=value pair 2
  Please provide ratings (1-5 stars).
  Please provide ratings (1-5 stars).
  Please provide ratings (1-5 stars).
  Please select whether the article was helpful or not.
  Comments cannot contain these special characters: <>()\