Using online help at the SP/BMC CLI

The online help displays the SP/BMC CLI commands and options.

About this task

This task applies to both the SP and the BMC.

Steps

To display help information for the SP/BMC commands, enter the following:

To access SP help...	To access BMC help...
Type help at the SP prompt.	Type system at the BMC prompt.

Example

The following example shows the SP CLI online help.

SP> help
date - print date and time
exit - exit from the SP command line interface
events - print system events and event information
help - print command help
priv - show and set user mode
sp - commands to control the SP
system - commands to control the system
version - print SP version

Example

The following example shows the BMC CLI online help.

BMC> system
Usage: system cmd [option]

Support cmd list
        help - display this help message
        fw - platform firmware related feature
        log - log related feature
        reset - reset the system
        console - connect to the system console
        core - dump the system core and reset
        power - system power related feature
        fru - FRU related feature

Support option list
        help: display the help message of the cmd

To display help information for the option of an SP/BMC command, enter help before or after the SP/BMC command.

Example

The following example shows the SP CLI online help for the SP events command.

SP> help events
events all - print all system events
events info - print system event log information
events newest - print newest system events
events oldest - print oldest system events
events search - search for and print system events

Example

The following example shows the BMC CLI online help for the BMC system power command.

BMC> system power help
Usage: system power [option]

Support option list
        help: print this help message
        cycle: power cycle the system, then on
        off: power the system off
        on: power the system on
        status: system power status