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Use online help at the SP/BMC CLI

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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

  1. 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.

    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

    The following example shows the BMC CLI online help.

    BMC> system
system acp - acp related commands
system battery - battery related commands
system console - connect to the system console
system core - dump the system core and reset
system cpld - cpld commands
system log - print system console logs
system power - commands controlling system power
system reset - reset the system using the selected firmware
system sensors - print environmental sensors status
system service-event - print service-event status
system fru - fru related commands
system watchdog - system watchdog commands

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

    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

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

    BMC> system power help
system power cycle - power the system off, then on
system power off - power the system off
system power on - power the system on
system power status - print system power status

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