IBM Management Processor Command Line Utility 1.01 CONTENTS -------- 1.0 Overview 2.0 Change History 3.0 Installation instructions for Linux/IA32 4.0 Usage instructions 5.0 Common problems and their solutions 6.0 Web Sites and Support Phone Number 7.0 Trademarks and Notices 8.0 Disclaimer 1.0 Overview ------------- This tarfile contains the supporting files to run the MP command line utility in a Linux environment (referred to as mpcli from now on). The following packages are pre-requisites and must be installed prior to proceeding: 1) IBM Advanced System Management Device Driver for Linux. (Package name : ibmasm) Supported Linux distribution(s): 1) Red Hat, versions 6.2 and 7.1 2) SuSE, versions 7.1 and 7.2 2.0 Change History ------------------- 2.1 IBM Management Processor Command Line Utility, version 1.00 Initial Release. 2.2 IBM Management Processor Command Line Utility, version 1.01 Subsequent release with bug fixes. 3.0 Installation instructions for Linux/IA32 ---------------------------------------------- Prior to proceeding, please ensure that the pre-requisite packages mentioned in Section 1.0 have already been installed. If this is an upgrade, please remove the previously installation as follows : rpm -e mpcli 3.1 Untar the Management Processor Command Line Utility file by typing the following. tar -xvf mpcli.tar Please note that the tar file name may be different from the one used in this example. This step produces the following two files : 1. mpcli/readme.txt file (that you are currently reading) 2. mpcli/mpcli-x.x-xx.i386.rpm file (x.x-xx are version numbers of the rpm) 3.2 Change the directory to the newly created mpcli as follows : cd mpcli Install the rpm file as follows : rpm -ivh mpcli-x.x-xx.i386.rpm 4.0 Usage instructions ----------------------- A sample bash script is provided to execute the utility. To execute the Command Line Utility using this script, type the following commands : cd /opt/IBMmpcli/bin ./MPCLI.bsh 5.0 Common problems and their solutions --------------------------------------- * You must be either the "root" user, or a member of the "root" group in order to execute the MPCLI. * If you get a "command not found" error, please make sure that you are typing commands in the correct case. The commands are case sensitive. * If you have trouble executing the above , ensure that the script file (MPCLI.bsh) has execute permissions. You can add execute permissions by typing chmod +x MPCLI.bsh. * If you do not have "root" permissions, you may not be able to erase, install the rpm package. * More information on supported commands can be obtained by typing help-cmd or help-cli in the MPCLI interface. 5.1 Errata / Known Problems --------------------------- * -ipaddress will accept incomplete dotted decimal notation IP addresses. For example, setip -ipaddress 2 will result in an IP Address of 0.0.0.2 being assigned. * When interpreting an input line, the beginning of the line is compared to see if it matches an MPCLI global command. For example, logonlocalxyz will be interpreted as the logonlocal command. * Generic error message given when an invalid option is specified to a command without any parameters. Instead of recognizing an option is invalid, if no parameters are specified, then the generic error message will be displayed. 6.0 WEB Sites and Support Phone Number --------------------------------------- 6.1 IBM Support Web Site: http://www.pc.ibm.com/support 6.2 IBM Marketing eServer xSeries Web Site: http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/eserver/xseries 6.3 IBM JAVA Developer Kit Site: http://www.ibm.com/java 7.0 Trademarks and Notices --------------------------- The following terms are trademarks of the Red Hat Corporation in the United States or other countries or both: Red Hat 8.0 Disclaimer --------------- 8.1 THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. IBM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND MERCHANTABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT. BY FURNISHING THIS DOCUMENT, IBM GRANTS NO LICENSES TO ANY PATENTS OR COPYRIGHTS. 8.2 Note to Government Users Documentation related to restricted rights -- Use, duplication or disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corporation.