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chmanual command

This command tests the Lenovo Flex System chassis call-home feature setup.

If command syntax is not correctly entered, or if a command fails to run, an error message is returned. See Common errors for a list of error messages that apply to all commands or chmanual command errors for a list of error messages that are specific to the chmanual command.

Table 1. chmanual command.

The command table is a multi-row, four-column table where each row describes a CMM CLI command option: column one lists command function, column two provides a detailed command description, column three shows command-option syntax, and column four lists valid command targets.

FunctionWhat it doesCommandTarget (see paths in Command targets)
Create call-home problem messageCreate a call-home problem message for a CMM or compute node.chmanual -desc "description"

where "description" is a quote-delimited problem description of 1 to 100 characters in length.

This command can only be run by users who have one or more of the following command authorities:
  • Supervisor
  • Chassis account management
  • Chassis log management
  • Chassis administration
  • Chassis configuration
  • Blade administration
  • Blade configuration
  • Blade remote presence
  • I/O module administration
  • I/O module configuration
See Commands and user authority for additional information.
Lenovo Flex System chassis:
  • system
Compute node:
  • blade[x]
  • where x is the node bay number.
Generate call-home test call homeManually generate a test call-home event that transmits the sample call-home problem message.chmanual -test
This command can only be run by users who have one or more of the following command authorities:
  • Supervisor
  • Chassis account management
  • Chassis log management
  • Chassis administration
  • Chassis configuration
  • Blade administration
  • Blade configuration
  • Blade remote presence
  • I/O module administration
  • I/O module configuration
See Commands and user authority for additional information.
Lenovo Flex System chassis:
  • system

Example:

To create a call-home test message, at the system:> prompt, type
chmanual -desc "This is a test."
To manually send a test message, while the system is set as the persistent command environment, at the system> prompt, type
chmanual -test

The following example shows the information that is returned from these two commands:

system> chmanual -desc "This is a test."
OK
<span className="ph">system> chmanual -test
OK
</span>system>