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.

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.

date&#xa0;- &#xa0;print &#xa0;date &#xa0;and &#xa0;time
exit&#xa0; -&#xa0; exit&#xa0; from&#xa0; the&#xa0; SP&#xa0; command&#xa0; line&#xa0; interface 
events&#xa0; -&#xa0; print&#xa0; system&#xa0; events&#xa0; and&#xa0; event&#xa0; information 
help - print command help
priv - show and set user mode 
sp &#xa0;- &#xa0;commands &#xa0;to &#xa0;control &#xa0;the &#xa0;SP
system&#xa0; -&#xa0; commands&#xa0; to&#xa0; control&#xa0; the&#xa0; system
version - print SP&#xa0; 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>&#xa0;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

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