Dell™ OpenManage™ Server Administrator Version 5.2 Command Line Interface User's Guide
The omhelp command and its equivalent, <command>-?, accesses the CLI's detailed help text interface. You can get help at several levels of detail.
Each fully qualified CLI command may have a variable number of distinct parts: the command (command level 1), one or more subcommands (command level 2 and command level 3, if present), and one or more name=value pair(s).
By appending -? (space-dash-question mark) to any command, you can get help on the command.
Example Help Commands
When you type omconfig -?, you get general help about the omconfig command. The help at this level lists the available subcommands for omconfig:
about
preferences
chassis
system
When you type omconfig system -?, CLI help lists all of the subcommands that are available for omconfig system:
alertaction
alertlog
assetinfo
cmdlog
esmlog
events
recovery
shutdown
thrmshutdown
webserver
Figure 2-1 shows the levels of help for a command.
Figure 2-1. Different Levels of Help for a Command
You can also parse the omconfig system assetinfo command as follows:
where command levels 1, 2, and 3 are represented by omconfig system assetinfo, name=value pair 1 is represented by info=depreciation, and name=value pair 2 is represented by method=straightline.
To set your depreciation method to straight line, type:
omconfig system assetinfo info=depreciation method=straightline
The CLI responds with the following message:
Asset information set successfully.
When you type omconfig system assetinfo -?, the help that displays provides information about assigning values for the name and option fields. Partial results for the request omconfig system assetinfo -? are as follows:
assetinfo Set asset information.
For one info value, specify one or more optional parameter(s). Table 2-1 displays the optional parameters for info=acquisition:
