Administrator Guide

Description Valid for Parameter
Enclosure Slot Index
Reference value that Indicates a target drive Valid value for the -d and-s parameter
Drawer Slot Index
Indicates reference value for a drive slot in a specified
drawer
Valid value for the -d parameter
EMM Index (Enclosure
Management Module Index)
Indicates the reference value for EMMs in an specific
enclosure
Valid value for the -emm parameter
StartDate
Starting date to view logs in the format: MM/DD/YY Valid value for the -startDate parameter
EndDate
End date to view logs in the format: MM/DD/YY Valid value for the -endDate parameter
EventType
Type of event to view (INFO, CRITICAL, ERROR, or
WARN)
Valid value for the -event parameter
LatestEventCount
Numeric value between 1–1000 Valid value for the -count parameter
SupportedOutputFormats
Supported out file formats: XML, JSON Valid value for the -outputformat parameter
Serial Number
Unique identifier for the physical disk drive Valid value for the -d parameter
Drive OS Path
Unique path to drive provided by the OS. Valid value for the -d parameter
NOTE:
• Ensure the console window is able to fit at least 150 characters for each line to view the output properly.
• The output screenshots shown in the following procedures are examples and might be slightly different from the
actual output depending on the version of your Server Hardware Manager software.
Command help
To get a list of all available commands:
shmcli (help | -help | -h)
To get help for a specific command:
shmcli [command] [ -help | -h ]
Identifying installed HBAs
Many SHM CLI commands require a respective adapter as an input parameter. To get the proper values for this parameter, run the
following command:
shmcli list adapters
The following output is displayed:
Figure 2. Running the shmcli command to identify HBAs
Note and record the values displayed in the Adapter# column because this represents the Adapter Index and also the WWID/
SASAddresses column for the respective supported HBAs.
Storage Hardware Manager CLI
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