HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 with Update 1 Installation and Configuration Guide for Linux HP Part Number: 418811-005 Published: April 2009 Edition: 5.3.1

11 Using the command line interface
HP Systems Insight Manager provides a command line interface (CLI) in addition to the graphical user
interface (GUI). Many functions available in the GUI are also available through the CLI.
Logging in to the CLI
Access the HP Systems Insight Manager CLI directly on the CMS or from any network client using SSH client
software.
NOTE: Only administrators have command line access to HP Systems Insight Manager on a Windows
CMS. For security reasons, administrators should not modify the access control settings put in place by the
installer.
Logging in to the CMS directly
1. Log in to the CMS using a valid user name and password ( SSH system name ).
HP SIM grants authorizations based on your operating system user login.
2. Open a terminal window or a command prompt window to execute HP SIM commands.
Logging in remotely using an SSH client
1. Open an SSH client application on any network client.
2. Log in to the CMS through the SSH client software, using a valid user name and password.
HP SIM grants authorizations based on your operating system user login.
manpages
Viewing manpages on UNIX systems
You can use the man utility on HP-UX and Linux systems to format and display CLI command line usage
manpages. Use the following format to specify a manpage to view: # man [ sectionNumber ]
ManpageName .
HP-UX
• CLI command line usage manpages are specified as section 1M.
• CLI Extensible Markup Language (XML) usage manpages are specified as section 4.
Examples: To view the command line usage or XML usage for the mxtask CLI, enter one of the following:
• % man mxtask displays the command line usage for the mxtask CLI.
• % man 1m mxtask displays the command line usage for the mxtask CLI.
• % man 4 mxtask displays the XML usage for the mxtask CLI.
Linux
• CLI command line usage manpages are specified as section 8.
• CLI XML usage manpages are specified as section 4.
Examples: To view the command line usage or XML usage for the mxtask CLI, enter one of the following:
• # man mxtask displays the command line usage for the mxtask CLI.
• # man 8 mxtask displays the command line usage for the mxtask CLI.
• # man 4 mxtask displays the XML usage for the mxtask CLI.
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