HP Systems Insight Manager 6.0 Command Line Interface Guide

mxnode attribute nameGUI name
vParMonitorHP Virtual Partition Server
StorageEssentialsStorage Essentials Managed
HP9000SuperdomeHP 9000 Superdome
HPIntegrityHP Integrity
HPAlphaStationHP Alpha Station
VMHostVirtual Machine Host
HP ServiceguardHP Serviceguard
HighAvailabilityClusterHigh Availability Cluster
nParnPar
HPDeskproHP Deskpro
HPSuperdomeHP Integrity Superdome
MSCSMSCS
HPIntegrityWorkStationHP Integrity Workstation
HighAvailabilityArrayHigh Availability Array
HPVMHostHP Integrity Virtual Machine
Host
HPVMGuestHP Integrity Virtual Machine
Guest
HPSGCMemberHP Serviceguard Cluster
Member
Model (Model) . The device model. Any displayable text can be used as a value for this attribute.
Serial Number (SerialNumber) . The serial number of the system. Any displayable text can be
used as a value for this attribute.
In addition to the predefined options, HP SIM plug-in extension applications can define their own system
attributes.
XML file support
If HP SIM detects a formatting error when processing an XML input file, processing is interrupted, an error
message is issued, and the database is not changed. See the Examples section and the mxnode(4) manpage
for more information about XML input files.
Options
-a hostname(s)|ipaddress(es)
Specify one or more systems to add. You can use the hostname or IP address. Hostnames
may or may not be fully-qualified, and are resolved internally. Identification will also run.
-m systemname(s)
Specify one or more systems to modify and re-identify. You can enter one or more system
names.
-m -f filename
Specify that the systems to modify are in an xml file. The contents and format of the xml file
are shown in the Examples section. See mxnode(4) for additional information about using
XML input files with mxnode.
This is the only option that enables MPO or Contract and Warranty data residing in an
XML file to be recognized and evaluated. MPO and Contract and Warranty data within
the XML is not available with -a because a system must first exist before the MPO or Contract
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