CLI Guide

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Using CLI commands
The commands that make up the CLI fall into two groups:
● Global commands that can be used in any context. For example: cd, date, ls, exit, and user.
● Context-specific commands that can be used only in specific contexts. For example, to use the copy command, the context
must be /distributed-storage/rule-sets.
Use the help command to display a list of all commands (including the global commands) available from the current context.
Use the help -G command to display a list of available commands in the current context excluding the global commands. Some
contexts “inherit” commands from their parent context. These commands can be used in both the current context and the
context immediately above in the tree:
VPlexcli:/distributed-storage/bindings> help -G
Commands inherited from parent contexts:
dd rule rule-set summary
Some commands are loosely grouped by function. For example, the commands to create and manage performance monitors
start with the word “monitor”.
Use the <Tab> key display the commands within a command group. For example, to display the commands that start with the
word “monitor”, type “monitor” followed by the <Tab> key:
VPlexcli:/> monitor <Tab>
add-console-sink add-file-sink collect create destroy
remove-sink
stat-list
Page output
For large configurations, output from some commands can reach hundreds of lines.
Paging displays long output generated by the ll and ls commands one page at a time:
To enable paging, add -p at the end of any command:
VPlexcli:/clusters/cluster-1/storage-elements> ls storage-volumes -p
One page of output is displayed. The following message is at the bottom of the first page:
-- more --(TOP )- [h]elp
Press the spacebar to display the next page.
The message now indicates what percentage of the output has been displayed:
-- more --( 24%)- [h]elp
h - Displays instructions on how to move and search the output.
q - Exits paging mode.
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Using the VPlexcli