Installation Manual

Installing the CIM Extension for SUSE and Red Hat Linux234
Additional Parameters
The following table describes additional parameters that can be specified in the
cim.extension.parameters file:
Finding the Version of a CIM Extension
To find the version number of a CIM extension:
1. Go to the /opt/APPQcime/tools directory.
2. Enter the following at the command prompt:
# ./start -version
You are shown the version number of the CIM extension and the date it was built, as shown in the
following example:
CXWS for mof/cxws/cxws-linux.mof
CXWS version 3.6.0.39, built on Thu 7-October-2004 03:05:44 by dmaltz
Table 17 Parameters for CIM Extensions
Parameter Description
-port <new port> The CIM extension uses port 4673 by default. Use this
command to change the port the CIM extension will access.
See ”Changing the Port Number” on page 232.
-on <ip address of NIC
card>
Use this command to configure the CIM extension to listen on
a specific network card (NIC). You can also specify the port
you used. See ”Configuring the CIM Extension to Listen on a
Specific Network Card” on page 233.
-user The user defined in this parameter must be a valid existing
user for the host. Only the user needs to be defined. The user
name and password are provided from the management
server during discovery. The user does not need to have root
authority. A colon-separated list can be used to specify
multiple users.
-credentials
<username from the
management server>
:<password>
The credentials defined by this parameter must match the
values entered from the management server during discovery.
They are not used as authentication on the host itself.
-mgmtServerIP
<ip address>
This parameter restricts the CIM extension to listen only to a
specific management server IP address.