Navigating The Cli; One Menu At A Time; Single Line Command; Understanding The Cli Command Syntax - Dell PowerVault NX3600 Command Line Interface Manual

Navigating The CLI

You can navigate in the CLI in two ways:
• one menu item at a time
•

single line command

One Menu At A Time

To navigate through the CLI one menu at a time:
1. Type the <main menu name> and press the <Enter> key.
The available menu items and commands under the main menu is displayed.
2. Type the <sub menu name> and press the <Enter> key.
The available menu items and commands under the sub-menu is displayed.
3. Type the <command> and press the <Enter> key.
The command is executed.
Single Line Command
To navigate to a sub-menu or execute a command in available in the sub-menu using a single command:
Type the <main menu name> <sub menu name> <command> and press the <Enter> key.
The command is executed.

Understanding The CLI Command Syntax

NOTE: Unless mentioned otherwise, all the commands are relevant to both Dell PowerVault NX3500/NX3600/
NX3610 NAS Solutions and Dell Compellent FS8600 NAS Solution.
The structure of a single line CLI command as given in this document is:
<Cluster name> CLI > mainmenu submenu(s) command arguments [options]
Where:
• <Cluster name>—is the name of the cluster on which you are logged in.
• CLI >—is the command prompt where you type in the command syntax
• main menu—is the name of the top level menu.
• sub menu(s) —is the name of the sub-menu. Certain menus have multiple levels of sub-menus.
• command—is the name of the command that you want to execute.
• arguments—are the arguments that you must enter with the command to execute the command successfully.
The arguments for a command are always displayed on the CLI in bold font. You may have none or multiple
arguments depending on the command that you want to execute. You must enter the arguments for a command
in the correct order.
• [options]—are the options that you have available for a command. Depending on the command that you
want to execute, you may need to enter at least one of the available options for the command to execute
successfully. You may have none or multiple options depending on the command that you want to execute.
CAUTION: The menu names and commands are case sensitive. Enter the commands exactly as shown in the guide.
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