Entering administrative commands

Commands consist of command names and usually parameters and variables. Syntax diagrams depict the rules to follow when entering commands.

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To display command-line help for server commands that have unique names, you can type help commandName, where commandName is the name of the server command for which you want information. For example, to display help for the REGISTER NODE command, type help register node. Command syntax and parameter descriptions are displayed in the output.

You can also type help followed by the topic number for the command. Topic numbers are listed in the table of contents for command-line help, for example:

3.0 Administrative commands
  3.46 REGISTER
     3.46.1 REGISTER ADMIN (Register an administrator)
     3.46.2 REGISTER LICENSE (Register a new license)
     3.46.3 REGISTER NODE (Register a node)

To display help about the REGISTER NODE command, type:

help 3.46.3

Use topic numbers to display command-line help for subcommands. DEFINE DEVCLASS is an example of a command that has subcommands. For example, you can specify the DEFINE DEVCLASS command for 3590 device classes and for 3592 device classes:

3.0 Administrative commands
  ...
  3.13.10 DEFINE DEVCLASS (Define a device class)
      3.13.10.1 DEFINE DEVCLASS (Define a 3590 device class)
      3.13.10.2 DEFINE DEVCLASS (Define a 3592 device class)
      ...

To display help for the DEFINE DEVCLASS command for 3590 device classes, type:

help 3.13.10.1