addmc

Use the addmc command to add a management console connection and all the storage systems that are managed by that management console.

Syntax

-help | -h | -?: Lists help for the command. If you specify additional parameters and arguments, those parameters and arguments are ignored.
-devtype { ds | ds8000 }: Specifies the type of hardware device. You can specify either ds or ds8000.
-ip ip_address[;ip_address]: Specifies the IP addresses of the management consoles to be added. For dual-management console configurations, both IP addresses must be specified with a semicolon in between (for example, 192.0.2.0;192.0.2.1).
-username user_name: Specifies the user name for the management console. For dual management console configurations, the management consoles must have the same user name.; Important: After you enter the parameters for the addmc command, you are prompted to enter the password for this user name. For security, the password is not displayed in the command window.

The following command adds a management console.

csmcli> addmc -devtype ds -ip 127.0.0.1 -username admin

The following output is returned:

Please enter a password for the device userid of admin:
IWNH1612I  The connection HMC:127.0.0.1 was successfully added.