Using the cycli Utility

Using the cycli Utility
cycli Utility Overview
An administrator (root or admin) can configure the OnBoard using the cycli utility. Only one administrator (root or admin) can run the cycli utility at a time. While in the cycli utility, the administrator can escape to the shell and when finished can return to the cycli utility.
Administrators often prefer using the cycli over the Web Manager because they can run frequently-performed cycli configuration commands from shell scripts or from text files that can be executed in batch mode. For example, on an OnBoard with forty private Ethernet ports, configuring all the service processors one by one could be tedious and prone to error, so scripting the configuration of multiple service processors is a good use of the cycli utility. Example scripts are provided in /libexec/example_scripts.
The cycli utility provides a set of commands (described under cycli Commands). The commands act on parameters that are nested in a format called the CLI parameter tree. Some parameters require arguments when the parameters are entered with some commands. (How to find out which parameters need which arguments is shown under cycli Parameters and Arguments.)
Note: This section describes the cycli command and how to navigate the cycli parameter tree, but it does not describe all the parameters and values. For examples of how to use the cycli command for performing tasks such as adding users and groups, configuring devices, and authentication, see examples in /libexec/example_scripts.

Using the cycli Utility