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.