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Command Syntax Overview
Syntax refers to the way a command and its parameters are entered.
Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK) Command Line Interface
(CLI) commands can be arranged in any order in a command line instance as
long as they conform to the basic command line syntax.
Command Line Syntax
The general usage models of the DTK utilities are as follows:
•SYSCFG
syscfg option1 [arg1] ... optionX [argX]
OR
syscfg bmcoption1 bmcsuboption1
[arg1]...bmcsuboptionX [argX]
•RAIDCFG
raidcfg [mandatory options] <optional arguments>
•RACADM
racadm <options> <subcommand> <subcommand_options>
NOTE: For more information on the RACADM commands, see RACADM
Reference Guide
on the Dell support website.
•UPINIT
For WinPE:upinit --disk=0 --size=32 --file=
t:\upimage.bin
For Linux:upinit --disk=/dev/sda --size=32 --file=
/tmp/upimage.bin
The DTK command line switches, configuration file formatting, and error
reporting follow similar style and behavior. However, individual DTK utilities
can sometimes differ from one another in significant ways. You should
familiarize yourself with the command line syntax and utility-specific options
and arguments for each utility before using DTK.