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Where:

 

IP-host

 

Can be in IP-dot notation, or a host name that is defined in the host database

 

or \etc\hosts file.

 

:S<Slot>

 

The decimal number representing the location of the card in the chassis.

 

 

Inventory

Use the following syntax to launch the Inventory utility:

 

tcminv [-l logfile] [-h] [-c readcomm] [-C writecomm]

 

[-ddelimiter]

 

[-ffilename] target

 

Where:

 

-llogfile

 

The log file for system diagnostic messages.

 

The GUI log file default is the UNIX syslog file. The CLI default is stderr. You

 

can reverse these defaults by specifying a "-" (hyphen).

 

-h

 

Displays the command line parameters and the descriptions of the parameters

 

and their flags.

 

-c readcomm

 

The SNMP read community string.

 

-C writecomm

 

The SNMP write community string.

 

-ddelimiter

 

Supplies field separators for a saved file.

If this is omitted, fields are padded with spaces to make columns line up.

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5210 specifications

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