Contents
Command Line Interface (CLI) User’s Guide i

Product Capabilities..........................1

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Scripting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
PDU features not supported by the CLI . . . 1
Integration with APC Rack KVM products . .1
System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Firmware version required . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Rack PDUs required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Exporting an .ini File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Using the Commands .......................3

How to Enter CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Capitalization in commands and arguments 3
Editing in the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
The Space character as command delimiter 3
Quotation marks and the reverse slant . . . 3
Command Error Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
CLI Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Logging On and Off......................... 5

Logging On. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
User Name and Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Log-on procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Responses to successful and failed log-on .5
Logging Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Log-off procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Automatic log-off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Command Syntax .............................7

Characters and Fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Syntax Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Italic text with no brackets or braces. . . . . .8
Braces and vertical line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Brackets and ellipses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Large braces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8