Additional Parameters

The following table describes additional parameters that can be specified in the cim.extension.parameters file:

Table 17 Parameters for CIM Extensions

Parameter

Description

 

 

-port <new port>

The CIM extension uses port 4673 by default. Use this

 

command to change the port the CIM extension will access.

 

See ”Changing the Port Number” on page 232.

 

 

-on <ip address of NIC

Use this command to configure the CIM extension to listen on

card>

a specific network card (NIC). You can also specify the port

 

you used. See ”Configuring the CIM Extension to Listen on a

 

Specific Network Card” on page 233.

 

 

-user

The user defined in this parameter must be a valid existing

 

user for the host. Only the user needs to be defined. The user

 

name and password are provided from the management

 

server during discovery. The user does not need to have root

 

authority. A colon-separated list can be used to specify

 

multiple users.

 

 

-credentials

The credentials defined by this parameter must match the

<username from the

values entered from the management server during discovery.

management server>

They are not used as authentication on the host itself.

:<password>

 

-mgmtServerIP

This parameter restricts the CIM extension to listen only to a

<ip address>

specific management server IP address.

Finding the Version of a CIM Extension

To find the version number of a CIM extension:

1.Go to the /opt/APPQcime/tools directory.

2.Enter the following at the command prompt:

#./start -version

You are shown the version number of the CIM extension and the date it was built, as shown in the following example:

CXWS for mof/cxws/cxws-linux.mof

CXWS version 3.6.0.39, built on Thu 7-October-2004 03:05:44 by dmaltz

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