Sun Microsystems 4000 manual Modes of Operation, Vcaadm command-line syntax is

The vcaadm command-line syntax is:

■vcaadm [-H]

■vcaadm [-y] [-h host] [-p port] [-d vcaN] [-f filename]

■vcaadm [-y][-h host] [-p port] [-d vcaN] [-s sec_officer] command

Note –When using the -dattribute, vcaN is the board’s device name where the N corresponds to the Sun Crypto Accelerator 4000 device instance number.

TABLE 4-1shows the options for the vcaadm utility.

TABLE 4-1 vcaadm Options

Option		Meaning
-H		Displays help files for vcaadm commands and exit.
-d	vcaN	Connects to the Sun Crypto Accelerator 4000 board that has N as the
		driver instance number. For example, -d vca1 connects to device
		vca1 where vca is a string in the board’s device name and 1 is the
		instance number of the device. This value defaults to vca0 and must
		be in the form of vcaN, where N corresponds to the device instance
		number.
-f	filename	Interprets one or more commands from filename and exit.
-h	host	Connects to the Sun Crypto Accelerator 4000 board on host.
		The value for host can be a host name or an IP address, and defaults
		to the loopback address.
-p	port	Connects to the Sun Crypto Accelerator 4000 board on port. The
		value for port defaults to 6870.
-ssec_officer		Logs in as a security officer named sec_officer.
-y		Forces a yes answer to any command that would normally
		prompt for a confirmation.

Note –The name sec_officer is used throughout this user’s guide as an example security officer name.

Modes of Operation

vcaadm can run in one of three modes. These modes differ mainly in how commands are passed into vcaadm. The three modes are Single-Command mode, File mode, and Interactive mode.

56 Sun Crypto Accelerator 4000 Board Installation and User’s Guide • May 2003