Dell PowerStore 3200T EMC PowerStore CLI User Guide - Page 8

Example In the following example for changing the password of a user account, the action is set: pstcli -d 10.0.0.1 -u admin -p MyPassword456! local_user -name operator set -password NewPassword456! -current_password OldPassword456! Action qualifiers Action qualifiers are parameters specific to actions, such as attributes or settings to modify when changing an object. All action qualifiers start with a hyphen (-). Example In the following example for changing a role and password for a user account, the action qualifiers are -password, -current_password, and -role: pstcli -d 10.0.0.1 -u admin -p MyPassword456! local_user -name lab3_operator set -password NewPassword123! -current_password MyPassword456! -role administrator Size qualifiers Use size qualifiers to indicate a specific capacity-size value. In this case, 1 KB equals 1024 bytes. To specify a fraction, use a period. For example, type 2.4T for 2.4 terabytes. The output for a size value displays the exact number of bytes and the specified size value: Size = 1209462790557 (1.1TB) The following table lists the size qualifiers. The qualifiers are case-sensitive. Table 1. Size qualifiers Qualifier K Measurement Kilobyte M Megabyte G Gigabyte T Terabyte P Petabyte Action commands When using PowerStore CLI, there are four primary action commands that you can perform on object types or objects: creating, modifying or configuring, viewing, and deleting. This section explains each of these four action commands. PowerStore CLI command syntax on page 6 explains the relationship between action commands, object types, and objects. The create action command The create action command creates an object on the system that is based on the specified object type. If the command is successful, the new object receives an object qualifier, or ID, that identifies the object on the system. Format create [] 8 Introduction