Command Line Instructions

The usage of the commands of Ascend DMI complies with the general specifications of the Linux open source community, for example, the support for long and short options of commands. Related concepts are described as follows:

• Short option: for example, -x. The command parameter contains only one letter.
• Long option: For example, --xx or --xxx. The number of letters in a command parameter is two or more. The -xx format can also be used in this version.

The long and short options can be entered in either of the following ways, where value indicates the parameter value:

• Short option: -x value
• Long option: --xx value

Examples:

Perform a fault diagnosis test on specified devices.

• Input formats for a short option:

  To diagnose a single device: ascend-dmi --dg -d 0

  To diagnose multiple devices: ascend-dmi --dg -d 0,1,2,3

• Input formats for a long option:

  To diagnose a single device: ascend-dmi --dg --device 0

  To diagnose multiple devices: ascend-dmi --dg --device 0,1,2,3