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At the CLI, you can use commands to configure the Rack ATS. To use a command, type the command and 

press ENTER. Commands and arguments are valid in lowercase, uppercase, or mixed case. Options are casesensitive.

While using the CLI, you can also do the following:

• Type help or ? and press ENTER to view a list of available commands, based on your account 

type.

• To obtain information about the purpose and syntax of a specified command, type the command, 

a space, and ? or the word help. 

• Press the UP arrow key to view the command that was entered most recently in the session. Use 

the UP and DOWN arrow keys to scroll through a list of up to ten previous commands.

• Type at least one letter of a command and press the TAB key to scroll through a list of valid 

commands that match the text you have typed in the command line.

• Type bye, exit or quit to close the connection to the CLI.

Command Syntax

Example of a command that supports multiple options: 

ftp [-p <port number>] [-S <enable | disable>]

In this example, the ftp command accepts the option -p, which defines the port number, and the option -S, 

which enables or disables the FTP feature. 

To change the FTP port number to 5010, and enable FTP:

1. Enter the ftp command, the port option, and the argument 5010:

ftp -p 5010

2. After the first command succeeds, enter the ftp command, the enable/disable option, and the 

enable selection:

ftp -S enable

Example of a command that accepts mutually exclusive arguments for an option: 

alarmcount -p [all | warning | critical]

In this example, the option -p accepts only three arguments: all, warning, or critical. For example, to view the 

number of active critical alarms, type:

alarmcount -p critical

The command will fail if you type an argument that is not specified.