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118 Configuring and Using Virtual Media
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Administrator level access (or VM-CLI group membership) is required to successfully run the
VM-CLI utility where the operating system defines and supports it. The client system’s
administrator specifies the name of the VM-CLI group required for nonadministrator access to
the utility. The client system’s administrator can create this group specifically for VM-CLI
access, or it can be the name of an existing user group. The client system’s administrator also
controls user membership within the specified group:
• For Windows systems, all users of the VM-CLI utility must have Power User privileges.
• For Linux systems, the recommended means for allowing nonadministrator access to the
VM-CLI utility is through the
sudo
command. This command provides a centralized means
of providing nonadministrator access and keeps a log of all commands issued by users.
To add/edit users in the VM-CLI group, the administrator uses the
visudo
command.
When added, nonadministrator users can add the sudo verb as a prefix to the VM-CLI
command line (or to the script that uses VM-CLI) to obtain permission to run the utility.
Interfaces and APIs
This section details the supported command line options for the VM-CLI utility. The CLI
interface is the same, regardless of the client system’s operating system. The options used by the
VM-CLI utility are consistent with the racadm utility options. For example, an option to specify
the DRAC IP address requires the same format for both racadm and VM-CLI.
The format of a VM-CLI command is as follows:
racvmcli [parameters] [OS-shell options]
NOTE: Command line elements are described in detail in the VM-CLI Parameters section.
NOTE: Command line elements are case sensitive.
If the command line parameters are accepted, and the DRAC 4 authorizes the connection,
the
command continues to run until either of the following occurs:
• The DRAC 4 terminates the connection (DRAC 4
boot once
option)
Or
• The command/process is manually terminated, using features of the operating system/shell.
For example, in Windows, you can use the Task Manager to terminate the process.
VM-CLI Parameters
DRAC 4 IP Address
-r <
RAC-IP-address
>[:<
RAC-SSL-port
>]
This parameter is used to provide the DRAC 4 IP address and SSL port. The VM-CLI utility
needs this information to establish a Virtual Media connection with the specified DRAC 4.
If <
RAC-SSL-port
> is omitted, the default port (443) is used. Unless the DRAC 4’s default
SSL port was changed, the optional SSL port is not required.