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ProvisionDevice - setDescription


ProvisionDevice - setDescription

Description :

This command sets a description for a given device.

Return type : Integer

Command Input :

Variable Name

Variable Type

Description

MAC

String

MAC address of the device whose description you want to set.

Format the MAC address as a hex string, separated with dashes, colons, or spaces (for example, 00-0B-CD-1B-E0-44). Alphabetic characters must be in upper case.

description

String

Description you want to set.

Example

This example shows how to set the description for a device.

Script


blcli  ProvisionDevice setDescription 11-11-11-11-11-11 "new dev server"



 

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BMC Server Automation Command Line Interface 8.7