start group

This command powers on and boots a group of servers or issues a remote command on a group of servers. You can view the output of the remote command from the associated job that is started.

Synopsis

• Power on and boot a group of servers:

  start group group [netboot]

• Issue a remote command on a group of servers:

  start group group command "command" [agentssh agentssh] [timeout timeout]

Parameters

• agentssh – Override SSH credentials on the server for the remote command.

• command – A UNIX command to run on the group of servers. The command must be surrounded by quotation marks. You can view the output of the command from the associated job that is started.

• group – The name of a server group.

• netboot – Force the servers in the group to boot from their default network boot interface. This option enables you to install your servers over the network using an install server setup, which must be configured outside the N1 System Manager environment.

• timeout– Number of seconds command can run before timing out.