7.1 Overview of the CellCLI Utility

The Cell Control Command-Line Interface (CellCLI) utility is the command-line administration tool for Oracle Exadata System Software.

CellCLI runs on each cell to enable you to manage an individual cell. You use CellCLI to start and stop the cell, to manage cell configuration information, to enable or disable cells, and to manage objects in the cell environment.

The command-line utility is already installed when Oracle Exadata Storage Server is shipped.

• Starting CellCLI
  You can start CellCLI from the operating system command line on the cell that you want to manage or remotely from a network-attached client using Secure Shell (SSH).
• Understanding Command Syntax and Options for CellCLI
  This topic describes the syntax and command options for CellCLI.
• Reserved Words
  If any of the reserved keywords are used as values in commands, then they must be enclosed in quotation marks.
• CellCLI Command-Line Editing
  Most of the command editing features of CellCLI are similar to modern shells, such as bash and tcsh.
• CellCLI Input and Output Options
  Oracle Exadata System Software command-line utilities read commands from standard input and write output to standard output.
• Comments in CellCLI Scripts
  You can add single-line comments to CellCLI scripts using multiple formats.
• Line Continuation in CellCLI Commands
  To continue a long command on to the next line, insert a hyphen (-) at the end of the line.