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DEFINE SYSTEM Command—Defines a System

The DEFINE SYSTEM command defines a system or host. Although SOF will automatically discover all active SOF servers, by predefining the expected peer systems, SOF will recognize when the external systems have either not been started, or have been shut down.

This command has the following syntax:

DEFINE  SYStem  sysname   [RESET]
sysname

Specifies the CCI system name of the system being defined.

RESET

(Optional) Treats the system as if the RESET SYSTEM command has been issued.

Note: This has no effect at restart from a checkpoint for a system found in the checkpoint; for such a system, the status found in the checkpoint is used.