Navisphere Command Line Interface (CLI) Reference - VMware Communities

Basic CommandsEnabling/ disabling Classic CLI from Secure CLIUsing Secure CLI commands, the administrator can enable/disablethe Classic CLI commands. By default, the Classic CLI remainsenabled.Once the Classic CLI is disabled, you cannot execute Classic CLIcommands on the SP. However, the Classic CLI on the storage systemcontinues to execute commands on the residing SP.To disable Classic CLI, port 6389 is filtered to block communication ofClassic CLI to SP. However, Event Monitor client continues tocommunicate with the SP using port 6389. Once Classic CLI isdisabled, any command issued through Classic CLI receives an errormessage.100 EMC Navisphere Command Line Interface (CLI) Reference