1 FindAvailableNodes

   findavailablenodes enables you to search the network for available nodes.
   To be available, you must be able to reach nodes and another management
   system must not have exclusive control of the nodes. This command searches
   the range of IP addresses provided and accepts an optional port.

  1.1 Syntax

   hpsum findavailablenodes --type ip|LDAP|port [ipAddrLow ipAddrHi] [port]

  1.2 Parameters

   The findavailablenodes command provides the following options:

   +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   | Parameter           | Description                                      |
   |---------------------+--------------------------------------------------|
   | HPSUM               | The HP SUM script initiates this action.         |
   |---------------------+--------------------------------------------------|
   | findavailablenodes  | The command to find all nodes available for      |
   |                     | updates through HP SUM.                          |
   |---------------------+--------------------------------------------------|
   |                     | If you pass the type option, the value must      |
   |                     | match one of three types:                        |
   |                     |                                                  |
   |                     |  1. ip                                           |
   |                     |                                                  |
   |                     |     Options: ipAddrLow; ipAddrHi                 |
   |                     |                                                  |
   | --type ip|LDAP|port |  2. LDAP                                         |
   |                     |                                                  |
   |                     |     Options: ldapServer; username; **            |
   |                     |     interactive prompt for password              |
   |                     |                                                  |
   |                     |  3. port                                         |
   |                     |                                                  |
   |                     |     Options: ipAddrLow; ipAddrHi; portNum        |
   +------------------------------------------------------------------------+

  1.3 Return codes

   +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   | Return Code            | Windows | Linux | Text                        |
   |------------------------+---------+-------+-----------------------------|
   | SUCCESS_NO_REBOOT      | 0       | 0     | The command was successful. |
   |------------------------+---------+-------+-----------------------------|
   | FAILURE_GENERAL        | -1      | 255   | A general failure occurred. |
   |                        |         |       | For details, see the logs.  |
   |------------------------+---------+-------+-----------------------------|
   |                        |         |       | A bad input parameter was   |
   | FAILURE_BAD_PARM       | -2      | 254   | encountered. For details,   |
   |                        |         |       | see the logs.               |
   |------------------------+---------+-------+-----------------------------|
   | FAILURE_COMMAND_FAILED | -4      | 252   | The command failed. For     |
   |                        |         |       | details, see the logs.      |
   +------------------------------------------------------------------------+

  1.4 Example

    Windows sample command line

   C:\>hpsum findavailablenodes /type ip 10.7.85.0 10.7.85.128

    Linux/HP-UX sample command line

   $ hpsum findavailablenodes --type port 10.7.85.0 10.7.85.128 445