[FAB-8412] Added doc for peer node command

Added doc for the peer node start and peer node status
commands.

Change-Id: I8e20961ed5a11da79f83150d5db145070b712ca8
Signed-off-by: Anil Ambati <aambati@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David Enyeart <enyeart@us.ibm.com>

docs/source/commands/peernode.md

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+# peer node
+
+## Description
+
+The `peer node` subcommand allows an administrator to start a peer node or check
+the status of a peer node.
+
+## Syntax
+
+The `peer node` subcommand has the following syntax:
+
+```
+peer node start [flags]
+peer node status
+```
+
+## peer node start
+
+### Start Description
+The `peer node start` command allows administrators to start the peer node process.
+
+The peer node process can be configured using configuration file *core.yaml*, which
+must be located in the directory specified by the environment variable **FABRIC_CFG_PATH**.
+For docker deployments, *core.yaml* is pre-configured in the peer container **FABRIC_CFG_PATH** directory.
+For native binary deployments, *core.yaml* is included with the release artifact distribution.
+The configuration properties located in *core.yaml* can be overridden using environment variables.
+For example, `peer.mspConfigPath` configuration property can be specified by defining
+**CORE_PEER_MSPCONFIGPATH** environment variable, where **CORE_** is the prefix for the
+environment variables.
+
+### Start Syntax
+The `peer node start` command has the following syntax:
+
+```
+peer node start [flags]
+
+```
+
+### Start Flags
+The `peer node start` command has the following command specific flags:
+
+* `-o, --orderer <string>`
+
+  specifies the ordering service endpoint. Default value is "orderer:7050"
+
+* `--peer-chaincodedev`
+
+  starts peer node in chaincode development mode. Normally chaincode containers are started
+  and maintained by peer. However in devlopment mode, chaincode is built and started by the user.
+  This mode is useful during chaincode development phase for iterative development.
+  See more information on development mode in the [chaincode tutorial](../chaincode4ade.html).
+
+The global `peer` command flags also apply as described in the topic [`peer command`](./peercommand.html):
+
+* --logging-level
+
+## peer node status
+
+### Status Description
+The `peer node status` command allows administrators to see the status of the peer node process.
+It will show the status of the peer node process running at the `peer.address` specified in the
+peer configuration, or overridden by **CORE_PEER_ADDRESS** environment variable.
+
+### Status Syntax
+The `peer node status` command has the following syntax:
+
+```
+peer node status
+```
+
+### Status Flags
+The `peer node status` command has no command specific flags.

docs/source/index.rst

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    :caption: Command Reference
 
    commands/peercommand.md
+   commands/peerchaincode.md
    commands/peerchannel.md
    commands/peerlogging.md
+   commands/peernode.md
    commands/configtxgen.md
    commands/configtxlator.md