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Chapter 37 Introducing the Commands
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37.3 The Login Screen
After you have successfully established a connection to the switch using a direct console
connection or Telnet, a login screen displays as shown below. For your first login, and enter
the password (“1234” is the default for the default administrator login with the “admin”
username).
Figure 129 CLI: Login Screen
37.4 Command Syntax Conventions
The rules of the commands are listed next.
• The command keywords are in
courier new
font.
• The required fields in a command are enclosed in angle brackets <>, for instance,
ping
means that you must specify an IP number for this command.
• The optional fields in a command are enclosed in square brackets [], for instance,
configure snmp-server [contact
means that the
contact
and
location
fields are optional.
• “Command” refers to a command used in the command line interface (CI command).
• The | symbol means “or”.
• The entry
in the command lines refers to carriage return. Press
[ENTER]
or carriage
return after a command to execute the command.
• Use the up (y) or down (z) arrow key to scroll through the command history list.
• The CLI does not accept partial or incomplete commands. You may enter a unique part of
a command and press
[TAB]
to have the switch automatically display the full command.
For example, if you enter
config
and press
[TAB]
, the full command of “
configure
”
automatically displays.
• Each interface refers to an Ethernet port on the switch. Commands configured after the
interface command correspond to those ports.
• Type multiple ports or port ranges separated by a comma. Ranges of port numbers are
typed separated by a dash.
37.5 Getting Help
The system includes a help facility to provide you with the following information about the
commands:
• List of available commands under a command group.
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