Brocade FastIron Ethernet Switch Administration Guide - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
Preface...................................................................................................................................11
Document conventions....................................................................................11
Text formatting conventions................................................................ 11
Command syntax conventions............................................................ 11
Notes, cautions, and warnings............................................................ 12
Brocade resources.......................................................................................... 13
Contacting Brocade Technical Support...........................................................13
Document feedback........................................................................................ 14
About This Document.............................................................................................................. 15
Supported hardware and software.................................................................. 15
What’s new in this document ......................................................................... 15
How command information is presented in this guide.....................................16
Management Applications...................................................................................................... 17
Supported management application features................................................. 17
Management port overview.............................................................................17
How the management port works....................................................... 18
CLI Commands for use with the management port.............................18
Logging on through the CLI.............................................................................19
Online help.......................................................................................... 20
Command completion......................................................................... 20
Scroll control....................................................................................... 20
Line editing commands....................................................................... 21
Using stack-unit, slot number, and port numberwith CLI commands..............22
CLI nomenclature on Chassis-based models..................................... 22
CLI nomenclature on Stackable devices ............................................22
Searching and filtering output from CLI commands............................ 22
Using special characters in regular expressions.................................24
Creating an alias for a CLI command..................................................26
Basic Software Features..........................................................................................................29
Supported basic software features..................................................................29
Basic system parameter configuration............................................................ 30
Entering system administration information........................................ 31
SNMP parameter configuration...........................................................31
Displaying virtual routing interface statistics....................................... 34
Disabling Syslog messages and traps for CLI access........................ 35
Cancelling an outbound Telnet session.............................................. 36
Network Time Protocol Version 4 (NTPv4)..................................................... 36
Limitations........................................................................................... 39
NTP and SNTP................................................................................... 39
NTP server.......................................................................................... 39
NTP Client...........................................................................................40
NTP peer.............................................................................................41
NTP broadcast server......................................................................... 41
NTP broadcast client...........................................................................42
FastIron Ethernet Switch Administration Guide 3
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