Brocade Network OS Command Reference v4.1.0 - Manual (Page 41)

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Network OS CLI command modes
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Network OS CLI command modes
The following lists the major Network OS CLI command modes and describes how to access them.
NOTE
Use the pwd command to view the mode of the current working directory. This command functions
in global configuration mode and the modes accessed from global configuration mode.
Network OS CLI command modes
Command mode Prompt How to access the command mode Description
Privileged
EXEC
switch#
This is the default mode for the switch. Display and change
system parameters.
Note that this is the
administrative mode
and includes the basic
configuration
commands.
Global
configuration
switch(config)#
From privileged EXEC mode, enter the
configure terminal command.
Configure features that
affect the entire switch.
line vty
switch(config)# line vty exec-timeout
60
switch(config-line-vty)#
From global configuration mode, enter
the line vty command. Specify the amount of
time a CLI session can
be idle before it logs
you out.
RBridge ID
configuration
mode RBridge ID:
switch (config)# rbridge-id 1
switch (config-rbridge-id-1)#
From global configuration mode, specify
a node by entering the rbridge-id
rbridge_id command, where rbridge-id is
the RBridge ID of the selected node. Configure features and
issue show commands
specific to an individual
node in a Virtual
Cluster Switching (VCS)
environment. This
includes both fabric
cluster and
management cluster
scenarios.
Interface
subtype Port-channel:
switch(config-Port-channel-63)#
10-Gigabit Ethernet (DCB port):
switch(conf-if-te-0/1)#
VLAN:switch(config-Vlan-1)#
VE:
switch(config)# rbridge-id 11
switch(config-rbridge-id-11)# int ve
56
switch(config-Ve-56)#
From global configuration mode, specify
an interface by entering one of the
following commands:
•
interface fcoe
•
interface fortygigabitethernet
•
interface gigabitethernet
•
interface hundredgigabitethernet
•
interface loopback
•
interface port-channel
•
interface tengigabitethernet
•
interface ve
•
interface vlan
A virtual Ethernet (VE) interface can be
configured in standalone or VCS mode
(the latter is shown at left).
Access and configure
individual interface
subtypes.
Enter ? at a command
prompt to see what
interface subtypes are
available for that
command.