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Using the Console

Switch Installation and Setup

As with the

show

command, each prompt provides you with a default. For example

SmartCell ZX # add laneclient

ClientNumber(3) :

accept the default

LanName(ELAN003) : My-elan

call the ELAN something other than the default name

ServerType(LECS) :

ServerAddress() : 39:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:14:41:80:00:20:d4:14:41:80:01

IPAddress() : 122.44.212.17

NetMask(255.0.0.0) : 255.255.255.0

MTU(1516) :

SmartCell ZX #

In the example above, some values are specified by taking the default, while others are explicitly entered.

Press the Esc key to back out of any command before you enter the last value.

2.5.2

Console Help

The console provides several levels of help for console commands. For example, to list the switch-attributes that can
be used with a particular operator, enter the word

help

(or

) followed by the operator.

SmartCell ZX # help add

HELP ---- add

============================================================================

TrafficDescriptor | TrapCommunity | UNIRoute | WellKnownAddress ]

SmartCell ZX #

To obtain an explanation of a command and its parameters, enter the word

help

(or

) before the command.

SmartCell ZX # ? add laneclient

Create LANE Client

============================================================================

ClientNumber Local Client Number (0-127)

LanName Name of the ELAN to join

ServerType Type of LANE Server [LECS, LES]

ServerAddress ATM Address of the LANE Server

IPAddress IP Address of the Client

NetMask IP Netmask of the Client

MTU MTU for the Client [1516, 9234, NONE]

SmartCell ZX #

While entering a command, you can obtain help about the current parameter by entering a question mark (?) at the
prompt. For example

SmartCell ZX # add uniroute

PortNumber(A1) :B3

UNIATMAddress() : ?

ATM Address for the UNI route. 20 bytes

UNIATMAddress() :39:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:14:41:80:00:20:d4:14:41:80:00

SmartCell ZX #