3Com 09-1324-000 Getting Help , Setting up IP Routing

6-16 CHAPTER 6: CONFIGURING BASIC SETTINGS

Getting Help The user interface provides help menus as memory aids. To display the help menu,

enter a question mark (?). The question mark can be used with different options as

described in Table 6-5.

Setting up IP Routing You must set up the port that accesses the server for IP routing. To set up IP

routing, follow these steps:

1Log on as root and press the Return key.

The password prompt is displayed.

2At the password prompt, press the Return key.

The network manager prompt (NETBuilder #) is displayed.

3Set up an IP address and subnet mask using:

SETDefault !<port> -IP NETaddr = <IP address> [<subnet mask>]

XNS Consists of a network address followed by a MAC address. The

network address distinguishes between different XNS Ethernet

networks. It contains eight hexadecimal digits, and is preceded by an

ampersand (&), which is used for identiﬁcation. Leading zeros can be

omitted. The following addresses are the same:

&3333%080002001326

&00003333%080002001326

Table 6-5 Online Help Syntax Summary

Syntax Description

?Displays the help menu. Different commands are displayed de-

pending on whether Network Manager privilege or User privilege is in

effect. The commands are organized according to services.

-? Displays a list of services.

-service? Displays a list of commands within the service.

For example, to display a list of commands in the SYS Service, enter:

-SYS?

If there are no commands under the service, a message is displayed to

indicate this. For example, enter this command at the prompt:

-IDP?

A message similar to the following appears:

No commands available in IDP service

command -service? Displays a list of parameters that can be used with the command

within the service.

For example, to display a list of PORT Service parameters that can be

used with the SETDefault command, enter:

SETDefault -PORT?

command ? Displays parameters by service name that can be used with the

command. Only parameters in services specified by the CurrentServices

parameter are displayed.

command -service

parameter? Displays syntax for the command used with the parameter.

For example, to display the syntax for the SETDefault command used

with the CONTrol parameter in the SNMP Service, enter:

SETDefault -SNMP CONTrol?