3Com 2200 manual Entering Values

Using Menus to Perform Tasks 2-9

Entering Values

Entering values in command strings

If you enter a command incorrectly, you receive a prompt telling you that what you entered was not valid or was ambiguous. You must re-enter the command from the point at which it became incorrect.

When you reach the level at which you perform a specific task, you are prompted for a value. The prompt usually shows all valid values (if applicable) and sometimes a suggested default value. The default might be the system default or the current user-defined value of that parameter.

The valid values are displayed in parentheses. The default value is in brackets. In this example, (disabled, enabled) are the valid values. [Enabled], shown in brackets, is the default:

Enter a new value (disabled,enabled) [enabled]:

A command string can also contain the value of a command parameter.

If you enter a value at the end of a command string, the task is completed, and you are returned to the previous menu. For example, to disable a baseline from the top-level menu, enter:

Select a menu option: system baseline requestedState disabled

Getting Out To return to the menu one step higher in the hierarchy or to cancel an operation that you are currently performing, enter q, followed by [Return].

To quickly move to the top-level menu without backtracking through menus, press [Esc] (the Escape key). You immediately return to the top-level menu.

To completely leave the Administration Console, see the section “Exiting the Administration Console” on page 2-17.