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Table 9 Common Commands (continued)

Command

Description

 

 

create vlan <name>

Creates a VLAN.

config account <username> {encrypted}

Configures a user account password.

{<password>}

Passwords must have a minimum of four

 

characters and can have a maximum of 12

 

characters. User names and passwords are

 

case-sensitive.

config banner

Configures the banner string. You can enter

 

up to 24 rows of 80-column text that is

 

displayed before the login prompt of each

 

session. Press [Return] at the beginning of a

 

line to terminate the command and apply the

 

banner. To clear the banner, press [Return] at

 

the beginning of the first line.

config time <date> <time>

Configures the system date and time. The

 

format is as follows:

 

mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss

 

The time uses a 24-hour clock format. You

 

cannot set the year past 2023.

config timezone <gmt_offset> {autodst

Configures the time zone information to the

noautodst}

configured offset from GMT time. The format

 

of gmt_offset is +/- minutes from GMT

 

time. Specify:

 

autodst — Enables automatic Daylight

 

Savings Time change.

 

nosautodst — Disables automatic

 

Daylight Savings Time change.

 

The default setting is autodst.

config vlan <name> ipaddress

Configures an IP address and subnet mask

<ip_address> {<mask>}

for a VLAN.

disable autodst

Disables automatic Daylight Savings Time

 

change.

enable autodst

Enables automatic Daylight Savings Time

 

change.

enable bootp vlan [<name> all]

Enables BOOTP for one or more VLANs.

enable cli-config-logging

Enables logging CLI configuration commands

 

to the syslog for auditing purposes.

enable clipaging

Enables pausing at the end of each CLI

 

screen, allowing you to use a scripting

 

language to get switch status.

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