Command Line Interface

Command Groups

The system commands can be broken down into the functional groups shown below.

Command Group

Description

Page

Line

Sets communication parameters for the serial port and Telnet,

4-9

 

including baud rate and console time-out

 

General

Basic commands for entering privileged access mode, restarting the

4-17

 

system, or quitting the CLI

 

System Management

Controls system logs, system passwords, user name, browser

4-22

 

management options, and a variety of other system information

 

Flash/File

Manages code image or switch configuration files

4-55

 

 

 

Authentication

Configures logon access using local or remote authentication;

4-60

 

also configures port security and IEEE 802.1x port access control

 

SNMP

Activates authentication failure traps; configures community access

4-76

 

strings, and trap managers; also configures IP address filtering

 

DHCP

Configures DHCP client

4-82

 

 

 

Interface

Configures the connection parameters for all Ethernet ports,

4-91

 

aggregated links, and VLANs

 

Mirror Port

Mirrors data to another port for analysis without affecting the data

4-95

 

passing through or the performance of the monitored port

 

Rate Limiting

Controls the maximum rate for traffic transmitted or received on a port

4-97

 

 

 

Link Aggregation

Statically groups multiple ports into a single logical trunk; configures

4-98

 

Link Aggregation Control Protocol for port trunks

 

VDSL

Used to to configure and display communication parameters for VDSL

4-101

 

and ethernet ports on the switch and connected CPEs

 

Address Table

Configures the address table for filtering specified addresses, displays

4-122

 

current entries, clears the table, or sets the aging time

 

Spanning Tree

Configures Spanning Tree settings for the switch

4-125

 

 

 

VLANs

Configures VLAN settings, and defines port membership for VLAN

4-137

 

groups; also enables or configures private VLANs

 

Bridge Extension

Display default configuration settings for the Bridge Extension MIB and

4-146

 

configure forbidden VLANs

 

Priority

Sets port priority for untagged frames, selects strict priority or weighted

4-147

 

round robin, relative weight for each priority queue, also sets priority

 

 

for TCP traffic types, IP precedence, and DSCP

 

Multicast Filtering

Configures IGMP multicast filtering, query parameters, and specifies

4-158

 

ports attached to a multicast router

 

IP Interface

Configures IP address for the switch

4-166

 

 

 

The access mode shown in the following tables is indicated by these abbreviations:

NE (Normal Exec)

LC (Line Configuration)

PE (Privileged Exec)

VC (VLAN Database Configuration)

GC (Global Configuration)

IC (Interface Configuration)

4-8

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