General User Interface Guidelines
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Setting Verbose/Terse Mode for the User Interface

Enabling Verbose Mode
When verbose mode is enabled, you are not required to enter a question mark in order to
view the switch’s configuration menus. Instead, menus are displayed automatically. For exam-
ple, if verbose mode is enabled and you enter
summary
at the user prompt, the Summary menu will be displayed automatically, as shown below:
Command Summary Menu
ss Display MIB-II System group variables
sc OmniSwitch chassis summary
si Current interface status
Main File Summary VLAN Networking
Interface Security System Services Help
The switch’s default verbose mode setting is off, or disabled. To enable verbose mode, type
uic at the user prompt and press <Enter>.
A screen similar to the following will be displayed.
UI Configuration
1) Prompt : ‘$Menu-Path% ’
2) More : on
21) Lines : 22 lines
3) Verbose : off
4) Timeout : 5 minutes
Command {Item=Value/?/Help?Quit?Redraw?Save} (Redraw) :
Next, type 3=on at the submenu prompt and press <Enter>. The screen will be redrawn. Note
that verbose mode is now set to on.
UI Configuration
1) Prompt : ‘$Menu-Path% ’
2) More : on
21) Lines : 22 lines
3) Verbose : on
4) Timeout : 5 minutes
Command {Item=Value/?/Help?Quit?Redraw?Save} (Redraw) :
Type save at the submenu prompt and press <Enter>. You will be returned to the user
prompt. Verbose mode is now enabled.