CLI (Command Line Interface)
172 NXA-ENET24 - Software Management Guide
Device Designation Commands User Access Commands

The basic commands required for management access are listed in this section. This switch also includes other

options for password checking via the console or a Telnet connection (page165), user authentication via a

remote authentication server (page224), and host access authentication for specific ports (page 205).

Device Designation Commands

Command Function
prompt
This command customizes the
CLI prompt.
Use the no form to restore the
default prompt.
Syntax:
prompt string
no prompt
• string - Any alphanumeric string to use for the CLI prompt.
Maximum length: 255 characters.
Default Setting: Console
Command Mode: Global Configuration
Example:
Console(config)#prompt FE-PoE
FE-PoE(config)#
hostname
This command specifies or
modifies the host name for this
device.
Use the no form to restore the
default host name.
Syntax:
hostname name
no hostname
• name - The name of this host.
Maximum length: 255 characters.
Default Setting: None
Command Mode: Global Configuration
Example:
Console(config)#hostname RD#1
Console(config)#
snmp-server contact Sets the system contact string
snmp-server location Sets the system location string

User Access Commands

Command Function
username
This command adds
named users,
requires
authentication at
login, specifies or
changes a user's
password (or
specify that no
password is
required), or
specifies or
changes a user's
access level.
Use the no form to
remove a user
name.
Syntax:
username name {access-level level | nopassword | password {0 | 7}
password}
no username name
• name - The name of the user.
Maximum length: 8 characters, case sensitive.
Maximum users: 16
• access-level level - Specifies the user level.
The device has two predefined privilege levels:
0: Normal Exec
15: Privileged Exec
• nopassword - No password is required for this user to log in.
• {0 | 7} - 0 means plain password, 7 means encrypted password.
• password password - The authentication password for the user. (Maximum length: 8
characters plain text, 32 encrypted, case sensitive)
Default Setting: The default access level is Normal Exec.
The factory defaults for the user names and passwords are: