4Brocade ICX 6650 Administration Guide
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Logging on through the CLI
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•CONFIG – Lets you make configuration changes to the device. To save the changes across
reboots, you need to save them to the system-config file. The CONFIG level contains sub-levels
for individua l ports, for VLANs, for rou ting protocols, and other configuration areas.
NOTE
By default, any user who can open a serial or Telnet connection to the Brocade device can access
all these CLI levels. To secure access, you can configure Enable passwords or local user accounts,
or you can configure the device to use a RADIUS or TACACS/TACACS+ server for authentication. refer
to the Brocade ICX 6650 Switch Security Configuration Guide.
Online help
To display a list of available commands or command options, enter “?” or press Tab. If you have
not entered part of a command at the command prompt, all the commands supported at the
current CLI level are listed. If you enter part of a command, then enter “?” or press Tab, the CLI
lists the options you can enter at this point in the command string.
If you enter an invalid command followed by ?, a message appears indicating the command was
unrecognized. An example is given below.
Brocade(config)#rooter ip
Unrecognized command
Command completion
The CLI supports command completion, so you do not need to enter the entire name of a command
or option. As long as you enter enough characters of the command or option name to avoid
ambiguity with other commands or options, the CLI understands what you are typing.
Scroll control
By default, the CLI uses a page mode to paginate displays that are longer than the number of rows
in your terminal emulation window. For example, if you display a list of all the commands at the
global CONFIG level but your terminal emulation window does not have enough rows to display
them all at once, the page mode stops the display and lists your choices for continuing the display.
An example is given below.
aaa
all-client
appletalk
arp
boot
some lines omitted for brevity...
ipx
lock-address
logging
mac
--More--, next page: Space, next line:
Return key, quit: Control-c
The software provides the following scrolling options:
•Press the Space bar to display the next page (one screen at a time).