Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch Basic Line Editing Commands, Access Modes, Common CLI key commands

Chapter 1: SSR Product Overview

Basic Line Editing Commands

The CLI supports EMACs-like line editing commands. The following table lists some commonly used commands.

Table 2. Common CLI key commands

Key Sequence	Command
Ctrl+A	Move cursor to beginning of line
Ctrl+B	Move cursor back one character
Ctrl+D	Delete character
Ctrl+E	Move cursor to end of line
Ctrl+F	Move cursor forward one character
Ctrl+N	Scroll to next command in command history (use the cli show
	history command to display the history)
Ctrl+P	Scroll to previous command in command history
Ctrl+U	Erase entire line
Ctrl+X	Erase from cursor to end of line
Ctrl+Z	Exit current access mode to previous access mode

Access Modes

The SSR CLI has four access modes.

•User – Allows you to display basic information and use basic utilities such as ping but does not allow you to display SNMP, filter, and access control list information or make other configuration changes. You are in User mode when the command prompt ends with the > character:

•Enable – Allows you to display SNMP, filter, and access control information as well as all the information you can display in User mode. To enter Enable mode, enter the enable command, then supply the password when prompted. When you are in Enable mode, the command prompt ends with the # character:

•Configure – Allows you to make configuration changes. To enter Configure mode, first enter Enable mode (enable command), then enter the configure command from the Enable command prompt. When you are in Configure mode, the command prompt ends with(config).

•Boot – This mode appears when the SSR the external flash card or the system image is not found during bootup. You should enter the reboot command to reset the SSR. If the SSR still fails to bootup, please call Cabletron Technical Support.

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