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Cisco SFS 7000 Series Product Family Command Reference Guide
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Using the CLI
This chapter provides a general overview of the Cisco Server Switch command line interface (CLI). It
describes how to start a CLI session, how to enter commands, and how to view online help. Details about
individual commands appear later in this document.
The following sections appear in this chapter:
•Setting up the Switch, page 1-1
•Starting A CLI Session, page 1-2
•Entering CLI Modes, page 1-4
•Exiting CLI Modes, page 1-6
•Quick Help, page 1-6
•Editing the CLI, page 1-7
•Exiting the CLI Session, page 1-8
•Specifying Modules and Ports, page 1-9
•Using the Documentation, page 1-10

Setting up the Switch

The first time that you access your Server Switch, you must connect a management station, such as a PC
or Linux terminal, to the Serial Console port on your Server Switch . After you establish this connection,
you can configure the management ports on your Server Switch so tha t yo u can perfo rm c onfiguratio n
tasks with a telnet session, Element Manager, or Chassis Manager.
Note SFS Server Switch product configurations with TopspinOS release 2.3.x and higher use a 128-bit
MD5-based hashing scheme to store passwords.