26 Summit 300-48 Switch Software User Guide
Accessing the Switch
Command History

ExtremeWare “remembers” the last 49 commands you entered. You can display a list of these

commands by using the following command:

history
Common Commands

Table6 describes common commands used to manage the switch. Commands specific to a particular

feature are described in the other chapters of this guide.

[Ctrl] + W Deletes previous word.
Insert Toggles on and off. When toggled on, inserts text and shifts previous
text to right.
Left Arrow Moves cursor to left.
Right Arrow Moves cursor to right.
Home or [Ctrl] + A Moves cursor to first character in line.
End or [Ctrl] + E Moves cursor to last character in line.
[Ctrl] + L Clears screen and movers cursor to beginning of line.
[Ctrl] + P or
Up Arrow Displays previous command in command history buffer and places cursor
at end of command.
[Ctrl] + N or
Down Arrow Displays next command in command history buffer and places cursor at
end of command.

Table 6 : Co mmon Commands

Command Description
clear session <number> Terminates a Telnet session from the
switch.
config account <username> {encrypted}
{<password>} Configures a user account password.
Passwords must have a minimum of 1
character and can have a maximum of 32
characters. User names and passwords
are case-sensitive.
config banner Configures the banner string. You can
enter up to 24 rows of 79-column text that
is displayed before the login prompt of
each session. Press [Return] at the
beginning of a line to terminate the
command and apply the banner. To clear
the banner, press [Return] at the beginning
of the first line.
config ports <portlist> auto off {speed [10 | 100 |
1000]} duplex [half | full] Manually configures the port speed and
duplex setting of one or more ports on a
switch.
config ssh2 key {pregenerated} Generates the SSH2 host key.

Table 5 : L ine-Editing Keys (continued)

Symbol Description