Extreme Networks Summit1 manual Abbreviated Syntax, Command Shortcuts, Numerical Ranges, Names

UNDERSTANDING THE COMMAND SYNTAX

ABBREVIATED SYNTAX

Abbreviated syntax is the shortest, most unambiguous, allowable abbreviation of a command, parameter, or value. Typically, this is the first three letters of the command.

COMMAND SHORTCUTS

All named components of the switch configuration must have a unique name. Components are named using the create command. When you enter a command to configure a named component, you do not need to use the keyword of the component. For example, to create a VLAN, you must enter a unique VLAN name:

create vlan engineering

Once you have created the VLAN with a unique name, you can then eliminate the keyword vlan from all other commands that require the name to be entered. For example, instead of entering the command

config vlan engineering delete port 1-3,6

you could enter the following shortcut:

config engineering delete port 1-3, 6

NUMERICAL RANGES

Commands that require you to enter one or more port numbers use the parameter <portlist> in the syntax. A portlist can be a range of numbers, for example:

port 1-3

You can add additional port numbers to the list, separated by a comma:

port 1-3,6,8

NAMES

All named components of the switch configuration must have a unique name. Names must begin with an alphabetical character delimited by whitespace, unless enclosed in quotation marks.

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