ACCESSING THE SWITCH

COMMON COMMANDS

Table 3-3describes common commands used to manage the switch. Commands specific to a particular feature are described in the other chapters of this guide.

Table 3-3:Common Commands

Command

Description

 

 

create account [admin user] <username>

Creates a user account.

{<password>}

 

create vlan <name>

Creates a VLAN.

config account <username> {<password>}

Configures a user account password.

config banner

Configures the banner string. You can

 

enter up to 24 rows of 80-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 devicemode [bridging iprouting ipmc ipqos]

config port <portlist> auto off {speed [10 100]} duplex [half full]

Configures the operating mode of the switch. Specify the following:

bridging — Layer 2 bridging functions only

iprouting — Bridging and IP unicast routing functions

ipmc — Bridging, IP unicast routing, and IP multicast routing functions

ipqos — IP flow-based QoS functions

If this command is used to change the operating mode of the Summit once it is up and running, it causes the switch to save the configuration and reboot. The default operating mode is ipmc.

Manually configures the port speed and duplex setting of one or more ports.

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