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5. Press ENTER two times. The prompt of the User Exec mode of the CLI is displayed.
6. Enter enable to switch to the Privileged Exec mode. You can run all show commands
from this mode, while some show commands do not run from User Exec mode.
7. Enter configure to access the Global Config mode to enter configuration commands.
8. Enter exit if you need to return to any previous mode.
Using the Boot Menu
The Boot menu is part of the boot code system software that loads before SFTOS and is
separate from SFTOS. After you plug the switch in to power or after you execute the reload
CLI command, the boot code displays the following options, as shown in Figure2:
Select an option. If no selection in 2 seconds then operational code will start.
1 - Start operational code.
2 - Start Boot Menu.
Select (1, 2):
1. Press 2 and Enter quickly to access the Boot menu.
Figure 2 Example of Accessing the Boot Menu with the reload Command
Force10 #reload
Management switch has unsaved changes.
Would you like to save them now? (y/n) n
Configuration Not Saved!
Are you sure you want to reload the stack? (y/n) y
Reloading all switches.
Force10 Boot Code...
Version 01.00.26 06/03/2005
Select an option. If no selection in 2 seconds then operational code will start.
1 - Start operational code.
2 - Start Boot Menu.
Select (1, 2):2
Boot Menu Version 01.00.26 06/03/2005
Options available
1 - Start operational code
2 - Change baud rate
3 - Retrieve event log using XMODEM (64KB).
4 - Load new operational code using XMODEM
5 - Display operational code vital product data
6 - Update Boot Code
7 - Delete operational code
8 - Reset the system
9 - Restore Configuration to factory defaults (delete config files)
[Boot Menu]