Troubleshooting

Diagnostics

Using the Command Prompt

In addition to the menu-based part of the switch console, under the Diagnostics Menu, a command-line based interface is available. The commands are primarily for the expert user and for diagnostics purposes. Selecting Command Prompt from the Diagnostics Menu presents a command prompt from which you can enter the following commands:

List of Commands Available at the Command Prompt

Help

Delete

Log

SetMIB

 

 

 

 

Exit

History

Page

Version

 

 

 

 

Browse

Kill

Ping

WalkMIB

 

 

 

 

Config

Get

Print

Xget

 

 

 

 

Date

Put

Redo

Xput

 

 

 

 

Time

LinkTest

GetMIB

romversion

 

 

 

 

To get a definition of these commands and their syntax, enter Help at the command prompt. When you see -- MORE --at the bottom of the screen:

■To advance the display one line at a time, use [Enter].

■To advance the display one screen at a time, use the Space bar.

If you want to stop the help listing, press [Q].

How To Use the Command Prompt:

1.To access the command prompt, select 5. Diagnostics ... in the Main Menu, then select 4. Command Prompt from the Diagnostics Menu.

2.The command prompt appears near the bottom of the screen. The text in the prompt matches the System Name parameter. For example, in the factory default configuration (no system name configured), the command prompt is DEFAULT_CONFIG:

3.Type in the command you want to execute and press [Enter]. For example, to set the time to 9:55 a.m. you would execute the following command:

DEFAULT_CONFIG: time 9:55 [Enter]

How To Exit from the command prompt:

Type exit and press [Enter] to return to the Diagnostics Menu.

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