How To Use the Network Control Language (NCL) Commands To Manage a Router

General NCL Command SummaryGeneral NCL Command Summary

This section lists the NCL commands for general router management, together with their syntax and functions. Later sections in this chapter describe:

Additional NCL commands used for virtual terminal operation (page 7-10)

Accessing management information bases (MIBs) (page 7-13, 7-22, 7-23, and 7-24)

Accessing bridging and routing tables (page 7-25) Managing OSPF protocol (page 7-27)

Managing STE frames (page 7-28) Controlling V.25 bis circuits (page 7-29)

Moving configurations, operating code, and display output (page 7-30)

If you need a more detailed description of any of these commands, refer to the Operator’s Reference.

Command Syntax The following example of the Ping command demonstrates the conventions used in this table:

ping x.x.x.x [count] [wait]

where:

ping is the command name

x.x.x.x is a required value that you provide

[count] and [wait] are optional values that you provide

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